Press & broadcasting
George Noory
born 1950 · radio talk-show host, TV news producer
Detroit-born host of the late-night radio show Coast to Coast AM, who started as a newscaster at WCAR and a news producer at WJBK-TV.
- Born
Detroit, Michigan
age 76- Birth name
- George Ralph Noory
- Detroit years
- 1950–1978
- Field
- Press & broadcasting
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Noory grew up in Detroit, the son of an Egyptian father who worked for Ford Motor Company and a Lebanese American mother. He began his broadcasting career as a newscaster at Detroit's WCAR radio and from 1974 to 1978 was a news producer and executive news producer at WJBK-TV, Channel 2. He then became a TV news director in Minneapolis and St. Louis, and in St. Louis created the late-night radio show Nighthawk. In 2003 he succeeded Art Bell as weekday host of Coast to Coast AM, the syndicated overnight program about the paranormal, UFOs and conspiracy theories, heard on hundreds of stations in the United States and Canada. He has also appeared on the History Channel's Ancient Aliens.
Highlights
- Weekday host of Coast to Coast AM since 2003
- News producer and executive producer at WJBK-TV Detroit, 1974–1978
- Began as a newscaster at Detroit's WCAR radio
- Son of an Egyptian-born Ford worker
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Worked here · 1974–1978
WJBK Fox 2 Detroit studios
Channel 2, where he was a news producer and executive news producer.