Newton, Dwight

Newton

DWIGH T NEWTON , born in Ohio and educated in Canada, is best known as the long-time television columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. He began as a copy boy at the Los Angeles Examiner, later becoming librarian at the San Francisco Examiner, city columnist and finally TV columnist. He is remembered by many for his 22 years producing “Schoolcast” and other broadcast assignments on KYA, KGO, KFRC and the NBC Network. In addition to his columnist/critic writing, Dwight was featured in many on-air appearances for KGO-TV, KQED-TV, KBHK-TV and KPIX, including a regular appearance on the “Evening Show.”