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Jan Yanehiro
Jan Yanehiro is a Japanese-American broadcast journalist.
Yanehiro earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Fresno in 1970. She first worked as a flight attendant before getting a job on radio station KFRC (defunct) in San Francisco. Yanehiro is among the first native-born Asian-American female journalists.
Yanehiro had three children with her late husband John Zimmerman.
She became Director of the School of Communications & Media Technologies at Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2008. She continues[when?] to host charity events and travels the world giving lectures.[citation needed]
Yanehiro started her career in radio at KFRC (defunct). In 1975, she was hired by KPIX-TV to help develop and co-host a new, groundbreaking half-hour non-news magazine series. Initially called "Evening Show: MTWTF", Evening Magazine debuted August 9, 1976. Owing to its success it was franchised to television markets across the United States, who produced their own versions, primarily known as PM Magazine.
Yanehiro remained with the original Evening Magazine throughout its 14-year run, 1976–1990. From 1998 to 2001, she co-hosted HGTV's "Appraise It!" for its 5-season run.
Over the years Yanehiro has hosted and produced documentaries for KVIE and KCSM-TV. She has also hosted a series on radio station KCBS.
Yanehiro served as the narrator of the 1996 documentary "Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War" about the aftermath of the Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
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Jan Yanehiro
Jan Yanehiro is a Japanese-American broadcast journalist.
Yanehiro earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Fresno in 1970. She first worked as a flight attendant before getting a job on radio station KFRC (defunct) in San Francisco. Yanehiro is among the first native-born Asian-American female journalists.
Yanehiro had three children with her late husband John Zimmerman.
She became Director of the School of Communications & Media Technologies at Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2008. She continues[when?] to host charity events and travels the world giving lectures.[citation needed]
Yanehiro started her career in radio at KFRC (defunct). In 1975, she was hired by KPIX-TV to help develop and co-host a new, groundbreaking half-hour non-news magazine series. Initially called "Evening Show: MTWTF", Evening Magazine debuted August 9, 1976. Owing to its success it was franchised to television markets across the United States, who produced their own versions, primarily known as PM Magazine.
Yanehiro remained with the original Evening Magazine throughout its 14-year run, 1976–1990. From 1998 to 2001, she co-hosted HGTV's "Appraise It!" for its 5-season run.
Over the years Yanehiro has hosted and produced documentaries for KVIE and KCSM-TV. She has also hosted a series on radio station KCBS.
Yanehiro served as the narrator of the 1996 documentary "Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War" about the aftermath of the Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.