Barbara Simpson

Barbara Allan Simpson (born July 29, 1937) is an American retired TV reporter, news anchor, and conservative radio talk show host. She is currently an on-line columnist. Simpson was born Barbara Allan in New York City and raised in Ocean County, New Jersey. She graduated from Georgian Court College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 and later earned a Master of Arts degree from Michigan State University. Simpson was an assistant professor and chair of the textiles and clothing department at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and was on the faculty of a similar department at Michigan State University. Barbara Simpson was a prominent television news anchor at KTVU, Channel 2, in Oakland, KQED, Channel 9, and KOFY-TV Channel 20 (both in San Francisco), and later in Los Angeles, from the late 1970s through the 1990s.