Last Updated on: 6th May 2025, 11:29 pm
Harold Greene is a retired, award-winning television journalist best known for his decades-long career as a news anchor in Southern California, particularly in Los Angeles. Born on December 1, 1943, in Los Angeles, he became a prominent figure in local broadcast journalism from the 1970s through the early 2000s.(vipfaq.com)
Greene began his career in 1970 as a reporter and producer at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. In 1973, he helped launch the news operations at KCST-TV (now KNSD) in San Diego, serving as anchor and news director. He later moved to KGTV, where his co-anchoring with Jack White and coverage of the Chicano Movement helped the station briefly overtake rival KFMB in the ratings.
In 1977, Greene had a brief stint at KPIX-TV in San Francisco before returning to Los Angeles to co-anchor KABC-TV’s Eyewitness News alongside Jerry Dunphy. After two years, he was let go but returned to KABC in 1982, where he found greater success. During this period, he hosted programs like Hollywood Close-Up and A.M. Los Angeles, and earned one of his ten Golden Mike Awards for coverage of the 1986 Cerritos air disaster. (CelebsFact, Everything Explained Today, Hollywood Walk of Fame)
In 2001, Greene joined KCBS-TV, where he reunited with former KABC colleagues Ann Martin, Laura Diaz, and Johnny Mountain. He co-anchored KCAL‘s 4 p.m. and KCBS‘s 6 p.m. newscasts until 2008, when he and Martin were among several staffers let go amid budget cuts. Though a station source indicated both anchors had elected to retire, neither Greene nor Martin made any official comment.
Throughout his career, Greene received numerous accolades, including:
- Ten Golden Mike Awards(Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Two Emmy Awards (from nine nominations)
- Three Edward R. Murrow Awards
- Twelve L.A. Press Club Awards
- The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Award(Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)
He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6906 Hollywood Boulevard.
Personal Life
Greene is married to Charlene “Chuckie” Greene, and they have two children. He is known to be private about his personal life but is active in community service, serving as a trustee on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities for Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties. (Wealthy Spy)