Bill Fitzgerald

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bill Fitzgerald has been hired by WNCN (NBC-17) as a news anchor to replace Bill Gaines, who left the station in August. He will join co-anchor Melanie Sanders and meteorologist Wes Hohenstein weeknights at 6, 7 and 11 p.m. Prior to joining WNCN, Fitzgerald was an anchor for MSNBC. Prior to joining MSNBC, Fitzgerald served as weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for the NBC owned-and-operated station WVTM-TV in Birmingham, Alabama. He previously served as reporter for the local cable news network News 12 Long Island, New York. He was also an off-air reporter and associate producer for the NBC owned-and-operated WVIT-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. Before starting his television career, Fitzgerald taught junior high and high school level English in Rome, Italy and at Eton College in Great Britain.

[edit] History

Fitzgerald graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He also holds a Master's Degree in journalism from Columbia University. He and his wife Amy have a daughter, Ciara, and a son, Aidan.