James Howard "Jim" Vance III (January 10, 1942 - July 22, 2017) is an American television newscaster in Washington, D.C.
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Born on January 10, 1942, Jim Vance grew up in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia. His father, James Vance Jr., was a World War II veteran. who died of cirrhosis of the liver when Vance was nine years old. "When my old man dies, I'm sure it's my fault, I'm sure I'm really so guilty that he's better off dead than hanging out with me," Jim Vance later said. His grandparents and family raised him while his mother, Eleanor, lived and worked in Philadelphia. Vance felt his mother had abandoned him, sparking hatred for decades, and in subsequent years, forgiving.
As a teenager, Vance wanted to be a plumber like his grandfather, but his family encouraged him to go to college. Vance holds a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education from Cheyney University, a historic college/university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. It was at Cheney where Vance became a lifelong member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and built a lifelong friendship with Ed Bradley.
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Careers
Vance began his news reporter career for the Philadelphia Independent newspaper and WHAT-AM radio station, while teaching English simultaneously at Overbrook High School. A friend mentioned that WKBS-TV was looking for someone to start their new news operation. Vance auditioned and realized that maybe he was working in the wrong profession. Vance worked as a reporter for WKBS-TV for a year and then hired by NBC News to report to the Washington, DC, WRC-TV affiliate network in 1969.
From 1972 to 1976, Vance was a key partner with Glen Rinker, becoming one of the first African Americans in the United States. His unhappy presence was reportedly causing racist hatred and threats. Between 1976 and 1980, Vance teamed up with Sue Simmons, a couple who produced one of the first, if not the first, African-Americans to be the main broadcaster of a major market newscast.
Starting in 1989, Vance was part of the longest anchor team on Washington D.C. television. along with co-anchor and health reporter Doreen Gentzler. Vance's 11pm newscasts with Gentzler regularly attract more viewers than prime-time shows from three major cable networks, combined (CNN, Fox and MSNBC). Vance and George Michael's anchor sport became an internet sensation after laughing at a model that crashed twice on the runway, generating millions of views. Vance appeared as himself in the 2009 State of Play movie and appeared as himself in the 2010 episode of the NBC series The Event and in the NBC edition of 2013 series', The Blacklist . In the future and honor Vance earned 19 Emmy Awards, one of which was for his coverage on the Siege Day Hanafi in 1977 from three buildings in downtown Washington, DC He also won an Emmy and for his coverage of the January 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 accident on the Potomac River, which killed 78 people, and the Metrorail train derailed on the same day, which killed three people. Vance is also recognized as an anchor and reporter for extensive coverage of the Super Bowl XXII.
Vance also received some Emmy for Anchor News Anchor in 1987, 1991, 1997, 1999, and 2011. She also received the 1999 award as a producer and reporter for WRC-TV News4 in 6 broadcasts. In 2014, Jim Vance received the Governor's Appreciation Award for outstanding achievements and community service.
Vance was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalist Hall of Fame on August 10, 2007, and was named "Washingtonian of the Year" by Washingtonian magazine in 1976 among many other awards for community service.
Personal life
Vance lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. She married Margo L. Vance (late 2014), when she was 19 years old and had one daughter, Dawn, from the wedding. He later married Barbara Schmidt-Vance and raised his second daughter, Amani (b 1970). In 1987 he married his third wife, Kathy McCampbell Vance, former television producer and former WRC-TV executive. He has one stepson (Brendon b) 1976), two grandchildren and one granddaughter.
Vance fought against cocaine addiction in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then became public with the ordeal. Vance entered the Betty Ford Center in 1984. One night in 1987, Vance sat on the ground by the Potomac River in Great Falls, and he put a bird-hunting rifle into his mouth and considered pulling the trigger. Vance stopped, lowered his rifle, and cried. Ed Bradley's college friend encouraged him to seek therapy, and Vance sought help in a downtown support group "full of old school drunkards" the next day. In 2014, Vance talked about his mother's verbal abuse of himself as a child, and advocated against the form of discipline.
Death
In May 2017, Vance revealed he was battling lung cancer, but would continue to work through treatment. Vance died in his sleep on July 22, 2017, with his daughter, Amani, at his side. He is 75 years old. At the time of his death, Vance was the longest-time television newscaster in the region with more than 45 years at WRC-TV.
References
External links
- Jim Vance bio at nbcwashington.com
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