Harry Smith Biography
Harry Smith is an American television journalist who works as a senior reporter for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC. For seventeen years, he presented the CBS News morning shows The Early Show and its predecessor, CBS This Morning.
Smith was born in the city of Lansing, Illinois. He graduated from Central College in Pella, Iowa, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and drama.
Harry Smith Age
He is 71 years old as of 21 August 2022. He was born on 21 August 1951 in Lansing, Illinois, United States.
Harry Smith’s Wife (How long has Harry Smith been married?)
Smith is married to sportscaster Andrea Joyce, and their two boys live in New York City. The couple married in 1986.
Harry Smith Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
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On July 8, 2011, CBS News announced that Smith will be leaving the network after twenty-five years. Smith later revealed his intention to join NBC News and contribute to the prime-time newsmagazine show Rock Center with Brian Williams.
Smith has continued to report regularly on different NBC News platforms as substitute host on NBC Nightly News after the cancellation of Rock Center with Brian Williams. He delivers a weekly narrative to the weekend version of NBC’s Today on Sunday mornings in a feature called “Sundays with Harry.”
Smith began stepping in as co-host on the weekend version of NBC’s Today alongside his old colleague from The Early Show, Erica Hill, in the fall of 2015. Smith is one of a revolving set of co-hosts who have filled the co-anchor position since Lester Holt left to become the weekday anchor of NBC Nightly News.
Harry Smith Career
Smith began his his career at Denver radio stations KHOW and KIMN, as well as Cincinnati radio station WLW (1975). He worked for Denver’s public television station, KRMA-TV, from 1981 to 1982. From 1982 until 1985, he worked as a reporter and anchor for KMGH-TV, Denver’s then-CBS affiliate (the station is now affiliated with ABC). Smith joined CBS News as a reporter in 1986 and was promoted to a correspondent in 1987.
Smith worked as a contributor to The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 48 Hours, and CBS News documentaries for thirteen years. He spent most of his career at CBS anchoring the CBS morning show. He co-anchored CBS This Morning from November 30, 1987, through June 14, 1996. Smith was featured on the CBS Evening News in a weekly program called “Travels with Harry” after leaving the show, which looked at unusual individuals and locations around the country. He began hosting the A&E Network television series Biography and The History Channel’s Modern Marvels in 1999.
Smith returned to the CBS morning show, rebranded The Early Show, on October 28, 2002. He presented the show for eight years before CBS announced Smith’s departure, along with co-anchors Maggie Rodriguez and Dave Price, at the end of 2010. He left the show on December 31, 2010. Smith has been on a CBS morning program for seventeen years at that point. Smith left the show to become a CBS News Senior Correspondent and substitute anchor for the CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, and CBS News Sunday Morning. Apart from his television duties, Smith wrote a daily Harry Smith Reports commentary for the CBS Radio Network.
On July 8, 2011, CBS News announced that Smith will be leaving the network after twenty-five years. Smith later revealed his intention to join NBC News and contribute to the prime-time newsmagazine show Rock Center with Brian Williams.
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