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Bill Griffeth
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Prior to joining Consumer News and Business Channel, Griffeth was part of the production team that started the Financial News Network in 1981. During his 10 years there he was nominated for a CableACE award as best news anchor for his work anchoring FNN"s coverage of the 1987 stock market crash. Griffeth joined Consumer News and Business Channel in 1991, when National Broadcasting Company purchased FNN and merged it with Consumer News and Business Channel. He has anchored a number of programs for Consumer News and Business Channel, including Power Lunch (Monday-Friday, 12-2pm ET), which he co-anchored with Sue Herera.
He garnered 6 more CableACE nominations along the way.
On November 19, 2009, Consumer News and Business Channel president Mark Hoffman announced in an email to the staff that Griffeth would be taking a one-year leave of absence from the cable channel. His last day, at least for the next year, was Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
On January 3, 2011, Griffeth returned to Consumer News and Business Channel to co-anchor the Closing Bell (Monday-Friday, 3-4pm ET). Host shows Closing Bell (2011-present) Power Lunch (1996–2009) The Edge (1999-March 2000) Market Wrap (1991–2002) Strictly Business The Money Club Along with his co-anchor Sue Herera, Griffeth received his bachelor"s degree in Journalism in 1980 from California State University, Northridge.
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Along with his co-anchor Sue Herera, Griffeth received his bachelor"s degree in Journalism in 1980 from California State University, Northridge. While a student at CSUN, Griffeth co-hosted a weekly interview show, "Straightalk," with Rick Holicker, on KCSN, the university"s then-National Public Radio-affiliated radio station. Along with Holicker, he won the Golden Mike Award from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California for a documentary on National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s Viking program, titled "The Flight to Mars." In 2000, CSUN honored him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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