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Lou Waters Booking Agency Profile

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Known to millions around the world for his 21 years with CNN, Lou Waters has been a success in everything from Top 40 rock and roll radio to worldwide television news. Waters became interested in broadcasting while studying architectural engineering at the University of Minnesota. He broke into radio as an announcer with WMIN AM, and later worked at WLOL AM before joining KDWB AM, where, as Loveable Lou Riegert," he was the Twin Cities' number one disc jockey. After a stint at WWTC AM, he moved on to radio jobs in San Francisco, Honolulu, and Los Angeles, New York City, and Buffalo, where he also did weather for WGR TV. He began his television career in earnest at KVOA TV in Tucson, Arizona, later becoming news director at KCST TV in San Diego. Intrigued by an offer of "very little money, long hours, and no guarantee of success," he joined Ted Turner's Cable News Network in Atlanta. The network's longest-serving anchor, he led CNN's coverage of such stories as the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1987 an.

How to hire Lou Waters for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Lou Waters to speak.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Lou Waters in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Lou Waters or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Lou Waters's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Lou Waters for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Lou Waters, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Lou Waters. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Lou Waters booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Lou Waters for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Lou Waters booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Lou Waters charge for an event. An example fee to book Lou Waters is in the starting range of $7,500-$14,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Lou Waters agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Lou Waters manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Lou Waters for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Lou Waters agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Lou Waters, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Lou Waters booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Lou Waters, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
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Speaker
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Media
Range
Jewish, Media, Journalist-Print, Male
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