Jim Watkins

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Jim Watkins on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006.
Jim Watkins on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006.

Jim Watkins, an Ohio native, is the co-anchor of the weekday edition of CW11 News at Ten on WPIX-TV. He joined the station in 1998 after three years working at WNBC-TV in New York. While at WNBC, Watkins anchored the weekend editions of NewsChannel 4 at 6 and 11, as well as "Weekend Today in New York." In addition to his anchoring and reporting duties at WNBC, Watkins also hosted a nationally televised cable show, "Great Stuff" on NBC's business cable channel CNBC.

Every year, Jim Watkins hosts a television program at the Hispanic Day Parade, which occurs on the second Sunday of October. Watkins is a former anchor and reporter from CBS affiliate WTVF in Nashville, Tennessee. He also pens columns for AM New York, a free weekday daily distributed in NYC. His son, Liam, is autistic and he is active with many autism awareness groups.