Jerry Dunphy

Born: 1921-06-09 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 2002-05-20

Jerry Dunphy was an American television news anchor in the Los Angeles/Southern California media market. He was best known for his intro 'From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California, a good evening.' After serving as a pilot in World War II, Dunphy began his broadcast television career in 1953. He was the news director/anchor at then-CBS owned-and-operated (O&O) WXIX (now CW affiliated WVTV) in Milwaukee. Dunphy also was a sports reporter at another CBS O&O, WBBM-TV, in Chicago. Dunphy also served as a color commentator for Green Bay Packers telecasts on CBS in 1956. In 1960, Dunphy took over the anchor chair at the Los Angele ...