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About Vernon Odom
- This article is about the local Philadelphia journalist.
- For his father, Akron, Ohio civil rights leader and lawyer, see Vernon Odom Sr.Vernon (Blue Moon) Odom (born September 16, 1948) is a retired local Philadelphia TV journalist. Odom received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Political Science from Morehouse College and later continued his education at Columbia University.
- He started with WPVI-TV, in Philadelphia on May 17, 1976.
- He has covered a plethora of major stories during his tenure, ranging from Presidential debates to the MOVE disaster of 1985.
- He also hosted "Visions", a weekly look at urban life in Philadelphia.
- In November 2004, he was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
- Odom retired effective December 14, 2018 after 42 years with WPVI Philadelphia.
