Central High School, Mobile, AL, Military Intelligence Academy, Bishop State Community College, Career Academy of Broadcasting, University of South Alabama
Occupations
Journalist
news presenter
Years active
1969–2019
Melvin J. Showers is an American journalist and news presenter. He is best known for his work at WKRG-TV in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. In his early life, Showers worked in the military as an Intelligence Analyst in the Far East, Middle East, and other territories. Upon his return stateside, he started his broadcasting career at WKRG in 1969. He served in several different roles, including announcer and reporter, before becoming a lead news anchor in 1980.
Showers was among the first people of color to anchor a newscast on the Gulf Coast, breaking racial barriers. He retired from full-time work at WKRG in 2019 after fifty years. For his career in broadcasting, he was inducted into Alabama's Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and named a "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
unique perspective on events impacting the Gulf Coast." Showers was married to Linda Reed Showers from 1968 until her death in 2012. Central High School...
American assistant district attorney and assistant United States Attorney MelShowers, retired WKRG news anchor Jessie Tompkins, former nationally-ranked track...
years later. Mylott is the paternal grandmother of actor and film director Mel Gibson. Lewis, Jan (March 2004). "Eva Mylott's Home Tour" (PDF). Journal...
1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman...
American satirical silent comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in summer 1976. The ensemble cast includes...
Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer...
The Quiet Radical". American Theatre. Retrieved December 25, 2021. Gussow, Mel (April 18, 1995). "A Good Listener Who Writes Plays On Social Justice". The...
known simply as CEDU (pronounced see-doo), was a company founded in 1967 by Mel Wasserman and associated with the troubled teen industry. The company owned...
to her profession. Mel also has one son and is divorced. Just two days prior to Daphne's planned marriage to Donny, Niles and Mel impulsively elope. After...
Mel Rosenberg (born Melvin Rosenberg, 12 November 1951 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian microbiologist best known for his research on the...
of singles released in the latter half of 2023. She then partnered with Mel 4Ever in a collaborative single titled "Tongues" in January 2024. She was...
baths and showers, and did not follow the other children when they had been ordered to enter the gas chambers and were told they were showers. In the camp...
for her roles in Francis Ford Coppola's thriller The Conversation (1974), Mel Brooks' comedy Young Frankenstein (1974), and Steven Spielberg's science...
original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023. "LIC - SJ Suryah showers praise on director Vignesh Shivan in new tweet, says 'Thank you so much...
Armstrong toy; and a framed Bugs Bunny 50th anniversary poster signed by Mel Blanc and Friz Freleng. 124 36 "Security" September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26)...
2023 39 years British-born American serial entrepreneur motorcycle Thailand Mel Ott 1909 1958 49 years American baseball player and Hall of Famer car New...
death in the shower. A camp social is held. At the event, Paul apologizes to Angela again and she tells him to meet her at the water. Mel finds Meg's body...
time. There were many interpretations of the story. As writer and animator Mel Shaw recalled: The story of Bambi had a so many possibilities, you could...
Joseph Kearns (Edward Langley), Maurice Manson (Arthur Sabin), voice of Mel Blanc: 108–109 51 12 "The Case of the Shattered Dream" Andrew V. McLaglen...
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