Clete roberts biography template

American journalist

Clete Roberts (February 1, 1912 – September 30, 1984)^[1] was an American broadcast journalist. He began his career in radio news, then transitioned to television, working for stations in California.

In later years, he portrayed himself and fictional broadcast journalists in entertainment media, such as in 1970s episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H.

Career

KNXT Channel 2

After serving as a war correspondent in World War II and Korea, Roberts settled in the Los Angeles area and became a respected radio news reporter, eventually turning to television in the mid-1950s at KNXT Channel 2 (now KCBS-TV), the local CBS owned-and-operated station.

He anchored a nightly newscast and occasionally ventured to far-flung locations to report on national and international stories, taking with him his own Bell and Howell movie camera with which he shot his own news footage.

With him on KNXT's newscasts in that time were three other Los