Career
He was a native of Philadelphia and the first African-American news anchor in the Philadelphia market. He first joined WCAU-television fresh out of high school as a copy editors While both continuing his education and working for channel 10 he first became a weekend booth announcer then rising in 1971 to reporter.
lieutenant was said that John Facenda recognized his talent and mentored him.
He eventually rose to the position of 11PM news anchor, but was let go in favor of Ralph Penza in 1976. He then moved to KYW-television, then World's Largest Store -television in Chicago.
He returned to KYW-television in 1983 and died at the age of 41 on March 5, 1991 of pancreatic cancer. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia posthumously inducted Jones into their Hall of Fame in 2004.
