Michael King (born December 18, 1962 in

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) is an American commentator, columnist and Murrow Award-winning &

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-winning television producer. He attended both

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and

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. King was a 1980 graduate of Gary's Roosevelt High School. He is the son of 1955 Roosevelt graduate Howard and Gloria King. He began his broadcast career at WLTH radio in Gary in 1979. In the early 1980s, he was staff announcer for public television station WCAE and radio station WWJY, both in northwest Indiana. While in college, King reported for the ''

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''. During the mid-80s, his collegiate career took him to Washington, DC, where he interned at rock & roll radio station WAVA. Returning to Indiana by the early 1990s, King became a morning talk show host, coming back to his hometown station, WLTH. In 1994, he moved to Atlanta, also as morning host and taking on the added role of station manager at WIGO radio. King was also part of the team that developed

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in 1997. In the late 90s, King joined WGST radio as a news anchor, filling in as a talk host occasionally. King has been interviewed on a number of national and local radio programs, including NPR's ''

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'', '' The Tavis Smiley Show'', '' The Ken Hamblin Show'', '' The Michael Reagan Show'', '' Janet Parshall's America'' and others. Between 2001 and 2005, King was a semi-regular contributor to

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s including MSNBC's ''

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'', and Fox News Channel's ''

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'' and ''

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''. King withdrew from active commentary late in 2005 in order to become a producer and reporter with

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Atlanta. His big influence in going into journalism was fueled by his uncle, former

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News reporter Emery King, according to a 2016 Chicago Crusader interview. King has been nominated for 17 Southeast Regional

s since 2005, and has won 11 Emmys. He has also received regional Associated Press awards in 2006 through 2018, six regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work since 2006 along with a national Murrow Award for investigative journalism in 2016 for the in-depth report, 'Smart ALEC: The Backroom Where Laws Are Born'. In 2021, King moved from WXIA to Atlanta television station

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as a digital media strategist.

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