Gayle King

After her studies in college, Gayle King shifted her focus to Kansas City, Missouri where she got a job at WDAF TV as a Weekend Anchor. During her time there, she was hired as a news anchor at WFSB in Hartford. Staring in 1982, King worked on the local news and became a co-anchor for networks like Hartford’s CBS affiliate. She worked there for 18 years as a news anchor. During this time, she lived in Glastonbury. King also co-hosted a talk show on NBC with Robin Wagner.

In 1997, Gayle started her own talk show but due to low ratings, it was canceled. The show had started well but later it faced criticism from many media personalities. To lift her spirits up, Oprah offered her a chance to work in her thriving production company in Chicago.

When asked what the coolest thing she has done in her career, Gayle had many stories to share, “We took a vacation on an elephant-backed safari. We went to Botswana. We look at those pictures and we go, “Whoa! We got to do that!” It’s so hard to pick the coolest thing, seeing Nelson Mandela’s house in South Africa, that was cool. When it comes to working, a live shot at the White House for the Super Bowl, that was very cool. The Obamas had never done an interview together, and normally the tradition is that whatever network has the Super Bowl gets an interview with the president during halftime. My producers approached the Obamas to see if they would do it together, live, something they had never done. That was super cool and super nerve-wracking because you’re live and you have to stick to your time cues.“