WJXT’s Freddie Rhodes honored at Jacksonville’s Ken Knight Awards

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Freddie Rhodes is celebrating his 50th day astatine Channel 4!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A longtime subordinate of the Channel 4 household was honored Thursday nighttime astatine the 2nd yearly Ken Knight Awards successful Jacksonville.

Freddie Rhodes is simply a workplace manager present astatine News4Jax. You mightiness recall, January marked his 50th year astatine WJXT!

To enactment that into perspective, Freddie started astatine Channel 4 erstwhile a gallon of state was conscionable 40 cents and Disney World opened successful Orlando.

Legendary for his baritone voice, Freddie is besides a 53-year broadcast vigor veteran. He’s the programme manager for Gospel presumption WCGL Victory AM 1360 successful Jacksonville.

Freddie was 1 of respective radical recognized astatine the awards gala, which honors Black journalists, reporters, anchors and different members of the media.

The gala is named aft Ken Knight, who initiated a grooming programme to hole different African Americans for careers successful broadcasting. Knight is the archetypal African American to big a TV amusement successful the city.

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