Whilst she was still a student, Oprah began putting her Communication skills to work. She presented the news part time at WVOL, a Nashville-based radio station which broadcast predominantly to Tennessee’s African-American community.

On graduating, she moved to WLAC-TV(a CBS-affiliated TV station),also in Nashville, and became their first black female news anchor. Oprah was also the youngest news anchor hired by the channel.

 

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