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In 1968, Jim McKay became the first
sportscaster ever to win an Emmy
Award. Since then, he has won nine
more, including the 1981-92 Emmy as
Outstanding Sports Personality-Host.
Jim McKay and "ABC's Wide World of
Sports" have been together for over
25 years- in fact, Jim McKay was the
program's host on the very first day
in April, 1961. He has traveled some
4.5 million miles to cover events
for the program, and has commented
on more than 100 different sports in
40 different countries and from
Maine to Hawaii in the United
States...>>>
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Jim McManus (McKay's real name) gave
up his job as a reporter for the
Baltimore Sun newspapers to join
that organization's new TV station
WMAR-TV in 1947. He was the first
voice ever heard on television in
Baltimore, and he remained with the
station until joining CBS in New
York in 1950 as host of a variety
show. Through the 50's, sports
commentary became more and more his
primary assignment for CBS.
However, McKay is probably best
known for his excellent and
sensitive coverage of 10 Olympics,
all for ABC except for the 1960 Rome
Games which he covered for CBS. For
his news reporting of the tragic
events surrounding the Black
September terrorists' attack on the
Israeli athletes in the Olympic
Village in Munich in 1972, he has
won numerous awards, including an
Emmy, and the prestigious George
Polk Award for Journalism.
McKay is now Anchorman for ABC golf
telecasts, as well as events like
the Indianapolis "500", Kentucky
Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont
Stakes and others. He will also be
in the anchor booth this February
covering the Winter Olympic Games
from Calgary, Canada.
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