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Bill Wixey

Bill Wixey

Bill Wixey is an Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Q13 FOX News Anchor.

Career

Bill started hos career in Seattle in 1998. There Bill worked as a sports anchor and reporter for KIRO-TV. He covered two Super Bowls with the Packers while working in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In addition to that, he covered two Final Fours with the Arkansas Razorbacks during his time in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He launched his broadcasting career in Great Falls, Montana.

Before his start on Q13 FOX, Bill was a principal anchor at FOX Sports Net, where he covered the Mariners RFC during their 166-win season in 2001.

Bill usually covers top news events all over the world.

He has reported from South Asia shortly after the 2005 Tsunami. He has also reported from the devastating Earthquake in Haiti, as well as the Olympic Games in ** Beijing, Vancouver and London.

Bill Wixey has got two Emmy Awards for his anchoring and reporting. In 2003, he won an Emmy for his outstanding work as an anchor. The second Emmy prize he won in 2010 for "Bill's Journey", which documented his successful battle over Hodgkin's lymphoma. Besides, Bill was voted Western Washington Man of the Year in the "Best of Western Washington" contest in 2009. Bill received accolades for his 2005 "Mission of Hope" documentary, in which he traveled to Sri Lanka shortly after Tsunami to document the recovery efforts.

Bill in also involved in charity ventures with the Ronald McDonald House, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, St. Jude's Hospital, Junior Achievement and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Personal Life

Bill was born and grew up in the Seattle area. In his spare time, Bill is usually playing Hockey, Golfing, reading, watching movies, or playing with his two kids. His wife, Catherine, says Bill is always out running. He has completed eight marathons including Seattle, New York, Chicago, Portland, Honolulu and Boston.

Education

Bill Wixey is a graduate of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland and the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University.

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