Megan Henderson

Megan Henderson (born February 19, 1975) is a journalist and weekday morning anchor of the 4am to 7am KTLA News in Los Angeles.[1] Prior to joining KTLA in March 2009, Henderson hosted the #1 rated morning show Good Day at the Fox affiliate KDFW in Dallas[2] and Fox's Good Day Utah at KSTU in Salt Lake City. In 2008, she guest-hosted several episodes of Fox & Friends Weekend in New York City on the Fox News Channel.[3]

Megan Henderson
Born (1975-02-19) February 19, 1975
San Pedro, California, U.S.
Alma materArizona State University (B.A.)
OccupationNews anchor
EmployerKTLA (2009 - present)

Early life

Henderson grew up in Southern California. Megan was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles. Part of her childhood was spent living in Long Beach, California, then moving in her youth to San Clemente, California.[4] She graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Her grandmother is of Mexican-Spanish descent.[5]

Career

Henderson started her broadcast career in Wichita Falls, Texas working at the CBS and NBC affiliates, KAUZ-TV and KFDX-TV. She anchored Good Day Utah at Fox owned-and-operated station KSTU in Salt Lake City, before joining weekday anchor of Good Day at KSTU's sister O&O KDFW in Dallas–Fort Worth in 2003.[2] In 2008, she appeared as a guest-host on several episodes of Fox & Friends.[3] In March 2009, she joined CW affiliate KTLA in Los Angeles, California as anchor of the KTLA Morning News.[1]

She is active in many charities including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Race for the Cure and the Children's Cancer Fund.

She had a cameo in the movie Iron Man 3 as herself.

References
  1. "Henderson quietly makes KTLA debut". Uncle Barky's Bytes. 2009-03-23.
  2. "Henderson leaving Good Day, heading West (updated)". Uncle Barky's Bytes. 2009-02-03.
  3. "Mr. Ailes Will See You Now". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. "Megan Henderson". Ktla.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. Henderson, Megan. "@Alvarado75 yes.. my grandmother is half Mexican half spanish". Twitter. Retrieved 18 January 2018.


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