Penny Crone
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| Penny Crone | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Birth name | Barbara Penny Crone |
| Birth place |  New York City, New York |
| Circumstances | |
| Occupation | Journalist, Television Reporter |
| Children | Travis |
| Notable credit(s) | Howard 100 News, Good Day New York, WNYW Fox 5's Live, WCBS-TV, WNYW-TV, WWOR-TV, KHOU-TV |
Penny Crone is an American reporter who was formerly a member of the Howard 100 News team on Sirius Satellite Radio. On January 17, 2007, Crone was let go from her position at Sirius due to "budget cuts".[1]
Crone had an extensive background in journalism before coming to Sirius. She was a feature reporter for "Good Day New York", WNYW Fox 5's Live, a locally produced news and information morning show. She is a veteran reporter and native New Yorker and was with Fox 5 for more than 14 years. Penny is a three-time local Emmy Award-winner and is best known in the New York area for her coverage of the city's police and fire departments and the New York Yankees. She also frequently covered Howard Stern and would often joke with and tease him at press conferences.
She began her journalism career as a federal court reporter for the Hearst Newspaper in Baltimore, before moving to WJZ-TV as a writer/producer. Her first on-air reports occurred in c. 1973, while working for KMOX-TV (now KMOV), then the CBS owned station in St. Louis. Later in the 1970s, she worked for then-independent KPLR-TV, also in St. Louis.
Crone's additional credits include on-air reporting for WCBS-TV, WNYW-TV and WWOR-TV in New York, as well as a stint at KHOU-TV in Houston. She also co-hosted a morning talk show for WABC Radio (1998) and appeared in the TV movie "Mistrial" and in the theatrical films "Daylight" and "Hero at Large." In addition to her local Emmy awards for Outstanding Crime Reporting (1993), Outstanding Multi-Part News Feature (1995) and On Camera Achievement (1996), Penny has received professional honors from several uniformed service organizations, as well as the International Film and Television Festival (1979, 1980). Her most recent honor is the "Integrity in Journalism Award" (2005) from The New York State Shields, Inc.
Penny was born Barbara Penny Crone in New York to Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Crone. Her father was the president of Hecht Company, a Baltimore department store. She now resides in the New York area with her husband, who served as a member of the Secret Service for several Presidents, and the Treasury. They have one son, Travis, who became an intern on the Howard Stern Show in 2006.
On January 17, 2007, the New York Daily News reported, "former WNYW/Ch. 5 correspondent Penny Crone has left Howard Stern's "Howard 100 News" on Sirius Satellite Radio because of budget cuts, according to sources. "
An online campaign to save Penny's Job on Howard 100 can be found at [http://www.savepennycrone.com ]
