Jane Chastain
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Jane Chastain is a former nationally-known sports announcer and current conservative political writer and commentator.
Chastain's early television work included WAGA-TV
in Atlanta, where she began predicting the results of college football games with a high successs rate. She made an appearance (as Mrs. Jane Thomas) on the CBS TV quiz show What's My Line?
on October 25, 1964.
In 1967 she was hired by Miami TV station WTVJ
's news anchor Ralph Renick
, in what is reported as the first female sportscaster in America. During 1973, she produced filmed capsule segments about sports, a series collectively called The Jane Chastain Show. These short segments were made available to other American television outlets.
CBS
hired her in 1974 to provide commentary for various televised sports events. During the CBS National Football League
telecast of a game on October 13, 1974, she became the first female NFL announcer, brought in as a commentator alongside Don Criqui
and Irv Cross
.
She was used on occasional NFL broadcasts the rest of the 1974 season, and also worked the college Sun Bowl Game that season. She also worked some CBS National Basketball Association telecasts.
During the 1980s, Chastain began turning her attention toward politics. She now lives in California, and writes for conservative-leaning online publications such as WorldNetDaily
, and has written several books about politics.
She was married to John Roger Chastain in 1968.
Chastain's early television work included WAGA-TV
WAGA-TV
WAGA-TV, virtual channel 5.1 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Television Network and based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States...
in Atlanta, where she began predicting the results of college football games with a high successs rate. She made an appearance (as Mrs. Jane Thomas) on the CBS TV quiz show What's My Line?
What's My Line?
What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....
on October 25, 1964.
In 1967 she was hired by Miami TV station WTVJ
WTVJ
WTVJ, virtual channel 6 , is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC television network, located in Broward County. WTVJ shares its TV studio and office facility with co-owned Telemundo station WSCV in Miramar, Florida, and its transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north...
's news anchor Ralph Renick
Ralph Renick
Ralph Apperson Renick was a pioneer television news journalist for Miami's WTVJ, channel 4 , Florida's first television station...
, in what is reported as the first female sportscaster in America. During 1973, she produced filmed capsule segments about sports, a series collectively called The Jane Chastain Show. These short segments were made available to other American television outlets.
CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
hired her in 1974 to provide commentary for various televised sports events. During the CBS National Football League
NFL on CBS
The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League's American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports.-Market coverage and television policies:...
telecast of a game on October 13, 1974, she became the first female NFL announcer, brought in as a commentator alongside Don Criqui
Don Criqui
Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...
and Irv Cross
Irv Cross
Irvin Acie "Irv" Cross is a former professional American football cornerback and sportscaster.-Playing career:Cross was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 1961 NFL Draft. In 1966 he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams. Then in 1969, he returned to the Eagles and became...
.
She was used on occasional NFL broadcasts the rest of the 1974 season, and also worked the college Sun Bowl Game that season. She also worked some CBS National Basketball Association telecasts.
During the 1980s, Chastain began turning her attention toward politics. She now lives in California, and writes for conservative-leaning online publications such as WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily is an American web site that publishes news and associated content from a U.S. conservative perspective. It was founded in May 1997 by Joseph Farah with the stated intent of "exposing wrongdoing, corruption and abuse of power" and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.-History:In...
, and has written several books about politics.
She was married to John Roger Chastain in 1968.