Anne Keefe (broadcaster) explained

Anne Keefe (February 12, 1925 - December 29, 2015) was an American radio and television broadcaster and talk show host who worked in Rochester, New York and St. Louis, Missouri. She had a major role in radio and television for 50 years.^{[1] [2]} The St. Louis Dispatch described her as a pioneer and a legend.^[3]

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and the University of Rochester.^[4] She worked at WHAM on the radio and then on television. She also worked at WROC in Rochester and then KMOX in St Louis.^[4]

Early in her broadcasting career she had bit parts in soap operas.^[5] She appeared as part of journalist panels on C-Span. And eventully made it on to donnybrook which at the time was an all male show ^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anne Keefe: First woman interviewer at KMOX became its unchallenged grand dame. December 31, 2015. St. Louis Public Radio.
2. Web site: Gorbman. Randy. Anne Keefe, Trailblazing Local Broadcaster Has Died. 2020-12-27. www.wxxinews.org. 30 December 2015. en.
3. Web site: Broadcast legend Anne Keefe dies at 90. Sarah Bryan. Miller. STLtoday.com.
4. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/amp/78126050
5. Web site: St. Louis Media History. www.stlmediahistory.org.
6. Web site: Anne Keefe | C-SPAN.org. www.c-span.org.