Barbara Allan Simpson (born July 29, 1937) is an American retired TV reporter, news anchor, and conservative radio talk show host. She is currently an on-line columnist.

Early life and education

Simpson was born Barbara Allan in

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and raised in

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immigrant. She has a brother, Henry Allan. She graduated from Georgian Court College with a

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degree in 1958 and later earned a

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degree from

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Career

Academic

Simpson was an assistant professor and chair of the textiles and clothing department at Mount St. Mary's College in

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and was on the faculty of a similar department at

TV, radio, and columnist

Barbara Simpson was a prominent television news anchor at

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, Channel 2, in

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, KQED, Channel 9, and

KOFY-TV KOFY-TV (channel 20) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of the Grit network. It is owned by CNZ Communications, LLC, alongside Class A station KCNZ- ...

Channel 20 (both in

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), and later in

, from the late 1970s through the 1990s. She was the Public Relations Director for The Cousteau Society, where she worked with Captain

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, coordinating media and the worldwide petition campaign. Simpson was notably the host of ''

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'' on Saturday nights from 2000 to 2003, alternating with

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. She occasionally hosted on other nights as well, including substituting for the show's founder,

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. She was a long-time host of her own radio talk show on San Francisco station

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. Until May 3, 2014, when her show was abruptly canceled, Simpson was on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with frequent weekday fill-in appearances as host for other shows on the station. Simpson is known for her

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

political views. , she writes a commentary column titled ''The Babe In The Bunker'' — referring to her status as a conservative in the famously liberal San Francisco Bay Area — for the conservative online news site

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Personal

Simpson is an experienced markswoman. A

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, she lives in

Moraga, California Moraga is a town in Contra Costa County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is named in honor of Joaquín Moraga, member of the famed Californio family. As of 2020, Moraga had a total population of 16,870 people. Moraga is ...

. She has two daughters, Elizabeth Zubkoff and Patricia Simpson.

Honors

*2007 Golden Microphone-Excellence in Broadcasting Award *Eagle Forum of California *The "Golden Medallion", from the California State Bar, for TV reports *TV Woman of the Year, NoCa, American Women in Radio and Television *Kudo Award for her KSFO program *National Commission on Working Women, Peninsula Press Club, Oakland Business and Professional Women * B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League.

References

External links

KSFO Bio
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