Clete Roberts was a pioneer in Los Angeles local broadcast journalism.
After serving as a war correspondent in World War II and Korea, Clete
Roberts settled in the Los Angeles area and became a respected TV news
reporter, part of the innovative "Big News" local TV news concept, in
1960 at CBS television in Hollywood, which pioneered the hour-long
local news program - along with colleagues Jerry Dunphy, Bill Stout,
Maury Greene, Ralph Story and Bill Keene. He also carried his polish
and expertise on to the silver screen, and TV drama as well, most
notably in the episodes of
M*A*S*H (1972), in which he portrayed, of all
things, a war correspondent.
