Bob Losure
CNN Headline News Anchor
Anchoring and reporting from Atlanta with "CNN Headline News" since the early years of the network, Bob Losure covered such history-making events as Hurricane Hugo, the San Francisco earthquake, Manuel Noriega's capture and return to the U.S., and Nelson Mandela's visit to America. His years at CNN provided Losure with opportunities which few national anchors experience.
At the age 22, Losure took a giant step into radio anchoring and reporting at the legendary CKLW radio in Detroit. He then moved on to television reporting and anchoring for ten years at CBS affiliate KOTV in Tulsa, before beginning his eleven year position as anchor at CNN in Atlanta.
In Losure's 1998 autobiography, Five Seconds to Air, he relates his hilarious faux pas as a news reporter, as well as the inside scoop on a number of famous people. He also discusses the breaking world events of the time and relates how CNN set the standard for accurate, live news information 24 hours a day.
Losure also shares his very personal battle with cancer. As he lay in a hospital bed after numerous surgeries and chemotherapy, he watched his permanent replacement in his former anchor chair at the CBS affiliate in Tulsa and recounts how his faith, and the help of many people he had never even had the chance to meet in person, got him back on the road to win the battle against cancer. That victory not only gave Losure a different outlook on life, it motivated him to reach for the stars - in this case, a highly-coveted job anchoring for "CNN Headline News" in Atlanta.
In his speeches on this subject, Losure strives to provide audiences with a clear understanding that people battling cancer are never alone and that hope always exists. He speaks about patient rights and stresses the importance of spreading facts, not myths, about cancer.
Since retiring from CNN, Losure has devoted himself to a new career as a speaker, corporate spokesperson, on-camera commercial talent, and event emcee for numerous major corporations. Now based out of Las Vegas, he has spoken to over 150 groups and organizations in the past twelve years. In 1995, he was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame at The University of Tulsa, which followed his 1992 induction as a "Distinguished Alumni" of the school. He also has the distinction of joining ABC anchor Ted Koppel as a member of "The Order of West Range," the highest alumni honor given by Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
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