Jack Hanson, who was a colourful mainstay of San Francisco-area TV for six a long time died Sunday morning, in line with the Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts and Sciences Bay Space chapter. He was 91.
Hanson labored on a large swath of space retailers together with KRON, KPIX, KTVU, KGO-TV and the Cable Well being Community. He additionally hosted Comcast Newsmakers, a information interview present on CNN Headline Information.
Hanson acquired his begin within the mailroom at KPIX within the Fifties. He quickly grew to become a stage supervisor and moved to KRON-TV, engaged on stay reveals reminiscent of NBC’s Broad, Broad World.
Within the Sixties, Hanson hosted his personal present, Jack’s Place, again at KPIX. On it, he interviewed celebrities and would additionally draw cartoons. The latter grew to become his trademark. Later, as a weatherman on KGO-TV, Hanson would create cartoons on the climate map to carry every phase to life.
Additionally on KGO-TV, he co-hosted a morning present, AM San Francisco, from 1977 to 1982. Periodically, he would fill in on KABC-TV’s AM Los Angeles and Mid-Morning Los Angeles.
The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of The Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences inducted him in 2000.
