Along the way, Noyes was honored with TV s highest award, the Peabody, 10 Emmys, two Edward R. Murrow awards and many Golden Mike Awards. He taught his craft at USC s journalism school, and penned several books, including Legacy of Doubt, which linked organized crime to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
After retiring from the news business in 2008, he published several other books, including The Real L.A. Confidential, in which he wrote about some of L.A. s most notorious crimes, including the Manson family and O.J. Simpson murder cases.
His 2015 book, Who Killed the Big News, tells the story of KNXT s introduction in 1961 and ultimate death of The Big News, which was billed as the first 45-minute newscast in the nation and launched the careers of the late Jerry Dunphy and Ralph Story, among others.