John Criswell, who was an anchor/reporter for WFAA 8 Dallas - Fort Worth from 1973 to 1990 has died at the age of 83.
"In his 17 years at our station, John served as an important voice for both WFAA and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro as a whole," WFAA vice president and station manager Carolyn Mungo said in a statement on the station's website. "His legacy still lives on at the station today through the features he helped launch, such as the still-weekly Wednesday’s Child segment. He was a valuable part of the WFAA story, and he will be missed."
At WFAA, Criswell helped start the station's Wednesday’s Child and Crimestoppers segments.
In 1990, Criswell went "across-the-street" to KDFW and remained there until 1997.
The Dallas Morning News reports that Criswell went on to do work for CBS 11 KTVT and KTXD too before retiring in 1999.
