Ted Koppel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ted Koppel

television journalist

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1940

Place of Birth: Nelson, England, United Kingdom

Profession: news presenter, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ted Koppel

  • Edward James Martin Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before Nightline, he spent twenty years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC.
  • After becoming host of Nightline, he was regarded as one of the most "outstanding" of the serious-minded interviewers on American television.
  • Five years after its 1980 debut the show had a nightly audience of some seven and a half million viewers.After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel, a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America and a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams.
  • Koppel is currently a special contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning.
  • His career as foreign and diplomatic correspondent earned him numerous awards, including nine Overseas Press Club awards and twenty-five Emmy Awards.

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