# Paul Moyer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Moyer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Moyer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Moyer > Source revision: 1356027871 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American journalist (born 1941)}} {{For|the American football player|Paul Moyer (American football)}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul Moyer | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|06|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S. | occupation = Journalist | spouse = | children = {{Unbulleted list|Elise|Paul|Dylan|Kyle}} | alma_mater = [Torrance High School](/source/Torrance_High_School)
[University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona) | relatives = [Micah Ohlman](/source/Micah_Ohlman) (nephew) | website = }} '''Paul Moyer''' (born '''Paul Douglas Moir''' on June 13, 1941){{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/paul_douglas_moir_born_1941_2375385|website=California Birth Index|title=California Birth Records|accessdate=March 20, 2018}} is an American [journalist](/source/Journalism). He co-anchored the 5 PM and 11 PM weekday editions of [KNBC](/source/KNBC)'s ''Channel 4 News'' with [Colleen Williams](/source/Colleen_Williams) for a decade after earlier co-anchoring with [Kelly Lange](/source/Kelly_Lange).Nieto, Rebecca (2009-05-12 [updated 2010-04-30]). [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/paul-moyer-a-broadcasting-icon-retires/1896415/ Paul Moyer: A Broadcasting Icon Retires] ''[KNBC (nbclosangeles.com)](/source/KNBC)''. Retrieved 2021-03-13. Moyer has worked primarily in the two major television markets—[New York](/source/New_York_City) and [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)—in addition to briefly working on network newscasts. Moyer was Los Angeles' longest-running news anchor following the death of [KTLA](/source/KTLA) anchor [Hal Fishman](/source/Hal_Fishman) on August 7, 2007. ==Early life and career== A native of Los Angeles, Moyer attended [Torrance High School](/source/Torrance_High_School) and the [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona) (class of 1964), and tried out for the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) before beginning a broadcasting career. While attending the University of Arizona, he began his broadcasting career with positions at [Tucson](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona) radio stations KOLD-AM (now [KTZR](/source/KTZR_(AM))) as an announcer and sports director, then with [KTKT](/source/KTKT) as a disk jockey. After graduation, he also worked at KXOA (now [KIID](/source/KIID)) in [Sacramento](/source/Sacramento%2C_California) as reporter and news director.{{cite AV media |title = Cats in the Corner Office: Paul Moyer '64 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBXLd6CVyQ&t=972s |publisher = Arizona Alumni |access-date = February 11, 2023 |via = YouTube |at = 2:34 }} Later, Moyer made the transition into television. He served positions at [KTIV](/source/KTIV) in [Sioux City, Iowa](/source/Sioux_City%2C_Iowa); [WMBD radio](/source/WMBD_(AM)) and [WMBD-TV](/source/WMBD-TV) in [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois); [KTVI](/source/KTVI) in [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri); [KDKA radio](/source/KDKA_(AM)) and [KDKA-TV](/source/KDKA-TV) in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh); and then [WCBS-TV](/source/WCBS-TV) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|title=KNBC's Paul Moyer set to retire|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/news/knbc-s-paul-moyer-set-to-retire-1118001997/|publisher=Variety|accessdate=March 26, 2014|date=April 1, 2009}} ==Career in Los Angeles== ===KNBC (1972–1979)=== Moyer was hired by [NBC News](/source/NBC_News) in March 1972 and returned to Los Angeles, joining KNBC as reporter and weekend anchor. The ''KNBC Newservice'', as it was known then, featured [Jess Marlow](/source/Jess_Marlow), [Tom Snyder](/source/Tom_Snyder), [Bob Abernethy](/source/Bob_Abernethy), and [Tom Brokaw](/source/Tom_Brokaw) as the main nightly anchors and was the first serious competition in the local news ratings against [KNXT](/source/KCBS-TV)'s ''The Big News/Eleven O'Clock Report'' with [Jerry Dunphy](/source/Jerry_Dunphy). Moyer soon moved to weeknights, first taking over the 11:00 p.m. newscast in July 1973 after Brokaw became NBC News' chief [White House](/source/White_House) correspondent. More than a year, in November 1974 Moyer became sole anchor of KNBC's 6:00 p.m. program with Snyder's reassignment to New York; [John Schubeck](/source/John_Schubeck) would replace Moyer on the 11:00 p.m. newscast. Aside from anchoring and reporting, Moyer also co-hosted KNBC's weekend features program ''Sunday'', working alongside longtime KNBC personality [Kelly Lange](/source/Kelly_Lange), who was a weathercaster with the station before being elevated to co-anchor on evenings with Moyer in 1976, when KNBC reformatted its news programs under the ''NewsCenter 4'' banner. KNBC, however, relieved Moyer of his anchor duties in the Spring of 1979 and Moyer departed the station shortly thereafter. ===KABC-TV (1979–1992)=== In late 1979, Moyer moved over to rival [KABC-TV](/source/KABC-TV) initially as a "senior correspondent" for ''[Eyewitness News](/source/Eyewitness_News)''. Soon, however, when the weekday operation expanded to three hours in the early evening in September 1980, Moyer was named co-anchor of the 5 p.m. hour with [Ann Martin](/source/Ann_Martin_(journalist)). He soon replaced Dunphy (who had moved to KABC in 1975) on the 11 p.m. news after the latter was shot during a robbery attempt near the studio in 1983; the appointment would become permanent a year later. Moyer also co-anchored ''Eyewitness News'' with [Tawny Little](/source/Tawny_Little) and [Terry Murphy](/source/Terry_Murphy_(broadcaster)). Moyer also had hosting stints on several of KABC-TV's local programs including ''A.M. Los Angeles'', ''Eyewitness Los Angeles'' and ''Eye on L.A.'' On April 30, 1992, he toured Los Angeles in a helicopter to observe damage from the [Los Angeles riots](/source/1992_Los_Angeles_riots). Moyer was a visible face on the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) network in the mid-1980s, appearing as a correspondent on ''Eye on Hollywood'' and substituting on ''World News This Morning'' and ''[Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America)''. He departed from KABC-TV in spring of 1992. ===Return to KNBC=== In July 1992, after a highly publicized bidding war, Moyer returned to KNBC (on what was then the ''Channel 4 News'') to co-anchor with longtime [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) anchorwoman-journalist [Wendy Tokuda](/source/Wendy_Tokuda). However, when ratings failed to surpass KABC's, Moyer was once again paired with Lange on the 11:00 p.m. news from 1993 to 1997 and with [Colleen Williams](/source/Colleen_Williams) on the 5:00 p.m. and, in 1997, the 11:00 p.m. news; both Moyer and Lange received seven-figure salaries.Benson, Jim (1992-11-30). [https://variety.com/1992/tv/news/moyer-less-kabc-l-a-news-king-101675/ Moyer-less KABC L.A. news king] ''Variety.com''. Retrieved 2021-03-13.Benson, Jim (1993-02-22). [https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/knbc-anchor-moves-could-be-just-starting-104194/ KNBC anchor moves could be just starting] ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))''. Retrieved 2021-02-11 According to a June 2007 article in ''Los Angeles Magazine'', Moyer's salary was rumored to be closer to $8 million.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} In May 2006, Moyer led an investigation on the rapidly increasing Chemtrail/Weather modification problem in Southern California. His four-minute report ''Toxic Sky'', produced for KNBC in Los Angeles, went viral on the Internet almost as soon as it was posted to their official website NBC4.TV (now nbclosangeles.com).[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNDMJCTFslw ''Toxic Sky'' Part 1][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev8AMhkesuo ''Toxic Sky'' Part 2] On April 1, 2009, KNBC's [Colleen Williams](/source/Colleen_Williams) announced, during the evening newscast, that Moyer had decided to retire after nearly 17 years at the station.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/04/veteran-anchor-paul-moyer-is-retiring-from-knbc-where-he-has-been-the-main-face-of-the-news-room-for-nearly-a-quarter-centur.html' KNBC-TV Channel 4 anchor Paul Moyer to retire]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Moyer's salary was estimated at more than $3 million a year of his time of retirement.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/knbc-s-paul-moyer-set-to-retire-1118001997/ |date=1 April 2009|accessdate=2018-05-02|title=KNBC's Paul Moyer Set to Retire}} In 1980 he was earning $250,000, and by 1993 it was cut to $1 million per annum.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-06-ca-526-story.html Moyer's salaries] ===Other media work=== Moyer appeared as himself on the TV show ''[The West Wing](/source/The_West_Wing_(TV_series))'' while doing an election-night stint for [MSNBC](/source/MSNBC). ==Personal life== Moyer is married and has four children, Elise, Paul, Dylan and Kyle. His nephew, Micah Ohlman, had anchored the weekend newscasts at rival KABC and is now anchoring at [KTLA](/source/KTLA). He was at one time designated the honorary mayor of [West Los Angeles](/source/West_Los_Angeles). Moyer is known as an avid car collector, particularly interested in [Ferrari](/source/Ferrari) cars, Ford GTs, and other sports cars. He won the [Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race](/source/Toyota_Pro%2FCelebrity_Race) in 1988. In 2011 he sold the family home worth $9.5 million to buy a more modest retirement home in Los Angeles.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMB3we2ni98 Paul Moyer's retirement] {{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-hm-hotprop-paul-moyer-20110803-story.html| title = Paul Moyer lists Brentwood home at $9,495,000 - Los Angeles Times| website = [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)| date = 4 August 2011}} ==In popular culture== The morning duo [Kevin and Bean](/source/Kevin_and_Bean) on [KROQ-FM](/source/KROQ-FM) made fun of Moyer on a regular basis for his presentation style and alleged behind-the-scenes temper. An audio tape from 1990[http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2004/12/catfight_at_cha.php Catfight at Channel 7] featured Moyer verbally berating [Ann Martin](/source/Ann_Martin_(journalist)) when they anchored together just seconds before the 11 p.m. newscast began over an argument of who was going to read the first segment. The audio tape references Moyer bad-mouthing rival anchor [Harold Greene](/source/Harold_Greene_(journalist)) while accusing Martin of drinking before the newscast. Moyer suggests the two should take up their issues with Roger Bell, KABC-TV's News Director.[http://www.aprilwinchell.com/media/audio/PaulMoyer_AnnMartin.mp3 Tape of the exchange] ==Filmography== *''[Heat](/source/Heat_(1995_film))'' (1995) – self *''[Boomtown](/source/Boomtown_(2002_TV_series))'' (2002) – self *''[One Six Right](/source/One_Six_Right)'' (2005) – self ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0610451}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moyer, Paul}} Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:American reporters and correspondents Category:American television journalists Category:KDKA people Category:Television news anchors from Los Angeles Category:Television news anchors from New York City Category:University of Arizona alumni Category:American male journalists Category:Torrance High School alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Moyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Moyer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Moyer?action=history)). 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