Personal Bio

The first thing people ask when they meet me, is how did I get involved in the field of communications. Well to be honest with you, the seeds were planted back in 1972 when my step father, who was enlisted in the United States Air Force, received orders for assignment to Germany. Prior to leaving the country, we visited relatives in New York City. Turned out, my uncle Skip was a Disc Jockey for one of the cities top R & B stations, so I had the opportunity one day to go with him to the station and I fell in love.

My Junior and Senior years of high school were spent as the resident Disc Jockey for all school dances.  Actually, my first real taste of radio came during my junior year while living in Italy, where I had a chance to be a reporter and announcer for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Network in South Eastern Europe. Once a week I would put together a half hour show featuring high school sports scores, events and news concerning the other 10 American high schools scattered throughout Italy.
 

Four years at the University of New Hampshire opened all kinds of doors. For one, the University had a very powerful FM student radio station with hourly news updates, live broadcasts of University sporting events and a variety of musical programming. We broadcasted everything from progressive Rock to jazz  to R & B. Needless to say I took  advantage of it all.  As a matter of fact, one day after doing the play-by-play for a UNH-Boston University basketball  game, I received a phone call from a local cable television station in Exeter, New Hampshire.  They were looking for someone to host a weekly regional cable news show and also team with a local radio sports guy to do some high school sporting events in their region.

My stint at Cablevision led to an audition and interview for a weekend sports anchor position with WMUR TV-9 in Manchester, NH. At the time WMUR was the only network affiliate in state. The News Director  Miles Resnik, definitely a character; however, I will always be indebted to miles for giving me my first big chance at television,.  After just one year at Channel 9, opportunity came knocking again, this time at WFSB TV 3 in Hartford, Connecticut. After three years in Hartford, it was off to Philadelphia in 1990 for a 15 year tenure at WPVI TV6, one of the most power local affiliates in the country. From July 2005 to March 2008 I worked with Comcast Sportsnet, an all sports cable network whose programming includes live broadcasts of  NHL, NBA and Major League Baseball games as well as a variety of half hour and one hour news formatted shows.       
 

During the Summer of 2008, I had a chance to host Live@theopen. A live internet update show from the 2008 US Open Tennis Championships in New York. The show consisted of interviewing, fans, the worlds top tennis players and a slew of entertainment and sports celebrities. (Wayne Knight-Newman from Seinfeld, Stephen Root-Office Space & No Country for Old Men, Chase Crawford-Gossip Girl, Jerry Fererra-Turtle from HBO's Entourage, Adrian Grenier-Vincent Chase from HBO's Entourage, Wayna Morris-Boyz II Men, Aaron Piersol-Olympic Gold medal swimmer, Jason Lezak-Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer, John Starks-Former NY Knick and former NY Mayor David Dinkins.)

At the moment I do some free lance voice over work and part time news/sports reporting for WHYY TV12 in Wilmington, Delaware. Working for WHYY gave me the wonderful opportunity of covering the historic general elections that produced the first African American President in American history. Covering the state of Delaware on a weekly basis puts me in touch with the likes of Congressman Mike Castle, Senators Ted Kauffman and Tom Carper as well as Governor Jack Markell and Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn.
 

Currently I live in the Philadelphia suburbs about 19 miles from center city. During my free time I love to coach soccer and have actually earned several coaching certifications from the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America), The FA, Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association and The USSF (United States Soccer Foundation). My soccer work has also given me the opportunity to work with the WPSL (Women's Premier Soccer league) where I had the chance to general manage the Philadelphia Liberty.