Lisa McRee is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 journalist

Journalist

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 and former news anchor, born in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

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She was a news anchor for WFAA-TV

WFAA-TV

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 in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, from 1989 to 1991 before becoming one of the original anchors, along with Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown

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, of ABC News

ABC News

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' World News Now

World News Now

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when the show launched in 1992. McRee left the show in 1993 to serve as a host for Good Morning America Sunday. She then moved to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, in 1994 to work as an anchor for KABC-TV

KABC-TV

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In 1997, she was hired to replace Joan Lunden

Joan Lunden

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 as co-host of Good Morning America

Good Morning America

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. She then was paired with Kevin Newman

Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist)

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 after Charles Gibson

Charles Gibson

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 left the show in 1998. However, Good Morning America, which had been struggling in the ratings, continued to perform poorly, and both she and Newman were replaced in 1999.

From 2004 to 2007, McRee was a host and correspondent for California Connected

California Connected

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, a TV news magazine that aired on 12 PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 stations in California

California

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. During McRee's tenure, ratings improved 43% in her last year. The program was canceled due to a lack of funding.

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