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Working in local media, Winfrey was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC-TV (now WTVF-TV), where she often covered the same stories as John Tesh, who worked at a competing Nashville station.
Jul 8, 2021 · After attending Tennessee State University, Winfrey landing a job at Nashville’s WLAC-TV (now WTVF-TV), where she was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor....
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Feb 5, 2022 · Hard work and perseverance pays, and Oprah Winfrey would agree. She landed her first TV gig while she was still a teenager. At age 19, Oprah joined WLAC-V (now WTVF) in Nashville, Tennessee.
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At 19, she began co-anchoring the local evening news. At the time, she was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor for Nashville’s WLAC-TV.
Oprah got her start on television at the age of 19 when she became the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville’s WLAC-TV.
Winfrey, Oprah (1954—)Television talk-show host, actress, and producer, the first African-American woman to helm a national television program, who has become one of the most recognized and influential media personalities in America. Born out of wedlock on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi; daughter of Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee ...
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Jan 9, 2018 · By 2003, Winfrey had cemented her legacy as an elite business executive. That February, she became the first black woman on Forbes magazine's "World's Richest People" list.
