Harold Dow (September 28, 1947 – August 21, 2010) was an American television news correspondent, journalist, and investigative journalist with CBS News.
[2][3] Dow became co-anchor and talk-show host for KETV in Omaha, Nebraska, making him the first Black American television reporter.
Dow had also been an anchor and reporter at Theta Cable TV in Santa Monica, California and news anchor for WPAT Radio in Paterson, New Jersey.
[2] Dow joined CBS News in 1972, first as a broadcast associate then as correspondent with their Los Angeles Bureau while at KCOP-TV.
[2] A resident of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Dow died from complications of asthma on August 21, 2010 behind the wheel of his car.