Event name
Reflections on a Life in News with Gordon Peterson
When
Wed 10 / 20 / 2021
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where
Via Zoom
Who can attend
Open to all
Limited Capacity: 34 spots available
Price
FREE
It seems that Gordon Peterson has been part of the lives of most Washingtonians whether anchoring the local news to moderating Inside Washington. He remains part of our community as a neighbor and is joining Palisades Village to talk about his life on air.
Peterson first arrived in Washington in the fall of 1969, working as a reporter for both WTOP radio and television, and within two years was named co-anchor with fellow staffer Max Robinson of The Big News, which later evolved into Eyewitness News. He would remain the main anchor at Channel 9 for 33 years amid many changes on and off-camera. For most of that period he co-anchored with Maureen Bunyan, with whom he was reunited on the 6 p.m. news on WJLA-TV in December 2004. Viewers also enjoyed Peterson's banter with sportscaster Glenn Brenner who was the city's most popular broadcast journalist from 1977 until his death in 1992. Brenner often ribbed Peterson for his lifelong support of the also-ran Boston Red Sox major league baseball team. Brenner and Peterson became close friends, and their jokes at one another's expense became local legend.
After Martin Agronsky retired as moderator of Agonsky & Co. in 1988, Peterson became producer and moderator of the show, which was retitled Inside Washington. In early September 2013, Gordon Peterson announced that Inside Washington would cease production in late December 2013 after a continuous run of 25 years. The last new episode of Inside Washington aired in December 2013.
It was announced on November 7, 2014 that Peterson would retire from WJLA-TV when his contract was to expire at the end of the year. His last newscast with the station aired on December 31.