Bill Burns (anchor)

William M. Burns (10 ga Afrilu, 1913 - 16 ga Satumba, 1997) ɗan jaridar Amurka ne kuma mai ba da labarai na talabijin.

Burns ya kafa labarai sama da shekaru talatin (1953-1989) a Pittsburgh don KDKA, wanda shine tashar mafi girma a kasuwa.

 Ayyuka 
Burns ɗan asalin Houtzdale ne, PA . Bayan ya yi aiki a yakin duniya na biyu, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta Purple Heart, Burns ya zo Pittsburgh a 1946 don yin aiki a gidan rediyo na KQV. Ya zauna a Pittsburgh tare da matarsa, kuma ma'auratan daga baya sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Michael da Patti.

Ya ba da rahoto ga KQV har zuwa 1953, lokacin da ya tafi aiki ga abin da ke WDTV, Channel 2 a lokacin. WDTV an samo asali ne a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwar DuMont Television Network amma ya zama mai haɗin CBS kuma ya canza haruffa kira zuwa KDKA a shekarar 1955.

Burns sanannen fuska ne ga Pittsburghers; a yawancin lokacin da yake a KDKA, ya gabatar da labarai na tsakar rana da 11 na yamma. Burns ya zama wani ɓangare na tarihin labarai lokacin da a shekara ta 1976, ya fara raba ayyukan jarida tare da 'yarta da ɗan jarida Patti Burns, wanda ya zama jarida a kansa. Haɗuwa da su, da farko an yi musu ba'a a matsayin "The Patti and Daddy Show" sun sami babban ra'ayi.

Burns ya gabatar da labarai na tsakar rana na KDKA-TV a kai a kai sama da shekaru 35 har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1989. A mafi yawan wannan lokacin, ya kuma kafa labarai na 11 na yammacin tashar, yana aiki a cikin sa'o'i 14. Har yanzu 'yan Pittsburgh suna tunawa da sanannun sa hannu daga labaran da ya yi, suna fatan masu kallo "Good night, good luck, and good news tomorrow".

Daga cikin abokan aiki, ana son Burns saboda mummunan jin daɗinsa kuma ana sha'awarsa saboda tunaninsa na kusa da cikakkun bayanai game da labarun labarai da tarihin siyasar Pennsylvania.

Bill Burns ne ya shiga cikin watsa shirye-shiryen KDKA na Mike Douglas Show a kusa da 1:40 na yamma a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1963 (KDKA ta riga ta kori CBS 'As the World Turns a wannan lokacin) don bayar da rahoton harbi na Shugaba Kennedy a Dallas, Texas. Zai kasance a cikin iska na sa'o'i da yawa a wannan rana. 

An lura da Burns saboda wani lokacin yana ba da ra'ayinsa a cikin labarin labarai, kamar lokacin da Pittsburgh Penguins suka maye gurbin sanannen tambarin "skating penguin" tare da tambarin "flying penguin". (Burns zai kira tambarin "penguin mai tashi" kurciya, kodayake ƙungiyar tun daga lokacin ta dawo da tambarin "skining penguin"). Ya kuma kasance mai saurin yin ba'a da kuma maganganu masu ban sha'awa; ya taɓa gabatar da wasan kwaikwayo na sabulu wanda ya biyo bayan labarai a matsayin "The Young and the Breastless".

Burns ya mutu a ranar 16 ga Satumba, 1997.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1997
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1913