 He worked for WJLA-TV from 1976 to 1988.He also hosted the telecourse series Economics U$A in 1985, covering macro- and microeconomics with the help of Richard T. Gill and Nariman Behravesh, economic analysts.Schoumacher has four children by his first wife, Sharon Gay Schoumacher, whom he married in 1955 – Robert, Linda, Karen and Janet.