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Craig O’Neill Biography
Craig O’Neill is an American anchor at THV11 in Little Rock, Arkansas United States. He mainly specializes, in children’s literacy with ‘Craig’s Reading Roadtrip.’ General Manager Marty Schack announced that legendary broadcaster Craig O’Neill has signed a new contract with the Little Rock CBS affiliate to remain on the air for another year.
Craig O’Neill began his career as a deejay in 1969 “In August of 1999, I began to park at THV’s front door and demanding to be put on TV,” said Craig; they relented in December 1999. On Craig’s first day of work, he was sent to Dallas to cover the Cotton Bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas Longhorns.
How old is Craig O’Neill
Craig O’Neill age is under review but we will get to update you very soon, as for now, we have no information related to Craig O’Neill age but it will soon be updated. He has emceed more than 9,000 charity events in 48 years. (Yes. … Scheduled to make his last appearance as master of ceremonies at Saturday’s Miracle Ball for Arkansas Children’s Hospital,
Craig O’Neill Education
Craig O’Neill graduated from Little Rock’s Central High School in 1968 and from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro in 1972. He went on and began his career as a deejay began in 1969. He is aA self-confessed sports nut, who became the host of ESPN2 Outdoors in 1995. In 1997, Craig became the stadium announcer for all home football games for the Arkansas Razorbacks
Craig O’Neill Anchor THV11
Craig O’Neill began his career as a deejay in 1969 “In August of 1999, I began to park at THV’s front door and demanding to be put on TV,” said Craig; they relented in December 1999. On Craig’s first day of work, he was sent to Dallas to cover the Cotton Bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas Longhorns.
In June of 2008, he went into the news with Dawn Scott and Liz Massey. Craig holds the distinction of being the only disc jockey to ever host a dance at the White House. He is a self-confessed sports nut, who became the host of ESPN2 Outdoors in 1995.
In 1997, Craig became the stadium announcer for all home football games for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Throughout the years, Craig has given his time and talents to help many organizations including The American Cancer Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Arkansas Children’s Theatre, Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Ballet of Arkansas, Easter Seals, Florence Crittenton Home, American Heart Association, Hope Lodge, VIPs, and Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Craig O’Neill spent 50 years in broadcasting, he is an alumnus of Arkansas State University who began his broadcasting career in radio in 1969. In 2000 he began a new chapter on television. He started as Sports Director at THV11, then known as “Today’s THV,” and was later promoted to the news anchor desk where he remains today.
Craig was planning to retire this year, but when asked what made him change his mind, he said, “THV11 has so much creative momentum I can’t retire right now! Besides, from what I can tell, I’m looking younger!”
Craig O’Neill has also worked for Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, Phys.org, The Conversation, AlterNet, KUSA-TV (Denver, CO), WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH), WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids, MI), Lifehacker Australia, WVEC-TV (Norfolk, VA), WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)
Craig O’Neill Wife
Craig O’Neill is married to his college sweetheart, Jane. The couples were blessed with two grown children, Abby and Thomas, two grandchildren, Bella and Amelia.
Craig O’Neill postpones retirement
Craig O’Neill was planning to retire this year, but when asked what made him change his mind, he said, “THV11 has so much creative momentum I can’t retire right now! Besides, from what I can tell, I’m looking younger!”
Craig O’Neill It was announced in 2017 that Craig was, in essence, “retiring” from emceeing most events. He now focuses on giving back in a different way: with “Craig’s Reading Road Trip.”
He travels from school to school and library to library, reading to Arkansas children and helping them to be “lifetime readers.”Schack said, “We look forward to spending this additional year celebrating Craig’s career in broadcasting and saluting his endless commitment to the community.”
Craig O’Neill Net Worth
Craig O’Neill is an American anchor at THV11 who has an estimated net worth of $ 4 million.
Found After Being Buried Under An Avalanche At Wild Winter Country Park
Craig O’Neill was found by search and rescue officials after being trapped under an avalanche at Wild Winter Country theme park for over 3 hours. O’Neill was filming a remote television spot for THV, Little Rock’s CBS affiliate, about the upcoming winter theme park when the avalanche took place.
The park, typically a water park called Wild River Country, began testing the artificial snow machines this week in preparation for the opening later this month. O’Neill and a cameraman were setups on the future tube slope.
“We just wrapped up filming when I started feeling a small rumble,” THV cameraman Bob Elswick tells us, “I dropped my gear and took off running. I thought for a brief second to warn Craig, but he always wears those sneakers, so I figured he could outrun me anyway.”
Officials tell us that the avalanche was likely caused by snow melting on the 60° day and then being layered with fresh snow on top. This created an unstable snow base on the slope which eventually began to shift.
It is estimated that O’Neill was only covered by approximately 4 ft of snow. The inexperience of the search and rescue team in avalanche rescue led to slow recovery time. “We honestly had no clue how to begin a search and rescue in the avalanche,” Rescue official Herbert Ramirez tells us.
“We debated for a while on where we needed to begin the rescue, ultimately we decided to start from the bottom and work our way up. Secondly, we debated on the method. We eventually chose to poke sticks in the ground until we hit something.”
After a 3 hour search, that included a 30-minute hot cocoa break, a rescue worker spotted O’Neill’s lips sticking through the surface of the snow approximately 18 inches from the spot O’Neill was last seen.
THV News Director David Parker released a statement saying O’Neill is recovering with mild hypothermia at UAMS. O’Neill is reportedly in good spirits, making a number of prank calls to the hospital’s meal services requesting extra pudding for other patients and should be released in time for tonight’s newscast.
Foundation’s Awards
O’Neill is one of four alumni being honored September 24 at the Tiger Foundation’s Awards of Excellence. It’s their fourth year to host this event. The Tiger Foundation raises money to support students and programs for the school and focuses on four areas of support: academics, arts, athletics, and citizenship.
The other honorees are Central alums Jeff Nichols, film director; Art Porter Family, musicians, and philanthropists and Will Trice, new executive director of The Rep.
At the event, you can catch up with old friends and meet new ones with food and drink from 6-7:30 PM outside the Ron Robinson Theater. Afterward is a short ceremony inside that will start at 7:30 PM in the theater.
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