Allen Denton

Allen Denton is an American television journalist. He recently was anchor for San Diego independent station KUSI-TV on their 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts. Prior to KUSI-TV, he was a news co-anchor at KNTV in San Jose, California.

Allen Denton
Born
Allen Denton

Indianapolis, IN
StatusMarried
OccupationBroadcast journalist (1983–present), Radio DJ (1970–1983)
TitleNews anchor/reporter
Websiteallendentonofficial.com

Denton has been involved with numerous civic and charitable organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, the American Red Cross, the Youth Alliance, the Jaycees, and the Rotary Club.

Recognized by his peers as one of television's most distinguished journalist, Emmy Award-winning News Anchor, Denton began his broadcasting career in radio, but eventually made the transition to television news, working at stations in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and California.[1]

Denton has earned high praise from his peers for his journalistic excellence, winning three Emmy's, four Associated Press Awards, an Edward R. Murrow award (newsteam) and a Mark Twain award (newsteam). He has covered several Presidential Elections including President Clinton's Inauguration. When Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina, he was sent to Charleston to cover the devastation. In 1991 he was asked by then South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell to serve as a state witness for the execution of serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins. [2]

While at KUSI, Denton reported on a number of major stories. Among them, the America's Cup time trials, Texas Governor Rick Perry's Presidential bid and the resignation of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. On KUSI's public affairs program ‘San Diego People’, Denton has interviewed many top news makers, both locally and nationally.[1]

Career

Denton started his career as a Radio DJ following high school. He spent the next 11 years as radio disc jockey and newscaster. As a television journalist Denton was with WBKO-TV in Bowling Green, Kentucky (1981-1982), WTVW, in Evansville, Indiana (1982-1983), WTVK-TV (now WVLT-TV), in Knoxville, Tennessee (1983-1986), WSPA-TV, in Spartanburg, South Carolina (1986-1993), WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky (1993-1995), WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina (1995-2000), KNTV in San Francisco Bay Area (2000-2009) and KUSI-TV in San Diego (2009-2019).[1] Denton departed KUSI-TV in February 2019.[3]

Awards

Denton has won three Emmy awards. The first was in 1995 for co-anchoring a live broadcast of the Breeder's Cup Race from Churchill Downs. He also won an Emmy for his coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His most recent Emmy Award was for a documentary about the year that followed 9/11. Denton has also been awarded two Associated Press awards, one for Best Anchor in the San Francisco market, and another for Best Live Coverage of a News Event. In 2016, Denton was nominated for a southern California regional EMMY for his work on a two part special report on the USS Albuquerque. [4]

References
  1. "Allen Denton Bio"
  2. "NBC11 Doubles the Number of Emmy Trophies"
  3. MarketInk: KUSI-TV News Anchor Allen Denton Retires Times of San Diego, 3 March 2019 (retrieved 6 February 2021)
  4. ""Allen Denton"". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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