Trace Gallagher
{{Short description|American news anchor (born 1961)}}
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| birth_name = Tracy G. Gallagher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S
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| occupation = {{hlist | News anchor | reporter | journalist }}
| employer = Fox News
| education = University of San Diego
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Tracy G. Gallagher is an American journalist and the anchor of Fox News @ Night, Fox News' late-night news program.
Background
Gallagher grew up in the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes, California where he was the quarterback for the Mammoth Huskies high school football team. He graduated from high school in 1979. Gallagher studied at the University of San Diego and he majored in business{{cite web | url = https://www.foxnews.com/person/g/trace-gallagher | title = Trace Gallagher {{!}} Fox News | website = Fox News | access-date = November 5, 2020}} playing quarterback for the Torero football team.{{cite web | url = https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=amg-football | title = 1982 University of San Diego FOOTBALL YEARBOOK | date = 1982 | website = University of San Diego | via = digital.sandiego.edu | pages = 4, 8 | access-date = November 5, 2020}}
Fox News
Based in Los Angeles, Gallagher served as a co-anchor (with Martha MacCallum) of The Live Desk and as a substitute anchor for Studio B with Shepard Smith and Fox Report. During his time at Fox, Gallagher has reported on the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami. Gallagher has also served as a general assignment correspondent.
He has worked at Fox's Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City news bureaus. Previously Gallagher worked at WCPX (now WKMG) in Orlando, KVBC (now KSNV) in Las Vegas, and KTVB in Boise.
On February 1, 2010, The Live Desk was replaced with America Live with Megyn Kelly. Gallagher continues to anchor and report on Fox programs.{{cite news | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/fox-news-gives-anchor-megyn-kelly-her-own-twohour-show.html | title = Fox News gives anchor Megyn Kelly her own two-hour show | first1 = Matea | last1 = Gold| newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = January 20, 2010}}
On September 21, 2022, he was named permanent host of Fox News @ Night, replacing founding host Shannon Bream after she was named host of Fox News Sunday. He has been hosting the program since October 3, 2022.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/trace-gallagher-takes-anchor-fox-news-night-1235379258/ | title=Trace Gallagher Takes Anchor Chair at 'Fox News @ Night' | date=September 21, 2022 }}{{Cite web |date=2018-06-28 |title=Trace Gallagher |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/trace-gallagher |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Media Matters for America |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.foxnews.com/person/g/trace-gallagher FoxNews website]
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Category:American male journalists
Category:American television journalists
Category:Journalists from Arizona
Category:Journalists from Idaho
Category:Journalists from Illinois
Category:Journalists from Las Vegas
Category:Television anchors from Orlando, Florida
Category:Mass media people from Greater Los Angeles
Category:People from Mammoth Lakes, California
Category:Television anchors from San Diego
Category:Television personalities from California
Category:University of San Diego alumni
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