After nine years experience as a radio newsman in his native Canada
Alex Burton emigrated to Texas in 1961. He worked in South Texas and the
Rio Grande Valley then in 1962  moved to North Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth,
where he joined the newsroom at WBAP - Channel 5 as a
reporter/cameraman.

By 1964 Burton was the  news anchor hosting the six
o’clock news, the ten o’clock news and a unique newscast at midnight.
In 1968 he became the News Director of a new  TV station, Channel 39,
in Dallas and ran the news staff until 1970 when the station went dark.

He joined Channel 4, KRLD as weekend anchor and weekday reporter. It was
also in l970 he married Mary Jane Tokar of Toronto. The pair have lived
in a concrete house in the Oak Cliff section of  Dallas ever since. They
have raised two daughters and a legion of cats.

It was also in late 1970 that Burton left TV for radio once again and
became a reporter/commentator for the all news radio station, KRLD, for
the next twenty years.He has filed stories from all over the state of
Texas, Central America, Canada, England, France, Germany, Israel,
Australia, and both Chinas.

In those twenty years  he won a wall full of awards for his news
coverage and his commentaries. He has been recognized by Sigma Delta
Chi, AP, UPI, Dallas Press Club and various civic organizations. His
fairness in covering controversial events always been noted by the
awarding groups.

Since his retirement from the media in 1994 Burton has been among other
things:

The  spokesman for a series of Junior College television courses in
business and  American History. These courses were broadcast world wide.

Director of broadcast services with Halcyon Associates (Dallas
largest PR Company at the time)

A producer of  regular TV shows on Community Television for “Reading
and Radio Resource” in Dallas, an agency that serves the blind. He  is
also, currently, a member of the Board of Directors of the Community
Access TV in Dallas.

A producer/ writer/director of industrial TV’s.
The author of three books The latest one  “Establishing News Media
Relations” is available only in cyberspace at   1stbooks.com.
  He writes at least two pieces each month for  The Senior News Source,
a  monthly magazine published in Dallas for those in the Texas market
who are over 55.

Since 1981 he has been heard nationally each Monday through Friday on
more than 400 radio stations over the ABC Satellite Radio Network with
the ninety second feature, Health Watch. The feature is written by the
Office of Information at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
at Dallas.