Harold Dow (September 28, 1947 â€" August 21, 2010) was an American
television news correspondent, journalist, and investigative reporter
with CBS News.Dow was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He attended the
University of Nebraska at Omaha. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity.When Dow became co-anchor and talk-show host for KETV in
Omaha, Nebraska, he became the first African-American television
reporter. Dow had also been an anchor and reporter at Theta Cable TV
in Santa Monica, California and a news anchor for WPAT Radio in
Paterson, New Jersey. Dow was a co-anchor for the CBS overnight news
program CBS News Nightwatch (1982-1983), a correspondent for the CBS
News magazine Street Stories (1992â€"93), and had reported for the CBS
Evening News and CBS News Sunday Morning since the early 1970s.Dow
joined CBS News in 1972, first as a broadcast associate, then as a
correspondent with their Los Angeles Bureau while with KCOP-TV.
television news correspondent, journalist, and investigative reporter
with CBS News.Dow was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He attended the
University of Nebraska at Omaha. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity.When Dow became co-anchor and talk-show host for KETV in
Omaha, Nebraska, he became the first African-American television
reporter. Dow had also been an anchor and reporter at Theta Cable TV
in Santa Monica, California and a news anchor for WPAT Radio in
Paterson, New Jersey. Dow was a co-anchor for the CBS overnight news
program CBS News Nightwatch (1982-1983), a correspondent for the CBS
News magazine Street Stories (1992â€"93), and had reported for the CBS
Evening News and CBS News Sunday Morning since the early 1970s.Dow
joined CBS News in 1972, first as a broadcast associate, then as a
correspondent with their Los Angeles Bureau while with KCOP-TV.
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