John McCaa Biography
John McCaa is a retired American news anchor. He is known for working for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. He worked for WFAA from 1984 until his retirement on 1st March 2019. Raised in an Air Force family he attended high school in Madrid, Spain. He then moved back to Nebraska, for a Jesuit education.
John McCaa Education
He has a degree in journalism and mass communication from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. John later earned a master’s degree in politics from the University of Dallas and a PhD in Humanities-History of Ideas from The University of Texas at Dallas.
After his graduation, he worked in Omaha for more than seven years anchoring and reporting, with WOWT-TV. In 1984, he came to WFAA to work in the Fort Worth newsroom as a reporter. Later on, he was promoted to chief of the newsroom.
He then transferred to the Dallas newsroom. After his transfer, he became the weekend news anchor, then news manager. He also served as co-anchor for the 5 p.m. newscast at one tiime.
McCaa hosted a series of webcasts from the Republican convention during the 2000 presidential primaries. In 1992, McCaa became the co-anchor of the 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. weekday newscasts. Mostly he anchored alongside Gloria Campos until her retirement in 2014.
John McCaa Replacement
Cynthia Izaguirre replaced Campos and co-anchored with McCaa until his retirement. McCaa announced his retirement during the 10 p.m. newscast on August 6, 2018. His last day in the WFAA newsroom was March 1, 2019, where he did his final broadcast, ending his 35 year career at WFAA. Chris Lawrence replaced McCaa in the co-anchor’s chair.
John McCaa Age
John McCaa was born in Rantoul, Illinois United States of America. He was born in 1954. His actual date and month of birth are not known. He is 64 or 65 years old as of 2019.
John McCaa Net Worth
John McCaa has worked for WFAA for almost four decades until his retirement. That is no mean achievement. For the many years he has been in the media industry he has made a great fortune. His net worth however still remains unknown. We have no information whatsoever about the salary he was earning while working at the WFAA.
John McCaa Wife
John McCaa is married to his wife Nora McCaa. The couple has one grown son called Collin McCaa. He enjoys playing the drums in his spare time. Not much information is known about the couple. Asked about her husband, Nora says,
“He’s the same way at home as he is at work. He’s generous, he’s kind,” she said. “He’s just a wonderful person and I think it’s conveyed through the television that he is a nice person. He’s approachable. We have so many people who come up to us and always want to tell him how much they appreciate him how much they enjoy watching him.”
John and Nora are both avid readers. Nora has a master’s degree in public affairs. John earned a master’s degree in politics from the University of Dallas and a Ph.D from the University of Texas at Dallas while he was anchoring at WFAA.
John McCaa Interview | John McCaa Retirement
“My contract would’ve expired much earlier,” he says. “At the end of this year. But they said ‘you can stay as long as you want.’ This gives Nora and I enough time to make whatever life-changing plans we want to make, it gives the station a chance to make the changes they think they need to make. It’s what everyone is comfortable with.”
He will likely get some sort of on-air sendoff, but he doesn’t want a big blowout.
“It’s just not me,” he says. “I’m from an old-fashioned military family, and those families don’t normally go around tooting their own horn. And I’m from Nebraska, and I always point to Warren Buffett [an Omaha native] . You never see Warren Buffett on the social circuit. He’s almost the richest guy on the planet, and you could down to the Omaha equivalent of Whataburger and find him standing in front of you.”
So … what’s he gonna do for fun?
“After I retire, we’re going on a very long trip,” he says. “We want to try one of those Viking River Cruises. When we haven’t been to a particular place, we will usually cruise there, to determine whether we want to go back and spend some time. Because cruising, you’re usually only there for a day. It’s a good way to kind of briefly explore areas.”
He’ll also enjoy being able to spend more time when he travels. The longest vacation he’s taken since he’s been at Channel 8 was three weeks, and usually it’s one or two weeks.. When news anchors are off the air for long enough, viewers start wondering what happened to them.
“When I’m on vacation, I look at my email but I don’t answer it,” he says. “And about 13 days in, you start to get this, ‘Where are you?’ “
John McCaa is also an amateur drummer, and he hopes to start gigging a little bit, but he says he needs more practice before he’s ready to play in public. He has performed before, but he’s a little rusty. (This is a long clip, but if you go to the 7-minute mark, you can catch a glimpse of McCaa’s playing — and you can hear him throughout.
SOURCE: www.star-telegram.com
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