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Edward James Martin Koppel Wiki Biography

• Born on 8 February 1940 in Nelson, Lancashire, England, Edward James Martin Koppel is a television journalist, best known as the anchor of the 1981-2005 “Nightline” news program. 
• In addition to this work, Ted also contributed to the Discovery Channel, which served as its editor and managing director from 2006 to 2009. 
• His career has been active since the beginning of the 1960s. 
• It has been estimated, according to reliable sources, that Ted Koppel’s net worth is as high as $15 million, a sum that he has earned through his prosperous career in television. 
• Ted is of German descent, the only son of his parents who fled from Hitler’s rule in England, as he grew older, the whole family moved to the USA. 
• After high school, Ted enrolled at Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and continued his studies at Stanford University with a Master of Arts degree in Mass Media Research and Political Science. 
• Ted’s professional career started in the early 1960s, working as a copyboy for WMCA radio, but in 1963 he was named a correspondent for ABC Radio News, becoming the company’s youngest-ever correspondent. 
• Little by little, his career advanced, and in 1966 he became the war correspondent for ABC Television. 
• While in that role, Ted covered the Vietnam War, but after two years he returned to the United States, where he commented on Nixon’s presidential campaign, and later became Hong Kong’s bureau chief, followed by the US Department’s correspondent, building steady net worth. 
• After that, he went to China as part of President Nixon’s visit to the region, and in the early 1980s became the host of the “Nightline” news show, produced by Roone Aldredge. 
• He anchored the show for the next 25 years until 2005 when he decided to quit the ABC network. 
• At that time, the net value of Ted increased by a wide margin. 
• While hosting the show, Ted studied and discussed a variety of subjects, such as science, politics, education, economics, and many others, all of which helped to increase the success of the show, and Ted’s net worth, as his salary increased every year. 
• He quit the show in 2005 and has held a variety of roles since then, working with other channels, including BBC News, Discovery Channel, and CBS. 
• As far as his personal life is concerned, Ted Koppel has been married to Grace Anne Dorney since 1963, with whom he had four children; his son died in 2010. 
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Edward James Martin Koppel Trademarks

1. His deep smooth mellow voice.

Edward James Martin Koppel Quotes

• Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
• I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
• “I think we’re glazing eyes all across America” [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightline (1980), 13 Feb 1987].
• (Reflecting on ABC’s almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) “There’s nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed” (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase “shot at without result”).
• When asked if he is narcissistic: “No, I’m too ugly to be narcissistic.” The Wall Street Journal describes him as “the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America”, while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as “the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism.”

Edward James Martin Koppel Important Facts

• Release of his book, “Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public”. [2000]
• NBC News special correspondent [2011].
• Father of Andrea Koppel.
• His father Erwin owned a tire factory, mother Alice was a singer and pianist.
• Wife, Grace Anne Koppel, is an attorney, who worked full-time while Koppel held fast to his agreement to stay at home as a full-time dad early in their careers.
• He speaks fluent German, Russian and French.
• His parents were Jews living in Germany in the 1930s. They emigrated to England to escape from the Nazis.
• Enjoys sailing
• Most prized possession is his family Torah
• Favorite author is Patrick O’Brian.
• Became a U. S. citizen in 1963
• Has BS degree from Syracuse University and an MA in mass communications research and political science from Stanford University
• Moved to the US when he was 13
• Cowrote book: In the National Interest
• Anchored The ABC Saturday Night News from 1975-7
• From 1971 to 1980, was ABC News’ Chief Diplomatic Correspondent
• He has received honorary degrees from Syracuse University, Colgate University, The University of South Carolina, American University, New England School of Law, Fairfield University, Middlebury College, Georgetown School of Law, Dartmouth College, Knox College, Howard University, Duke University, Saint Louis University, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University and Catholic University.
• Member of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame
• Named Broadcaster of the Year in 1987
• Winner of 25 Emmy Awards, five George Foster Peabody Awards, eight duPont-Columbia Awards, nine Overseas Press Club Awards, two George Polk Awards, and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards, the highest honor bestowed for public service by the Society of Professional Journalists.
• Has 3 daughters and 1 son: Deirdre, Andrew, Tara and Andrea Koppel, also a TV news-person, who covers the State Dept for CNN.
• His wife gave him a motorcycle for his 60th birthday.

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