POPULAR SAN DIEGO NEWS ANCHOR CAROL LEBEAU NEVER THOUGHT SHE’D BE CELEBRATING 28 YEARS AT SAN DIEGO’S CHANNEL 10, KGTV….BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID THIS MAY. ORIGINALLY FROM DAVENPORT, IOWA….WHERE SHE MADE HER RADIO AND TELEVISION DEBUT AT WOC- AM-FM-AND TV….CAROL IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA WHERE SHE MAJORED IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM. “I ALSO PICKED UP A MINOR IN SPANISH,” SAYS CAROL, “NEVER IMAGINING IT WOULD COME IN SO HANDY!”

CAROL LEARNED FIRST HAND AT WMBD-TV WHAT “PLAYS IN PEORIA….” AFTER THREE YEARS AS ANCHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, PRODUCER, WRITER, TALK SHOW HOST AND, “OCCASIONALLY TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS IN THE NEWSROOM…ALL THE THINGS YOU DO IN A SMALL MARKET,” SHE SAYS.

DURING HER TENURE AT KGTV, SHE HAS ACCUMULATED AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF AWARDS….AMONG THEM A GOLDEN MIKE, SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARDS AND C. EVERETT KOOP AWARD FOR HEALTH REPORTING. BUT ONE THAT SPEAKS TO HER HEART WAS FROM THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS FOR A SERIES CALLED “MISSION TO HEAL.” CAROL AND PHOTOJOURNALIST KYLE MAJORS ACCOMPANIED A LOCAL RELIEF TEAM OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO SET UP CLINICS IN TWO TSUNAMI-DEVASTATED FISHING VILLAGES IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIA.

CAROL HAS TOURED WITH THE POPE….JOGGED WITH THE PRESIDENT AND INTERVIEWED OPRAH. SHE ALSO HAS THE DISTINCTION…ALONG WITH TV COLLEAGUE KIMBERLY HUNT…TO BE PART OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

EVEN IN RETIREMENT FROM LOCAL TV NEWS, CAROL HAS LOST NONE OF THE PERSONAL ENTHUSIASM THAT DREW HER TO JOURNALISM. THESE DAYS CAROL DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN FREELANCE HEALTH REPORTING AND ADVOCACY…..TO MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING FOR WOMEN AND FAITH-BASED GROUPS.

“AFTER COVERING HEALTH NEWS FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES, SAYS CAROL, “I’M NOW EXCITED TO TAKE MY PASSION AND EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.”

CAROL IS A MASTER’S SWIMMER… COMPETES IN ROUGH-WATER SWIMS THROUGHOUT THE WEST AND ENJOYS LONG RUNS ON THE BEACH. HER HUSBAND, TOM HAMILTON, IS A RETIRED NAVY PILOT. THE COUPLE ENJOYS LIVING IN CORONADO, CA. WITH “GIZMO” AND “LITTLE GIRL,” RESIDENT CATS IN CHARGE.
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