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May 1, 2024 · Warren A. Bell Jr. is a New Orleans native with a long-established presence in broadcast media as a TV & Radio news anchor, news manager and talk show host, in addition to producing numerous documentaries on critical topics over those years. Bell anchored his first radio news broadcast in 1968 at WYLD-AM while still attending St. Augustine High ...
May 2, 2024 · The first Black News Anchor for WDSU Television will receive an honorary doctorate from Dillard University. Warren Bell will receive the degree alongside Edgar Poree and commencement...
Aug 1, 1989 · Instead of reporting the news, he was the main item: Warren Bell, former news anchor, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine. Having already resigned from WDSU-TV, he was packing to move to Denver when he was arrested for previously providing cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent.
Sep 6, 2018 · Warren Bell is a familiar face, as the first full-time African-American news anchor in our city and having spent over 30 years in the media, working both in television and radio.
Jan 22, 2021 · Warren Bell. Sonya Masingale’s interview with Warren Bell, the first black television anchor in New Orleans. He discusses: the impact of his cocaine addiction on his job at WDSU-TV; losing...
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Feb 29, 2024 · Now in retirement, Bell is discovering news from the past and his sources are archives and cemeteries. Bell joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with producer Kelly Massicot, to discuss his new documentary “Buried History: Finding Our Past.”
Feb 6, 2024 · Knowing that he would one day rest in it, retired local broadcaster and educator Warren Bell embarked not long ago on a project to restore his century-old family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No....
