Mark McEwen
| Mark McEwen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 16, 1954 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland |
| Occupation | TV, Radio personality |
| Spouse(s) | Denise McEwen |
| Relatives | Kirk McEwen, Karen Dugan, Leslie McEwen, Sean McEwen, William Wise |
Mark McEwen (born September 16, 1954, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American TV and radio personality arguably best known for his stint as the host of A&E's Live by Request.
McEwen was born in San Antonio, Texas. His father, Alfred, was a colonel in the Air Force, and when he was reassigned to Berlin, he and his family moved there when Mark was in the third grade. Three years later, the McEwen family moved again, this time to Montgomery, Alabama, finally ending up in Crownsville, Maryland, four years after that. His mother, Dolores, after raising six children, retired as a bank vice president. He attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland and then the University of Maryland, leaving there after three and a half years. While in college, he was on the college radio station WMUC. McEwen moved to Detroit to be a rock-and-roll DJ at WWWW-Detroit's W4. He next worked at (WLUP-The Loop) in Chicago, where he enrolled at Second City and began to do standup comedy. McEwen then moved to New York to continue his radio career, first at WAPP and then at WNEW-FM.
McEwen began his radio career in New York City, working at WAPP during 1983 (partnered on-air with E.J. Crummey) and at WNEW-FM during 1984-86 (partnered on-air with Richard Neer).
McEwen worked for CBS starting in 1987 with CBS This Morning. In addition to doing the weather, he was the entertainment reporter as well. McEwen covered 16 Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes and Country Music Association awards shows. He was awarded the CMA Media Achievement Award in 1992 and was named one of the country's "Ten Most Trusted TV News Personalities" in a TV Guide survey in February 1995. From 1996 to 1998, McEwen made two guest appearances on Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He contributed to the network's coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and co-hosted (with Jane Robelot) daytime coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where he also ran with the Olympic Torch. McEwen was a correspondent on 48 Hours. He then performed a number of on-air roles for The Early Show on CBS from 1999 to 2002. He anchored the broadcast for two years. McEwen has interviewed five presidents: Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. McEwen left CBS in October 2002 as The Early Show was completely revamped.
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