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| alias = | | alias = | ||
| spouse= {{marriage|Mollie Ray|1987|2016|reason=divorced}} | | spouse= {{marriage|Mollie Ray|1987|2016|reason=divorced}} | ||
− | | partner = [[Hannah Wilson]] (2017- | + | | partner = [[Hannah Wilson]] (2017-present) <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> |
− | | birth_date = {{birth date|1962|11|8}} | + | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|8}} |
| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, Missouri]] | | birth_place = [[wikipedia:Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, Missouri]] | ||
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| occupation = [[wikipedia:News presenter|News anchorwoman]] | | occupation = [[wikipedia:News presenter|News anchorwoman]] | ||
| years_active = 1985-present | | years_active = 1985-present | ||
| website = | | website = | ||
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− | '''Kendra Ray''' (November 8, 1962 | + | '''Kendra Ray''' (born November 8, 1962) is an [[wikipedia:United States|American]] news presenter and a popular and influential presenter. |
Ray performed as '''Kevin Ray''' for 15 years before beginning to present news as Kendra Ray.<ref name="JustOutIA"> ''The Disappearance of Kevin Ray'', ''Just Out'', Kendra discusses her transition and career in this interview.</ref><ref>KJIA-FTV 8 (CBS) ''Iowa Anchorman undergoes sex change''], September 27, 2008. A reporter discusses the fact that Kevin Ray was transgender.</ref> | Ray performed as '''Kevin Ray''' for 15 years before beginning to present news as Kendra Ray.<ref name="JustOutIA"> ''The Disappearance of Kevin Ray'', ''Just Out'', Kendra discusses her transition and career in this interview.</ref><ref>KJIA-FTV 8 (CBS) ''Iowa Anchorman undergoes sex change''], September 27, 2008. A reporter discusses the fact that Kevin Ray was transgender.</ref> | ||
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|website=[[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls USA]] | |website=[[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls USA]] | ||
|publisher=[[Ava Zinn|Aeverine Zinn Holdings]] | |publisher=[[Ava Zinn|Aeverine Zinn Holdings]] | ||
− | }}</ref> The feeling was mutual; according to fellow pink team moderator [[Holly Everman]], the pink team felt like they had "just won the lottery" when they learned Hannah Wilson was joining Kendra Ray as a duo moderator.<ref>??</ref> | + | }}</ref> The feeling was mutual; according to fellow pink team moderator [[Holly Everman]], the pink team felt like they had "just won the lottery" when they learned Hannah Wilson was joining Kendra Ray as a duo moderator.<ref>??</ref> <!----- Indeed, on the first day of WRAL's return to NBC, several dayparts saw NBC jump from third to first in the Triangle ratings at one stroke. Notably, ''Today'', the ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' immediately saw major ratings gains in the market after their move to WRAL. The former two shows tallied their highest ratings on record in the Triangle on the day channel 5 officially returned to NBC, showing gains of well over 200 percent compared to their previous showings on WNCN. |
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+ | The delay in the affiliation switch kept CBS' coverage of [[Super Bowl 50]], which featured the [[Carolina Panthers]] (based in nearby [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]) as champions of the [[National Football Conference]], on WRAL-TV. As an NBC station, channel 5 carried the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], making it one of the few stations that aired the Super Bowl and Olympics from different networks in the same year.<ref name="tvspy-sbolympics">{{cite web|title=WRAL GM on Airing Super Bowl and Olympics in Same Year|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wral-gm-on-airing-super-bowl-and-olympics-in-same-year/162889|website=TVSpy|publisher=Adweek Blog Network|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> -----> | ||
Had Kendra Ray remained on the purple team, Hannah Wilson would have been the sixth woman after [[Kym Alvaraz]], [[Karly Jameson]], [[Lanise White]], [[Thia Tola]], and [[Nadia Lorenzo]] moved to from the pink team to the purple team in January 2015, January 2016, October 2015, July 2016 and October 2016, respectively due to three of the five transwomen on the purple team, [[Ava Zinn]], [[Tash Gower|Natasha Gower]], and [[Peta-Alyce Kaizer]] sold their virginities to Alvaraz, Tola, and Lorenzo in May 2014, June 2016, September 2015, respectively, while [[Danni McClannahan]] (then Daniel McClannhan) divorced her husband [[Leonard Lai]] and began dating Lanise White shortly before Lai's death in October 2015, prompting McClannahan's move from the red team to the purple team and Karly Jameson (then Karly Ryder, Jr.) eventually married [[Kathi Jameson]] in 2015.) | Had Kendra Ray remained on the purple team, Hannah Wilson would have been the sixth woman after [[Kym Alvaraz]], [[Karly Jameson]], [[Lanise White]], [[Thia Tola]], and [[Nadia Lorenzo]] moved to from the pink team to the purple team in January 2015, January 2016, October 2015, July 2016 and October 2016, respectively due to three of the five transwomen on the purple team, [[Ava Zinn]], [[Tash Gower|Natasha Gower]], and [[Peta-Alyce Kaizer]] sold their virginities to Alvaraz, Tola, and Lorenzo in May 2014, June 2016, September 2015, respectively, while [[Danni McClannahan]] (then Daniel McClannhan) divorced her husband [[Leonard Lai]] and began dating Lanise White shortly before Lai's death in October 2015, prompting McClannahan's move from the red team to the purple team and Karly Jameson (then Karly Ryder, Jr.) eventually married [[Kathi Jameson]] in 2015.) | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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− | {{succession box | before =[[Archibald Coolranch]] | title = Oldest [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]] moderator<BR>Overall| years = 2017- | + | {{succession box | before =[[Archibald Coolranch]] | title = Oldest [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]] moderator<BR>Overall| years = 2017-presnent| after = incumbent}} |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=American presenter | |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American presenter | ||
|DATE OF BIRTH=November 5, 1962 | |DATE OF BIRTH=November 5, 1962 | ||
− | |PLACE OF BIRTH= | + | |PLACE OF BIRTH= |
− | |DATE OF DEATH= | + | |DATE OF DEATH= |
− | |PLACE OF DEATH= | + | |PLACE OF DEATH= |
}} | }} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Kendra}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Kendra}} | ||
[[Category:1962 births]] | [[Category:1962 births]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Transgender and transsexual women]] | [[Category:Transgender and transsexual women]] | ||
[[Category:LGBT people from Iowa]] | [[Category:LGBT people from Iowa]] |