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PBS host Kangas to sign off at year-end

Thu May 7, 2009 10:21pm EDT

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Paul Kangas will leave the anchor desk of PBS' "Nightly Business Report" at the end of the year after 30 years with the financial news show.

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The producers of "NBR" said Thursday they have begun the search for a new co-anchor to join Susie Gharib and expect to make an announcement in the fall.

"I'm not retiring," Kangas said. "Business news is what I know and it's what I am. So I plan to stay involved through speaking engagements, guest commentaries, television appearances and consultation."

Kangas, who ends "NBR" broadcasts by wishing viewers "the best of good buys," is known for his fast-paced delivery and encyclopedic knowledge of the financial markets. He joined "NBR" when it began as a local program on Miami's public TV station WPBT2 in 1979 and helped make it the most-watched daily business program on the air.

Said "NBR" executive editor Rodney Ward: "We see this as an exciting and unique opportunity to re-establish the program with audiences new and old."
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