In addition to on-air reporting, he wrote his own newscasts, and Pat McGuinness also wrote thousands of press releases, speeches for politicians, articles for print on numerous political and social issues, television screen plays, novels, and more.

His Awards included: A Resolution by the Los Angeles City Council for Outstanding Service to the People of Los Angeles; Recognition by Los Angeles County for his Documentaries on the plight of Foster Children; The Golden Mike Award, from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club for "Best Newscast"; plus "the usual assortment of wire service and civic club citations"; and dozens more.

Detailed Résumé of Pat McGuinness

1993 Off The Air	Pat McGuinness completed his life and career in Sacramento, California.  Always outspoken!
1985-1992 Commercial Announcer	Pat McGuinness continued his career as a voice-over artist and taped commercial announcements for client broadcast use.
1984-1985 Radio Newscaster KGNR / KCTC Radio Sacramento	As the Afternoon Newscaster for KGNR/KCTC, Sacramento, Pat wrote all of his own newscasts, edited news copy; selected audio reports from correspondents and taped statements for use in newscasts, and broadcasted the finished product.  He left when KGNR changed its format.
1981-1983 Radio Newscaster KRAK Radio Sacramento	For KRAK of Sacramento, Pat was Morning Newscaster. Included writing all of his own newscasts, editing news copy; selecting audio reports from correspondents and taped statements for use in newscasts, and broadcasting finished product.  He left when KRAK changed its format.
1980-1981 Broadcast Consultant KSAN Radio San Francisco	Patrick was Consultant to L. David Moorhead, Regional Vice President, Metromedia Radio division and general manager of KSAN, San Francisco. Included publicity and promotions for the KSAN station. Writing press releases each week for distribution to newspapers and industry publications. Promotions management,  including designing, purchasing, and distributing KSAN T-shirts for internal promos and to retail stores for sale to the public.
1980 Political Consultant California Republican Candidate	While working with KSAN, Pat McGuinness was also the political consultant for Mamoru Yamaichi, candidate in 1980 Republican Primary for 27th District Assembly. He created and administered public opinion polls; designed campaign advertising, such as: bumper stickers; billboards; and newspaper ads; purchased advertising.  He developed and wrote radio commercials, supervised and directing their recording, and bought the radio time. He also devised campaign strategy, recruited volunteer and paid campaign help, and arranged for media interviews of the candidate and his booking for public speaking engagements.
1978-1979 Director of Advertising, Promotions and Special Events KMET Hollywood	Patrick was Director of Advertising, Promotions and Special Events for KMET, Hollywood. He was responsible for a more than half-million dollar station advertising budget. In promotions, he devised and supervised a highly successful, ongoing T-shirt campaign in which tens of thousands of KMET T-shirts were manufactured and sold to the audience. Promotions also included giving away tens of thousands of KMET bumper stickers, other promotional give-aways plus arranging for personal appearances for the KMET disc jockeys. Included in Special Events was the logist1cal planning for a major rock concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that included arranging for police and fire security, obtaining hotel accommodations, meals and other incidentals to maintain a staff of more than 50 over the 4 day period. He also wrote and co-produced a 2 hour weekly KMET public affairs program.  He also wrote and distributed related pres releases.
1977 Assistant to Publisher Los Angeles Metropolitan News	As the Assistant to Publisher Roger Grace of the Los Angeles Metropolitan News, a legal journal. Pat acted as a general consultant to Grace in devising a new format, assisted in the daily make-up and composition of the newspaper as well as writing many of the stories.
1977 Broadcast Consultant KWMS Salt Lake City	During the second half of that year, Patrick was a "hands-on" consultant to General Manager Sam Williams at KWMS, Salt Lake City.  Pat consulted in the hiring of a new staff and developed a new program format. He also assisted in the design of new broadcast studios.
1976 State Press Director U.S. Senate Candidate	Pat was State Press Director for the Robert Finch for U.S. Senate campaign. He supervised a staff of ten; wrote press releases for dissemination to the statewide news media; arranged for news interviews with the candidate and other key campaign officials; he also acted as the campaign spokesman, and traveled with the candidate.
1976 State Press Director Referendum Campaign	During the 1976 general election Pat McGuinness was also the State Press Director for the "No On 14" campaign. He hired the staff for 5 regional campaign press offices and supervised deputy press secretaries in each office as well as the staff and activities of each office. In addition to writing press releases, Pat arranged for key campaign interviews, and answering media requests for detailed information about the campaign issues.  Pat McGuinness also advised and prepared campaign spokespersons for appearance for television interviews, as well as myriad other duties that included attending various campaign meetings throughout the state.
1975 Television Script Writer	Pat McGuinness developed and wrote scripts for television series.   Exact series unknown.
1975 Stand-In Broadcaster	Patrick Also did fill-in work at several Southern California radio stations.
1972-1974 Newscaster KLAC Hollywood	Pat was newscaster for KLAC, Hollywood; writing newscasts augmented with material from AP & UPI wires, AP audio service, and KLAC remote reporters, and selected and edited audio material for inclusion in newscasts.
1969-1971 News Director KBIG, Hollywood.	As News Director for KBIG in Hollywood, Pat hired and supervised a staff of 5 newscasters, had full news department budget control, plus other routine administrative duties. In addition, he wrote and voiced several daily newscasts on both KBIG Am and KBIG FM.
1965-1968 Host & Interviewer KABC American Broadcasting Company Los Angeles	He was also selected by KABC TV, Los Angeles, to act as host and interviewer of a weekly, half hour program dealing with politics called "Patio Politics."
1964-69 Reporter & Newscaster KBAC American Broadcasting Company Los Angeles	Pat was under contract to the American Broadcasting Company during this period.  Initially doing three daily local newscasts for KABC, Los Angeles.  During the morning and early afternoon Patrick was in the field as a reporter gathering material for his evening newscasts. In 1965 his assignment changed to assisted General Manager Ben Hoberman in pioneering the radio "news/talk" format. At this point he anchored a 3 hour bloc of news shows called "Evening Newswatch."  In addition to anchoring, Pat McGuinness also did several 5 minute newscasts which, for the most part, he wrote himself. During 1966 his assignment expanded to add a morning newscast at 8:30am, which he also wrote.   Also at KABC Radio, Pat wrote and produced a monthly documentary program, while also writing and producing a monthly half hour interview show.  In addition to that, beginning in 1967, he wrote and voiced a nightly network newscast. In 1968 Pat switched over from local to network news writing and voicing week-end newscasts to the full, ABC Information Network. He also received reporting assignments for the full network during this time
1963 Field Reporter KNXT TV Los Angeles	As a field reporter for KNXT (now KCBS) TV, Los Angeles, Patrick covered news on location with a camera crew. After the film was developed (no portable video recording in those days) he supervised the editing and often wrote the news script for the story. On occasions he appeared in the newscasts on camera delivering his report.
1959-1962 Newscaster / Reporter KNX/CBS Radio Los Angeles	Pat McGuinness was both a Newscaster and Reporter for KNX/CBS Radio in Los Angeles, and for the Columbia Pacific Radio Network. As a newscaster he wrote and voiced his news scripts both on local and CPRN newscasts. As a reporter he was in the field covering local events and happenings. Frequently he worked under assignment for CBS Network News in New York.
1953-1958 News Director KFWB Radio Los Angeles	As News Director for KFWB in Los Angeles, he supervised a 5 man news staff, performed administrative duties, as well as writing and voicing several newscasts each day.  During the period from 1953-57,  Pat set up the KFWB news department to operate Monday through Friday from the city room of the Los Angeles Mirror-News (newspaper). These broadcasts were done from a custom news booth in the city room, where the KFWB newscaster received carbon copies (remember those?) of each reporters stories filed with the city desk thus giving the station expanded local news coverage. During the time from 1958-59, the new owners of KFWB short-sightedly ended the Mirror News operation as an economy move, and the news department then operated solely from their Hollywood studios. As News Director, Pat McGuinness also supervised the assignment of KFWB reporters using their fleet of mobile news trucks - one of the first to do so.
1952 News Editor and Newscaster KFMB Radio San Diego	After returning from Florida, Pat became News Editor and Newscaster for KFMB Radio in San Diego. In addition to supervising newsroom operations and writing and voicing several daily newscasts, he also acted as a field reporter doing interviews and covering local events around San Diego and the local  Naval bases.
1952 Reporter Palm Beach Post-Times Newspaper West Palm Beach  Florida.	As a General Assignment Reporter for the Palm Beach Post-Times of West Palm Beach, Florida, Patrick McGuinness covered local events, writing stories and articles for that newspaper.
1951 Newscaster & Disc Jockey KLAC Radio Hollywood	At this stage in his career. Patrick was hired as a Newscaster for KLAC in  Hollywood, but frequently was assigned to be a  fill-in disc jockey.
1950 Newscaster WJNO Radio Palm Beach, Florida	For a short period, Patrick McGuinness was a Newscaster, at WJNO in Palm Beach, Florida. He also wrote stories for the Palm Beach Post.
1949-1950 Newscaster WATL  Atlanta Georgia	This was Patrick McGuinness' first placement as a Newscaster, at WATL radio in Atlanta, Georgia, where he read mostly wire copy stories with pencil editing.
1925 Born	Born in New York City to an Irish father, a Sailor and Explorer, and a mother from Poland (now Ukraine)