Adele Arakawa

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name = Adele Arakawa


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birth_name = Adele Hausser
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spouse = Barry (1977-present)
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Adele Arakawa (born August 31, 1958) is an American evening news anchor for NBC affiliate station KUSA-TV of Denver, Colorado. She was the first female radio disc jockey in Knoxville, Tennessee. As of June 2007, she provides the female voice of the airport train system at Denver International Airport. [cite news |first=Kevin |last=Flynn |title=New voices coming for DIA trains |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5524450,00.html |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2007-05-07 |accessdate=2007-09-02 ]

Biography

Born Adele Hausser on August 31, 1958, Adele was raised in Hawaii and later east Tennessee. At age 16, she began taking college courses at Tennessee Tech University and working as a radio disc jockey in her hometown of La Follette, Tennessee. She also attended the University of Tennessee. Following her entry into radio, she worked as a radio news anchor at WYSH in Clinton, Tennessee and as a disc jockey at WRJZ in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she became the first female disc jockey in Knoxville. She married her husband, Barry, in 1977.

In 1981, Adele made the transition to television news, working at WTVK-TV in Knoxville where she began using her mother's maiden name, Arakawa, at the suggestion of news director Hal Wanzer. [cite news |first=Michael |last=Roberts |title=The Story of Adele H |url=http://www.westword.com/2000-11-23/news/the-story-of-adele-h/ |work=Westword |publisher=Village Voice Media |date=2000-11-23 |accessdate=2007-08-31 ] Two years later, she moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to coanchor weekday evening newscasts for WRAL-TV. Adele and her husband had a son in 1985. Her career next took the family to Chicago in 1989, where she again anchored weekday evening newscasts, this time for CBS affiliate WBBM-TV. [cite news |first=Robert |last=Feder |title='Hillbilly'? 'Airhead'? Or a Ch. 2 anchor? |work=Chicago Sun-Times |page=43 |date=1988-09-07 |accessdate=2007-09-01 ] Since December 1993, she has been a weekday evening newscast anchor for KUSA-TV in Denver. [cite news |first=Joanne |last=Ostrow |title=New Channel 9 anchor hungry for news |url= |work=Denver Post |page=1-D |date=1993-12-05 |accessdate=2007-08-31 ]

Awards

*1992: National Award, Asian American Issues (Television), Asian American Journalists Association [cite web |url=http://www.aaja.org/programs/awards/2006_06_07_01 |title=AAJA National Awards 1989-2007 |accessdate=2007-09-02 |publisher=Asian American Journalists Association ]
*1997: Best News Anchor, Heartland Chapter, National Television Academy [cite web |url=http://www.emmyawards.tv/archives/1997_winners.php |title=1997 Heartland Winners |accessdate=2007-09-02 |publisher=NATAS Heartland Chapter ]
*1999: Best News Anchor, Heartland Chapter, National Television Academy [cite web |url=http://www.emmyawards.tv/archives/1999_winners.php |title=1999 Heartland Winners |accessdate=2007-09-02 |publisher=NATAS Heartland Chapter ]
*2001: Outstanding Daily Newscast, Markets 1-50 (with team), Heartland Chapter, National Television Academycite web |url=http://www.emmyawards.tv/archives/2001_winners.php |title=2001 Heartland Winners |accessdate=2007-09-02 |publisher=NATAS Heartland Chapter ] : Best Interview / Discussion Program (with team), Heartland Chapter, National Television Academy
*2004: Best News Anchor (tie), Heartland Chapter, National Television Academy [cite web |url=http://www.emmyawards.tv/archives/2004_winners.php |title=2004 Heartland Winners |accessdate=2007-09-02 |publisher=NATAS Heartland Chapter ]

References

External links

* [http://www.9news.com/company/bios/article.aspx?storyid=69840 Adele Arakawa biography] on KUSA website
* [http://www.motherproof.com/2007/07/a-view-from-the.html A View From The Track] interview with Mother Proof

Persondata
NAME = Arakawa, Adele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Hausser, Adele (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Japanese-American radio and television news anchor.
DATE OF BIRTH = August 31, 1958
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