Lee Webb serves as the news anchor for The 700 Club, the news/magazine flagship program of The Christian Broadcasting Network. He also anchors Newswatch, CBN News 30-minute daily news program. As a 31-year veteran in the television news business, Lee brings a wealth of expertise and credibility to CBN News.
A native of Pompano Beach, Fla., Lee graduated from Auburn University in 1975. He went to work as a sports reporter and anchor for WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Ala. In 1979, he became the lead sports anchor for the NBC affiliate in Miami, and took a similar position with WCVB-TV in Boston in 1983.
Lee covered three Super Bowls, an NBA Championship series, the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and later that year, witnessed one of the most dramatic events in college football history. He was standing just a few yards from where Gerard Phelan caught Doug Flutie’s game-winning “Hail Mary” pass, as Boston College beat Miami. “I was so amazed at what I saw, I was barely able to conduct the post-game interviews and file my story! To this day, it’s the most memorable story I’ve covered," he said.
In 1986, Lee became weeknight news anchor for the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville. During his ten years in Jacksonville, Lee helped found Christians in the Media, a fellowship for local journalists.
In addition to his career in broadcast journalism, Lee was a captain in the Florida Army National Guard. During his eight years of reserve military service, he deployed to Central America twice and Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield.
Lee is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) .
Lee and his wife, Donna, a former Orange Bowl Queen, have been married since 1981. They have three sons and one daughter.
