Robert Dyk

{{Short description|American journalist (1937–2008)}}

Robert P. Dyk (March 6, 1937 – March 22, 2008) was an American journalist, reporter and correspondent. Dyk worked for CBS News, ABC News, KRBK-TV and WMTW during his career.{{cite news |title=Robert Dyk, 71; TV reporter |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/03/24/robert_dyk_71_tv_reporter/|agency= Associated Press |publisher=Boston Globe |date=2008-03-24 |access-date=2008-04-13}}

Dyk's career in network news began at CBS News as an editorial assistant at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. He moved to ABC News in 1978. He was sent to Tehran, Iran, by ABC to cover the takeover of the United States embassy and the ensuing Iran hostage crisis following the Iranian Revolution in 1979. During his career at CBS and ABC, Dyk also reported in the death of Winston Churchill, the Lebanon Civil War and riots in Los Angeles.

Dyk left network television in 1984 and was a fill-in reporter for ABC-owned KGO-TV in San Francisco.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-kgo-reporter-dyk-had-ins/155732098/|date=May 12, 1985|pages=Calendar 2, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-dyk/155732155/ 23]|first=Bill|last=Mann|title=KGO reporter Dyk had inside track at beginning of hostage crisis in Iran|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|location=Oakland, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 21, 2024}} He then worked for KRBK-TV in Sacramento, California, as an anchor and reporter from 1986 to 1987. After being demoted from anchor to reporter,{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-a-local-outlet-for-ri/155389685/|date=August 2, 1986|page=A21|first=Bob|last=Wisehart|title=A local outlet for Rivers, new co-anchor for Craft|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=Sacramento, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 21, 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-channel-10-shuffles-n/155731722/|date=January 24, 1987|page=A16|title=Channel 10 shuffles news chiefs, Channel 31 regroups|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=Sacramento, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 21, 2024}} he moved to Maine, where he was an anchor and reporter for WMTW.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-channel-8-gets-new-co-anchor/155731846/|date=April 12, 1987|page=2F|title=Channel 8 gets new co-anchor|newspaper=Sun-Journal|location=Lewiston, Maine|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 21, 2024}}

Dyk died of cancer at the age of 71 on March 22, 2008, at his home in Falmouth, Maine.