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- Category: Television
- Unveiled: 09 May 2006
- Star rank: 1740
- Address:
6803 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101674, -118.339568
Jim Hill
Biography
Jim Hill
James Webster “Jim” Hill (born October 21, 1946 in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired American football defensive back who played in the National Football League. He is now a Los Angeles-based sportscaster and currently lead sports anchor and sports director at KCBS-TV. He also serves as Studio Host for the both the LA Dodgers and LA Lakers games for KCAL 9 Played college football at Texas A&M; University–Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I; University). Following his pro football career, Hill began on the NFL on CBS in 1980 as an analyst. But in 1984, 1985, and 1992-93, he was the play-by-play announcer on selected games. Hill started in 1976 at KCBS-TV (then KNXT), where he was a sports anchor for 11 years. He also served as Sideline Reporter for CBS Sports’s coverage of the 1984 Super Bowl He left KNXT/KCBS in 1987, and spent a near five-year stint at rival KABC-TV, where he anchored the sports segments on its 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts.
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Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Highland and Orange
- Go west and cross Orange
- Go east and cross Highland
- Cross to the south side of Hollwood near Orange
- Cross to the south side of Hollwood near Highland
Nearby you will also find Anita Louise, Kevin Spacey, Donald Trump, Y. Frank Freeman, Irwin Winkler, George Lopez, Jules C. Stein, Rod Stewart, Henry Mancini, and many others.