Charles Gibson
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Greeting America and the world each morning as co-host (with Joan Lunden) of "Good Morning, America" has been the duty of the avuncular Gibson since January 29, 1987. Coming from a news background, he handled many of the harder news interviews for the program, which flip flopped with NBC's "Today" for ratings supremacy in the early morning hours.
Gibson began his career in broadcasting while at Princeton University as news director for the college radio station. His professional career started in radio, as a producer for the RKO Network in Washington, DC, before moving on to television in 1970 as an anchor and reporter for WMAL-TV (later WJLA), an ABC affiliate in DC. Gibson left WMAL to join a syndicated news service TVN in 1974 and covered the Watergate conspiracy trials and President Richard Nixon's resignation. Lured to ABC News in 1975, he was eventually assigned to the White House, where he covered the administration of and subsequent 1976 re-election campaign of Gerald Ford. After Jimmy Carter took office, Gibson became a roving, general correspondent for ABC News, before finding berth in 1981 covering the House of Representatives. When he was switched to "Good Morning, America" (then in ABC's Entertainment Division) in 1987, it was said to be for his news credentials as well as his easygoing manner. Gibson's ready, early-morning smile and a thoughtfulness emphasized by a slightly-heavy brow, won him fans almost immediately and "Good Morning, America" rose to Number 1 in the ratings, where it has been see-sawing with "Today" ever since.
Gibson has demonstrated an enthusiasm for political reporting, stemming from his reportorial days , and he has championed all "GMA" coverage of politics and political campaigns. His interviews with such notables as the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, South African president Nelson Mandela and US Secretary of State Warren Christopher have won critical applause, and Gibson also sometimes appeared to corner the market on interviews with political leaders about their books. He helped spearhead the "GMA" regional bus tours around America, where his favorite stops were college campuses. Gibson occasionally has worked outside "GMA", hosting a PBS documentary on gambling, "Lucky Numbers" (1990), broadcasting on ABC News Radio and as substitute host for Ted Koppel on the latenight news interview program "Nightline".
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