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Who is Warren Olney?
Warren Olney is a television host. Warren Olney is currently the host and executive producer of To the Point and the To the Point’s Climate Change Update. These podcasts are based on my 50 years of journalism experience in print, commercial television, and public broadcasting.
Early Life and Childhood
Warren Olney was born in Berkeley, California, in the United States, on September 2, 1937. He is eighty-four years old. Every year on September 2nd, Olney celebrates his birthday.
Olney was born to Warren III and Elizabeth (Bazata) O. Olney.
His father was an attorney, and his grandfather, Warren Jr., was a California Supreme Court Justice.
Education Details
Warren Olney attended Amherst College after finishing primary and secondary school.
Olney later earned his BA in English, magna cum laude, from Amherst College (Massachusetts) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional Career
Olney hosts and executive produces To the Point and To the Point’s Climate Change Update.
These podcasts are based on my 50 years of journalism experience in print, commercial television, and public broadcasting.
On 89.9 KCRW Santa Monica, Olney previously hosted both the locally focused Which Way, LA? and the nationally syndicated To the Point.
He and his programs have received over 40 national, regional, and local broadcast excellence awards.
He received the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 for his broad achievements in television news and his storied career on public radio, both locally and nationally.
Olney received the Golden Mike Award for “Best Public Affairs Program,” and WWLA received the Southern California Journalism Award for Best Talk/Public Affairs Show from the Los Angeles Press Club.
At the 2001 Los Angeles Press Club’s Southern California Journalism Awards, he was named Best Radio Journalist of the Year.
Olney co-anchored KCET-Life TV’s & Times Tonight, a nightly public affairs show, from June 1999 to September 2000.
From 1966 to 1991, he worked as a television news reporter and anchor in Washington, DC, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.
Throughout his career, he covered local, state, and national politics, including presidential primaries, nominating conventions, and inaugurals, as well as meetings of superpowers in Washington and Geneva.
Olney’s special projects and investigations have included topics such as crime, science, and the environment, among others.
Net Worth and Salary
Warren Olney earns an annual salary of $69,848.
He hosts and executive produces To the Point and To the Point’s Climate Change Update. As a result, Olney has amassed a sizable fortune over the course of his career. Olney’s net worth is estimated to be $647,871.
Relationship Status
Warren Olney’s wife is Marsha Temple, a retired attorney who is now the Executive Director of the Integrated Recovery Network, a nonprofit that assists the homeless mentally ill in finding housing, treatment, and jobs.
The couple is the parents of four children and five grandchildren.
Marsha Olney and Olney met when Marsha was working for George S. McGovern’s presidential campaign and Olney was covering it.
Body Measurements
He is a man of average height. Olney is 5 feet 7 inches tall (Approx. 1.7 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @warrenolney1.
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Trivia
- Olney married Marsha Temple, a retired attorney.
- The couple is the parents of four children and five grandchildren.
- Warren is the host and executive producer of To the Point and To the Point’s Climate Change Update.
- On 89.9 KCRW Santa Monica, Olney previously hosted both the locally focused Which Way, LA? and the nationally syndicated To the Point.
- Olney’s net worth is estimated to be $647,871.
