In
1997 Llewellyn King launched “White House Chronicle” in
Washington, D.C., as a radio companion to White House Weekly,
part of his King Publishing group of quality newsletters. He
also became host and executive producer of the program.
Soon after its launch, King and director Michael Marlow
interested WHUT-TV, Channel 32, a PBS station in
Washington, D.C., in carrying “White House Chronicle.”
“Our aim was to look at the news with a good sense of fun,
and to bring to television gifted journalists whose bylines,
or voices, were more familiar to the public than their
faces,” said King.
In this “White House Chronicle” has succeeded enormously,
introducing more than 300 new faces to television—some of
whom have gone to be broadcast fixtures.