Jessica Ettinger

Jessica Ettinger

Born 1964 (age 5253)
Lansing, New York, United States
Alma mater Cornell University
Fordham University School of Law
Occupation Broadcaster, Journalist
Employer NBC Universal
Television Bloomberg News
CNN
Nightly Business Report
TODAY
CNBC
Awards Gracie
Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
AP Broadcast
New York Press Club

Jessica Ettinger (born in 1964)[1] is an American broadcaster and non-practicing lawyer.

Most recently a news anchor with CBS, Ettinger joined Sirius XM to create and launch TODAY Show radio [2] in 2014 in partnership with NBC News. She serves as the broadcast's host,[3] based at NBC's Studio 1A in Rockefeller Center.

Ettinger's recorded voice is heard on the New York City Subway system, providing the automated announcements on the 4, 5 and 6 trains.[4]

Under the name Jessica Wade,[5] she is one of the most-listened-to Female Country Radio Air talents in North America, and has been a personality on The Highway (Sirius XM)'s New Country channel 56 since 2004. As of Winter 2014, Sirius XM had 27 million subscribers.[6]

Career

Several weeks after graduating from Cornell University and leaving the Program Director position at WVBR-FM, Ettinger was asked to help NBC flip the format of WYNY-FM, and became the Music Director and air talent at Country 97 FM.

Soon after, Ettinger was tapped as the youngest-ever acting Program Director and Music Director at ABC's WPLJ-FM New York, where she up-ended the top 40 music and radio industry by playing a song by an unsigned artist that was unavailable in the U.S. Ettinger created a "mystery artist" promotion; put the song on the air, and kept listeners guessing who the artist was for several weeks.[7] Eventually, Ettinger had her air talent announce that the song "Soldier of Love" was by former child star Donny Osmond, who appeared live on the air for the reveal. Osmond was soon signed by Capitol Records, which copied Ettinger's promotion idea nationwide and released the song as a single. "Soldier of Love" reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989 [8] and Osmond credits Ettinger with re-launching his career by listening to the music and not pre-judging whether a song could be a hit based on the name of the artist.[9][10]

Interested in innovation, she met with Michael Bloomberg, and agreed to return to news to help build New York's first all-business news radio station, Bloomberg Radio, joining Bloomberg, L.P. as an anchor for his newly acquired WBBR-AM. Shortly thereafter she helped launch Bloomberg Television and served as its weekday morning news anchor on the USA Network. Ettinger is included in "Bloomberg By Bloomberg," Michael Bloomberg's 2001 autobiography.[11] During her nearly 12 years at Bloomberg News covering Wall Street and the financial markets, Ettinger also anchored live coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks from Bloomberg's midtown Manhattan studios. While at Bloomberg News, Ettinger earned her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.[12]

In 2006, Ettinger was asked by SiriusXM to assist in the creation and launch of Howard 100 News, ahead of the arrival of Howard Stern, creating the first reality-parody news organization.

Ettinger joined CBS News as a radio anchor for 1010 WINS in 2004, and rejoined in 2012. She created and anchored the 1010 WINS "Open For Business" reports; a post-Hurricane Sandy series.[13] As a digital journalist, Ettinger also contributes music news to Billboard.com and Billboard.Biz.[14]

Awards

Ettinger has won a Gracie Award for her anchor work, [15] AP and UPI Broadcast Sports awards for her coverage of the Yankees Road to the World Seriesand the New York Rangers Stanley Cup Win, and several regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. In 2015, she was awarded a New York Press Club Excellence in Journalism award for Entertainment News for her work at NBC's TODAY. [16]

References

  1. "Wedding Celebrations : Jessica Ettinger - Eric Gottesman". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  2. "Don't miss a moment, even in the car! Tune into TODAY's radio channel on SiriusXM". TODAY.com. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. "Today Show Radio - Keep Up With TODAY All Day! - SiriusXM Radio". Siriusxm.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. Kesner, Julian (2006-03-19). "Putting faces to the voices N.Y. transit riders rely on - New York Daily News". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. "The Highway - New Country Music from Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and More - SiriusXM Radio". Siriusxm.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. Calia, Michael (January 7, 2015). ""SiriusXM Tops 2014 Targets, but 2015 Guidance Comes Up Short - Satellite Radio Company Ends 2014 with 27.3 Million Subscribers"". Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  7. Guy Aoki (1989-04-16). "C`mon, That`s Donny?". Articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  8. "Donny Osmond - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  9. Guy Aoki (1989-01-29). "Donny's Comeback Bid: Mr. Clean No More : After a decade-long slump, Osmond has a new dance album . . . and a grittier image to go with it - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  10. Billboard. Books.google.com. 1996-12-21. p. 74. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  11. Bloomberg, Michael (2001). Bloomberg By Bloomberg, p. 126. Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-20888-4.
  12. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/style/weddings-celebrations-jessica-ettinger-eric-gottesman.html
  13. "1010 WINS Series: Open For Business « CBS New York". Newyork.cbslocal.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  14. "Jessica Ettinger". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  15. http://allwomeninmedia.org/gracies/2001-gracies-winners/
  16. http://blog.siriusxm.com/2015/06/09/today-show-radio-team-wins-new-york-press-club-journalism-award-for-entertainment-news/
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