Jim Wieder
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KMST-TV news anchor (1985–1988)
KOLD-TV reporter (1988–1990)
KOVR-TV anchor/reporter (1990–1996)
KGO-TV anchor/reporter (1995–2005)
ABC News One (2006–2008)
Business
owner, Hayward Ace Hardware, 2006–2021
president, Hayward Chamber of Commerce 2008–2010
Chabot College Foundation Board of Directors 2008–2011
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| Notable credit(s) | Broadcasting KMST-TV news anchor (1985–1988) KOLD-TV reporter (1988–1990) KOVR-TV anchor/reporter (1990–1996) KGO-TV anchor/reporter (1995–2005) ABC News One (2006–2008) Business owner, Hayward Ace Hardware, 2006–2021 president, Hayward Chamber of Commerce 2008–2010 Chabot College Foundation Board of Directors 2008–2011 |
Jim Wieder is an American business owner, retired television and radio news anchor, former chamber of commerce executive in the East Bay of Northern California. Currently, Jim is owner of Discount Products 1.
Wieder, born in Brooklyn, New York is the son of immigrants from Budapest, Hungary. His broadcasting career spanned more than 30-years in Television and Radio. Wieder joined KOVR-TV and KGO-TV & Radio from 1988 until 2005. During that period, Wieder's reporting assignments included the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Loma Prieta Earthquake, numerous Hurricanes including Hurricane Katrina, and conflicts including Operation Desert Storm, and the 9/11 attack. In 2003, Wieder was awarded the Edward Murrow Award of the Overseas Press Club of America for reporting excellence during Operation Iraqi Freedom for his reporting to ABC News Radio.
In 2023 he Co-Hosted Manifesto of a Serial Killer for Oxygen True Crime[1][2]
