WCAU news team

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This is a list of current television news anchors for WCAU, NBC 10, which is owned and operated as a subsidiary of NBC Universal and is located in Philadelphia.

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[edit] Current staff

[edit] John Blunt

John Blunt is the co-anchor of the weekend editions of NBC 10 News Today and NBC 10 News Midday. He also serves as a reporter three days a week. He joined WCAU as a reporter in 1984.

[edit] Renee Chenault-Fattah

Renee Chenault-Fattah is the co-anchor of the weekday editions of NBC 10 News at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m..

She joined the station in 1991 and served as an anchor and a reporter. After a few years anchoring the now defunct noon broadcast with Tim Lake, she was promoted to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news in March of 1995. In 2003, Lake joined Chenault as co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m., after she had spent 8 years co-anchoring newscasts at 6 and 11 with first, Ken Matz, then with Larry Mendte (Chenault and Mendte first were together at 11). She is married to U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah of the 2nd Congressional District, a possible candidate for mayor of Philadelphia when John F. Street's term ends in 2007. Chenault is one of several minority females to have anchored newscasts in Philadelphia. The Fattahs have two children. However, most people refer to her as "Renee Chenault."

[edit] John Clark

John Clark is the weekend sports anchor for NBC 10 News and the weekend edition of MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10. Clark joined WCAU in September 2001.

[edit] Lauren Cohn

Lauren Cohn anchors the weekend editions of NBC 10 News at 6 and 11 p.m. and the weekend edition of MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10 and is a weekday reporter. Cohn joined NBC 10 in February 2004.

[edit] Tracy Davidson

Tracy Davidson is the anchor of the 4pm broadcast entitled "All That & More" which replaced the previous NBC 10 News at 4 on December 4, 2006, and is the station's consumer reporter.

She has been with the station since 1996 when she was brought in to anchor the weekend morning news.

In 1999, Davidson won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award in the "Outstanding Service News" category for her reporting work. She won another as an anchor/reporter in 2001, in the "Outstanding Community Outreach Program" category.

[edit] Lori Delgado

Lori Delgado is co-anchor of NBC 10 News Today with Terry Ruggles and is also a general assignment reporter for NBC 10 News. Delgado joined the WCAU news team in January 24, 2005.

[edit] Vince DeMentri

Vince DeMentri is the co-anchor of NBC 10 News Live at 5 and the weekday edition of MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10. DeMentri joined WCAU after being let go from WCBS-TV after he was arrested for impersonating a federal agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on September 13, 2001 while covering the World Trade Center disaster for WCBS-TV. He had the charge reduced to trespassing. [1]

[edit] Amy Freeze

Amy Freeze is a meteorologist, and presents the weather during the NBC weekend edition of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news, as well as the weekend version of MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10. Freeze obtained from the American Meteorological Society certificate number 111 as a Certified Broadcast Meteorolgist, less than twenty women in the world have this certification. Freeze has her National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society seals of approval. She is a two time National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award winner and has completed five marathons. Before joining WCAU, she worked at Denver's KWGN. Freeze also hosts specials for NBC 10 and had a cameo appearance on the sitcom "Scrubs." Freeze takes viewers digital photos capturing the weather, she includes them in her forecast calling them "Freeze Frame."

[edit] Bill Henley

Bill Henley is a meteorologist, and presents the weather during the weekday edition of NBC 10 News Today. He is also the co-anchor of 10!. Henley joined WCAU in February 1994. Unlike his colleagues, Henley does not have a American Meteorological television seal or Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate, despite a promo on the station claiming all their meterologists have the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate.

Around the 6:20 am weather report, Bill Henley does his exclusive EarthWatch Travel Forecast. It consists of him giving the temperature and condition of several popular cities around the county, and one last town that has a strange name, which changes daily. Henley starts of the travel forecast by saying "Getting ready to skip town? Check out these forecasts for major cities around the country." Before the last town is mentioned, he says "And our final major city this morning, the HUGE metropolis of...", while a drum roll is playing in the background and the town is unveiled. One of the daily cities mentioned is Miami, which Henley refers to as Miami Beach, and pronounces it with a unique emphasis on "Beach". Terry Ruggles is known to imitate Henley's pronunciation of Miami Beach at times. It should be noted that only Bill Henley does this travel forecast, and it is only shown weekdays at around 6:20 am. When Henley is absent, the travel forecast is not given, unless the substitute is Dave Warren.

[edit] Doug Kammerer

Doug Kammerer is a meteorologist, and presents the weather during NBC 10 News Live at 5 and the weekday version on MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10. Kammerer is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, holding certificate number 71.

Kammerer joined the station in August 2003.

Doug Kammerer also does "Backyard Weather" every Thursday during the summer, where the weather forecast is given from a viewer's backyard. Kammerer is often seen eating barbeque, made by the owner of the backyard. Although often talking about his appetite, he also gives weather reports, and gifts to the residents he visits.

[edit] Tim Lake

Tim Lake on WCAU in 2005.
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Tim Lake on WCAU in 2005.

Tim Lake is the co-anchor of NBC 10 News at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.. Lake also anchors the news cut-ins during "All That and More". He became lead anchor in June of 2003 after Larry Mendte joined KYW-TV. Prior to this he was co-anchor of the 5 P.M. edition of NBC 10 News. He joined WCAU in 1992 as an anchor/reporter where co-anchoring the now defunct noon newscast with Renee Chenault-Fattah. In 2002, he was removed from the 5 P.M. news and was demoted to general assignment reporter. He went to accept an anchor position at KYW-TV, but he was told by station management that he'd be sued for breaching his contract. His contract contained a non-compete clause as well as a clause that he could leave at anytime for either a network job or a job in a large market. He filed a breach of contract suit against WCAU. He eventually got his 5 P.M. anchor position back. In 2003, he went back to co-anchoring newscasts with Chenault.

[edit] Denise Nakano

Denise Nakano is the co-anchor of the weekday edition of MyPHL News at Ten powered by NBC 10. Nakano joined NBC 10 on July 28, 2003.

She grew up in the Los Angeles area and went on to receive a communications degree from the University of the Pacific. Previously she was an anchor in Seattle, Washington.

[edit] Terry Ruggles

Terry Ruggles is a co-anchor of the weekday edition of NBC 10 News Today. He is also a reporter, known for his Pothole Patrol who go around the Delaware Valley, getting potholes fixed.

Ruggles has been with the station for 31 years. He became morning anchor in 2005 after veteran anchor Steve Levy retired. Previously, he served as a reporter covering the state of New Jersey since 1993. While at WCAU, he has also served as anchor of the weekend news and as a weatherperson. He lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

[edit] Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz

Glenn E. "Hurricane" Schwartz is the chief meteorologist for NBC 10, and presents the weather during the weekday editions of NBC 10 News at 6 p.m., 11 p.m., and "All That and More". Schwartz joined WCAU in October 1995 and was named chief meteorologist in November of 2002. He is known famously for wearing a bowtie on the air, but rarely he will wear a regular necktie. Though when reporting the weather out of the studio, Glenn always has on a normal dress shirt without the bowtie. Schwartz is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist holding certificate number 79.

[edit] Vai Sikahema

Vai Sikahema is the sports director at WCAU. Sikahema is the sports anchor for NBC 10 News at 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m. as well as the weekday edition of MyPHL News at Ten Powered by NBC 10. Sikahema joined the station in April 1994. He was a former running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals and during his playing days was famous for his kickoff-return "goalpost punching" touchdown celebration. Sikahema's nephew is actor Jon Heder, star of the film Napoleon Dynamite. [2]

[edit] Dawn Timmeney

Dawn Timmeney is the correspondent for "All That and More". Timmeney joined NBC 10 in October 2001 as a general assignment reporter. In January 13, 2003 she moved to the anchor desk. From May 1, 2006 until Late October, Dawn was the feature reporter for NBC 10 News Today from 5-7 AM Weekday Mornings.

[edit] David Ushery

David Ushery anchors and moderates New Jersey political debates which air on both WCAU and WNBC.

[edit] Dave Warren

Dave Warren is the stage name for David W. Pusey [3]. He holds AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate 116, who presents the weather during the weekend edition of NBC 10 News Today, and the weekend-exclusive NBC 10 News Midday. Warren joined WCAU in April 2003 from KPAX-TV in Montana.

[edit] Lori Wilson

Lori Wilson joined WCAU on November 28, 2005. She is also co-host of the weekday morning talk show 10! and contributes feature reports for the evening newscasts.

[edit] Reporters

[edit] Bill Baldini

Bill Baldini is the longest tenured reporter in Philadelphia, joining WCAU in 1964. He has won several awards and honors. Currently his reports air weekdays on various editions of NBC 10 News.

[edit] Cherie Bank

Cherie Bank is the medical reporter for NBC 10. She began her career in 1971 at KTVI in St. Louis, Missouri before joining WCAU in July 1979 as co-anchor of the defunct magazine show "10 Around Town". She assumed her current position in June 1983. Cherie has won many Emmy Awards for her superb work as a reporter. She resides in the suburban Philadelphia living with daughter Emily and maltese dog Daisy. A station promo claims that she was the first medical reporter in Philadelphia.

[edit] Monique Braxton

Monique Braxton joined WCAU on July 12, 2000 as a reporter/fill-in anchor. Braxton previously worked for MSNBC.

[edit] Lu Ann Cahn

Lu Ann Cahn joined WCAU in 1987 as a general assignement reporter. In 1995, she briefly anchored the weekend morning news.

[edit] Deanna Durante

Deanna Durante is native of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, in suburban Philadelphia. She joined WCAU in May of 2005 as a general assignment reporter. She began her broadcasting career at KHAS-TV in Hastings, Nebraska where she was a reporter and anchor. She then moved to KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she had the same duties. Prior to joining the station, Durante was a reporter and weekend anchor WITI-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[edit] Tim Furlong

Tim Furlong joined WCAU as a reporter in December 2005 from WPHL-TV in Philadelphia.

[edit] Ted Greenberg

Ted Greenberg is a New Jersey reporter for WCAU.

[edit] Former staff

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