Alex Dreier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alex Dreier (June 26, 1916, Honolulu, Hawaii - March 11, 2000, Rancho Mirage, California) was a newsman and commentator who worked with NBC during the 1940s.
He was covering Berlin for United Press when he joined NBC in 1941. During his year in Berlin he was under surveillance by the Gestapo, and he left the city one day before the Pearl Harbor attack.
His commentary aired on NBC on Saturdays from 1942 to 1945 and weekdays from 1951 to 1956. Known as Chicago's "Man on the Go," Dreier was the city's top TV anchor during his years on ABC affiliate WBKB-TV, the predecessor to WLS-Channel 7.
Dreier moved to California in 1967, where he worked in the Los Angeles market for Metro Media TV and also began a new career as an actor in many films and TV shows between 1968 and 1979. He served as chairman of the board for the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences and as a board member of the Eisenhower Medical Center. In 1989 he was inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
