BROADCASTING PIONEER TO APPEAR AT BRENHAM JUNETEENTH
A Brenham native, who went on to a lengthy career in broadcasting, is coming home for the annual Juneteenth Celebration.
Don Sharp will be making a special presentation at the Brenham Heritage Museum on Saturday, June 15th, from 3-4:30pm.
The presentation is in conjunction with the Museum’s Juneteenth Exhibit, and will include a short film documenting Brenham’s Juneteenth Celebrations over the years.
For more than 50 years, Don Sharp has been a highly regarded innovator and respected newsroom leader, having held key news management roles at two television stations in San Francisco.
His broadcast career began in San Diego in 1967, where he was one the first African Americans employed by KOGO-TV.
In 1969, San Francisco’s KRON-TV recruited him for the newly created position of News Film Supervisor. He went on to spend 36 years at KRON, rising to top positions as News Operations Manager and Associate News Director.
In 2005, Sharp was lured away by CBS-owned KPIX where he became a central newsroom leader responsible for technical operations.
Before his 51-year career ended with retirement in 2018, Sharp had also designed and engineered the first traffic cameras on two of San Francisco’s tallest buildings, the Transamerica Pyramid and the Salesforce Tower.
During his career, Sharp won numerous honors including six Emmys.
Admission to the event is free, but they do ask that you reserve your seat in advance by sending an e-mail to admin@brenhamheritagemuseum.org.