- He anchored KTLA-TV's 10:00 p.m. newscast starting in 1975. He had joined the station in 1965, and reported on Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. A licensed pilot, he sometimes covered news stories from his own plane.
- He set 11 world records for speed and altitude flying.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1560 Vine Street on Hollywood, California on April 8, 1992.
- The Simpsons (1989) character Kent Brockman is said to be based on Fishman and fellow L.A. news legend Jerry Dunphy.
- Harold Fishman passed away on August 7, 2007, less than three weeks away from what would have been his 76th birthday on August 25.
- Received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University where he worked at the campus radio station.
- Received his master's degree in political science from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) (1956).
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