Christine Craft Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Christine Ann Craft (born 1944) is an attorney, radio talk show host and former television news anchor. She became known in the broadcast industry in the 1980s for her age and sexual discrimination lawsuit against a television station that had demoted her from news anchor to reporter.
Net Worth
$100,000
Date Of Birth
1943
Profession
Actress
Work Position
KGO biography of Christine Craft
Nicknames
Christine Craft, Craft, Christine
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Fact
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Graduated from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1995. Worked as a weather reporter and other on-air positions in the newsroom, including sports and news reporting, for KSBW-TV (Salinas, California) in 1974; in 1977 for CBS television network, where she unwillingly received a make-over that turned her into a platinum blonde; as a reporter for KPIX-TV (San Francisco); at KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara, California); co-anchor for KMBC-TV (Kansas City, Missouri) in 1981; as a lecturer in 1983-1984; and a talk-show host at KFBK-AM (Sacramento, California) starting in 1991.
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In 1980, Craft auditioned for KMBC and was hired as co-anchor, but was later informed that she had been demoted to reporter because she was "too old, too unattractive and wouldn't defer to men." Craft got angry and told a Kansas City newspaper about this unfair treatment. Her lawsuit against Metromedia was tried twice, in 1983 and 1984, and both times the jury decided in her favor and awarded her damages. Both times, the judge overruled. Craft got her revenge by publishing a book about this blatant sexism.
