Jerry Turner (anchorman)
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August 6, 1929
Marion, South Carolina, U.S.
Jerry Turner | |
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| Born | Jerry Jackson Joiner August 6, 1929 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1987 (aged 58) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery Marion, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | anchorman |
| Notable credit(s) | Co-anchor of WJZ-TV, Eyewitness News |
| Spouse |
Jean McIntyre (m. 1952) |
Jerry Jackson Joiner (August 6, 1929 – December 31, 1987), known professionally as Jerry Turner, was an American television news anchorman at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jerry Joiner was from Meridian, Mississippi and began working at the Baltimore television station in August 1962, starting the 6PM Newscast with Al Sanders in 1977.
Prior to his arrival on Television Hill, WJZ's news was mired in third place in a town that had three major network newscasts. In 1971, WBAL-TV was #1, WMAR-TV was #2; three years later, WJZ with Turner, Sanders, Bob Turk (weather) and Nick Charles (Sports) was a runaway #1 and stayed there through the 70s and into the 80s.[citation needed]
Turner worked with Oprah Winfrey when she moved to Baltimore in 1976 to co-anchor the 6PM news.
