Career
He was the solo anchor of National Broadcasting Company 10 News at 6 p.m. and co-anchor of National Broadcasting Company 10 News at 4 with Dawn Timmeney and National Broadcasting Company 10 News at 11 p.m. with Renee Chenault-Fattah. Lake was the primary co-anchor at National Broadcasting Company 10 from March 2003 until December 7, 2012. Previously he was the co-anchor of National Broadcasting Company 10 News at Five and the noontime news with Chenault when WCAU-television was owned by Columbia Broadcasting System. He joined WCAU in 1992.
Prior to that he was the weekend anchor at KPRC-television in Houston, Texas and the 11 pm weeknight anchor at South Carolina"s highest rated television station, Columbia Broadcasting System affiliate WCSC-television in Charleston.
Lake began working for daily and weekly newspapers while attending State University of New York at Fredonia. He concurrently worked for commercial radio stations in Buffalo and Dunkirk, New York, in addition to the campus station, WCVF-FM. He has also worked for several newspapers: The Walton (New York) Reporter, 1978–1981.
The Jamestown (New York) Post-Journal, 1981–1982. The North Myrtle Beach Times (South Carolina), 1982-1983.
He has also worked at a number of radio and television stations: WCVF, Fredonia, New New York
WZIR, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New New York WDOE, Dunkirk, New New York WNMB, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. WCSC-television, Charleston, South Carolina.
KPRC-television, Houston, Texas. WCAU-television, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lake has covered news events throughout New York State, North and South Carolina, Texas and Mexico, Washington, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Lake has published for Arcadia Books, Henderson Harbor (2012) and Association Island (2013).
He"s also written long-form historical articles for newspapers in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Jamestown, New York and for Thousand Islands Life online magazine.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Lake into their Hall of Fame in 2011.
