William Riead was born in Clinton, Missouri. Following time in the military, he graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor's Degree in Speech and Communications. While in college, Riead worked for CBS affiliate KHQA-TV, as a newsreel cameraman, and later as a radio reporter at WTAD. In 1968, he joined NBC affiliate WGEM-TV as a newscaster. He co-anchored a program called the Bill Riead/Jim Young Saturday Night Report. A year later he returned to KHQA-TV as a full-time anchor ...[Read Story]