Switch to the mobile version of this page.

May 08, 2002 News & Opinion » People & Places

Best Hairdo on a TV anchor

Doug McConnell, Bay Area Backroads, KRON Channel 4

        
Email

Tweet

Print

Let's face it: For decades the hairstyling rule for television news personalities has been surreal and unbending: Everyone must look the same. What female news anchor doesn't have some version of the Respect-me-I'm-a-reporter feathered bob? And what male broadcast journalist doesn't sport the same conservative cut you would expect on a senior investment banker? So, Doug McConnell, host of KRON Channel 4's Bay Area Backroads, we salute you. McConnell has a wavy, short-on-the-sides, long-in-the-back 'do -- which, on paper, sounds suspiciously close to a mullet. We like the look; it adds to his ruggedness as he zips around Northern California showcasing this or that hideaway town. It takes courage to wear the Hairstyle of the People in television's über-conformist world. Thanks, Doug.

Contact the author of this piece, send a letter to the editor, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

More People & Places »

Best Renewable Energy Entrepr… Most Romantic Spot

Comments

Subscribe to this thread:

By Email

With RSS

Latest in People & Places

Worst Date Ever

Readers' tales of dating woe.
- Feb 11, 2009
Most Heroic Person

Albert Ybarra
- Apr 6, 2005
Most Successful Supplicant

Bruce Moody
- Apr 6, 2005
More »

Special Reports

Holiday Guide 2018

A guide to this holiday season's gifts, outings, eats, and more.

By Robert Gammon, Amy Burke, Nick Wong, Daniel Lempres, Sannidhi Shukla, Katherine Hamilton, Darwin BondGraham, Michael Berry, Express Staff, Azucena Rasilla and Janelle Bitker

Fall Arts 2018

Our Picks for the Best Events of the Fall Arts Season

By Nicole Gluckstern, Janis Hashe, Madeline Wells, Montse Reyes, Lou Fancher, Azucena Rasilla, Janelle Bitker and Amyra Soriano

Recent Issues

Feb 12, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

Jan 29, 2020

Jan 22, 2020

Jan 15, 2020

Browse Search

Browse Your Profile

Browse News & Opinion

Browse Arts & Culture

Browse Movies

Browse Food & Drink

Browse Music

Browse Blogs

Browse Locations

Browse Calendar

Browse Special Reports

Browse Classifieds

Best Hairdo on a TV anchor

Doug McConnell, Bay Area Backroads, KRON Channel 4

Comments

Latest in People & Places

Readers' tales of dating woe.

Albert Ybarra

Bruce Moody

News Blogs

Most Popular Stories

For years, Contra Costa County has ignored problems at its once-groundbreaking psychiatric unit. Now the violence and aggression have reached a breaking point.

Tax measures on ballot eye funding for schools and school construction and health care for low-income families.

It's a dead heat in the contest to replace Supervisor Scott Haggerty.

Plus, Alameda school official arrested, and Pamela Price forms slate to diversify Democrats.

The illegality of natural hallucinogens is increasingly under assault. But what are the implications?

For years, Contra Costa County has ignored problems at its once-groundbreaking psychiatric unit. Now the violence and aggression have reached a breaking point.

The school district says Oakland has far too many schools for a city of its size. But efforts to redirect some resources into other priorities are drawing fire.

Comparing states is a dicey proposition, but some broad observations are possible

In his 40 years as an East Bay congressman, he reformed health care and helped shape the modern progressive movement.

Tax measures on ballot eye funding for schools and school construction and health care for low-income families.

The school district says Oakland has far too many schools for a city of its size. But efforts to redirect some resources into other priorities are drawing fire.

For years, Contra Costa County has ignored problems at its once-groundbreaking psychiatric unit. Now the violence and aggression have reached a breaking point.

A Bay Area native reflects on her changing home.

In his 40 years as an East Bay congressman, he reformed health care and helped shape the modern progressive movement.

It's a dead heat in the contest to replace Supervisor Scott Haggerty.

Special Reports

Recent Issues

Best of the East Bay

2019

OTHER YEARS