Mary Helen McPhillips (1931–1998), was a noted television personality.
TV and radio career
McPhillips worked for
CBC and
CHUM radio in Canada. She moved to New York to work for
WOR-TV
WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox flagship WNYW (ch ...
and radio. She spent 20 years at the company. She appeared on ''Straight Talk'' as a public-affairs host in the 1970s and 1980s, ''The
Martha Deane program'', ''News at Noon'' as news anchor in the 1960s. She also appeared on the
Mutual Broadcasting Network and on ''The
John Gambling morning radio program''.
Death
She died from heart failure on December 16, 1998, aged 67 in New York.
Obituary in The New York Times
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Nominationsnominated for 1973-1974 NEW YORK area award
References
Television anchors from New York City
Canadian television hosts
1998 deaths
1931 births
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