Keith Hetherington

Announcer and host on early television in Los Angeles, California. Hetherington appeared on station W6XYZ, its successor, KTLA, and on KTTV. In what is claimed to be the first remote live TV coverage of a breaking news event, Hetherington reported from the scene of the explosion of electroplating plant on Pico Boulevard on 27 February 1947. He served as co-host of the KTLA's pioneering weekly live-remote broadcast show, "The City at Night." Hetherington also appeared in films and worked in advertising. Show less «