The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

Tim Lake

Broadcast Pioneers member Tim Lake was named co-anchor of NBC 10 News at 4, 6 and 11PM on June 3, 2003. He anchors the 6 pm news and joins co-anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah at 11 pm, Monday through Friday on Channel 10.

Lake joined NBC 10 in 1992, and has earned a good reputation amongst viewers for his thorough live reports on criminal court cases, city and state government issues and politics.

During NBC 10’s extensive coverage of the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Lake co-host a live program for the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Philadelphia. He won a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy for his role in the program.

Before coming to WCAU in 1992, Lake was the weekend evening news anchor and medical reporter for KPRC-TV in Houston. While at KPRC, he was honored with numerous community awards for reporting on medical issues such as AIDS, cancer and infant mortality. He also reported on other major events including commercial airline crashes, the World Economic Summit, and several Gulf Coast hurricanes.

Lake’s television career began in 1983 at WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina, where he anchored the market’s dominant 11 PM news for nearly five years. Prior to anchoring, Lake was a radio news anchor and a reporter/photographer for daily and weekly newspapers in South Carolina and New York State.

Lake is one of 13 children in his family from Ellisburg, New York. He was graduated from Morrisville College and Fredonia State University after studying Journalism, History and Political Science.

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