Full Name Van Hackett Status Married | Name Van Hackett | |
Occupation Television journalist; News Director Notable credit(s) KTRK-TV weekend news anchor/reporter (1980-1987)
WPTV-TV assistant news director (1973-1976) | ||
Van Hackett was a weekend news anchor for KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas from 1980 to 1987. He also co-anchored the station's Live at Five newscast for a few years before being moved to the weekends. Prior to joining KTRK-TV, Hackett was the assistant news director for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida from 1973 until 1976. He later left KTRK-TV during the summer of 1987 and joined 1010 WINS Radio in New York City, New York for a few years before joining WWOR-TV in Secaucus, New Jersey as well as anchoring at WVIT-TV in New Britain, Connecticut until his resignation in 1993.
Video of Hackett
[1] Weekend 10:00pm newscast of KTRK-TV Ch. 13 Eyewitness News Tonight from July 21, 1985
[2] Ch. 13 Eyewitness News Update with Van Hackett in 1985.
References
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