From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

News 12 New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Slogan	Around New Jersey. Around the Clock.
Channels	Analog: 12 or 62 (24 Cablevision Mercer County) Digital: 612
Affiliations	CNN
Owner	Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Cablevision
Founded	March 1996
Website	www.news12.com

News 12 New Jersey is a 24-hour regional news channel reaching more than 1.8 million television homes within the New York City metropolitan area. The channel operates as an independent unit of News 12 Networks, referred to by its corporate owners as the “first, largest and most watched regional news network” in United States.^[1] The channel produces 8½ hours of live original news programming daily, alternating with digital replays. The channel launched in March 1996. ^[2]

Coverage Area

News 12 New Jersey can be seen in more than 1.8 million cable households throughout 14 counties in northern and central New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren. News 12 New Jersey's main studio, newsroom and sales offices are located inside the Raritan Center business complex in Edison. The channel has remote newsrooms in Trenton, Newark, Madison, Oakland and Wall. The channel's reporters can be live virtually anywhere statewide with two satellite newsgathering vehicles, one microwave truck and a helicopter, "Chopper 12."

Personalities

Anchors

• Della Crews- 5pm; 6pm; 8pm weekdays. Host: Spotlight NJ
• Roxanne Evans- 7pm; 9pm; 10pm-5am weekdays
• Rick Holmes-5pm; 10pm weekends
• Bryan Jenkins-5am-noon weekdays. Host: 12 in Our Schools
• Eric Landskroner- noon-5pm; 5pm. Host: It's Your Money
• Kurt Siegelin- 7pm; 9pm; 10pm-5am
• Janine Strafaci- 6pm; 8pm
• Alicia Vitarelli-5am-5pm weekdays

Weather

• Dave Curren (Meteorologist)- 5pm-5am weekdays
• James Gregorio (Meteorologist)-5am-5pm weekdays
• Michele Powers (Meteorologist)- 5pm; 10pm weekends
• Britta Merwin (Meteorologist)-fill-in
• Jim McFadden (Meteorologist)-fill-in
• Darryl Green (Meteorologist)-fill-in

Sports

• Bryan DeNovellis-Weekday evenings beginning at 7pm. Host: Jersey Sports Final
• George Falkowski- Weekends beginning at 5pm

Traffic

• Dianne Sherratt- 5-9am weekdays

Game Shows

• The Challenge- 6:30pm & 9:30pm weekends

Reporters

• John Bathke
• Tony Caputo
• Syma Chowdhry
• Rick Holmes
• Walt Kane (Senior Correspondent, Capital Bureau Chief). Host: Kane in Your Corner
• John Klekamp
• Dawn Pellas
• Karla Roth (Karla Bardiñas)
• Marci Rubin
• Les Smith^[3]
• Derricke Dennis

Freelance Reporters

• Kerry Ederer
• Alice Gainer
• Dave Grunebaum
• Matt Murphy
• Lisa Salvati
• Mia Toschi
• Beth Adubato

Hosts

• Laura Jones: New Jersey Power & Politics
• Jim McQueeny: New Jersey Power & Politics
• Dr. Brian Voynick: The Pet Stop
• Dr. Derrick DeSilva: 12 to Your Health

Executive Producers

• Howard Dorsey
• Phil Johnson
• Jeremy Kauffman

Assistant News Director

• Allison Gibson

General Manager/News Director

• Randal Stanley

Former Staff

• Alvina Alston- Reporter/Segment Producer, Fox Business Network, NYC
• Lauren Brown- Former Reporter, Regional News Network, Long Island
• Tom Fitzgerald-Reporter, WTTG, Washington D.C.
• Sheri Hensley-private sector, New Jersey
• Chris Keating-Reporter, KSTP, Minneapolis
• Walter Percy Perez-Anchor, WPVI, Philadelphia
• Cynthia Scott-private sector
• Drew Speier-Anchor, WBRE, Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Len Turner-private sector
• Mike Forrest-working as an actor in feature films and television. Latest-with Drew Barrymore in "Going the Distance."
• Jamie Shupak- now working for WNBC.

References

External links

• News 12 New Jersey

Other News 12 Channels

• News 12 Long Island
• News 12 Connecticut
• News 12 Westchester
• News 12 The Bronx
• News 12 Brooklyn
• News 12 Traffic and Weather
• News 12 Interactive

Sources

• [1] News12.com
• [2] Radio-Television News Directors Association
• [3] U.S. Census Bureau
• [4] AOL.com
• [5]News12.com
• [6]