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Dan Martin
Dan Martin is the weekend anchor for WKBN 27 First News and First News on Fox. He joined the First News team as a videojournalist in October 2007, and loves getting out in the field to report on...
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Dee Crawford
Delores Crawford is the Community Affairs Director for WKBN and Fox Youngstown. She hosts “Sunday Morning with Dee” airing on 27 WKBN, Sundays at 8:00 a.m. Dee joined WKBN and Fox Youngstown with an...
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Gerry Ricciutti
Gerry Ricciutti, considered the “Dean” of local reporters, has been reporting here in the Valley for nearly 30 years. Gerry has covered many important stories throughout his distinguished career,...
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Paul Wetzl
Paul Wetzl re-joined WKBN 27 First News as a weeknight meteorologist in 2014 after 3 years in the same position at 33 WYTV. He had previously spent 13 years as a weekend meteorologist on WKBN 27 First...
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Amanda Smith
Amanda is the investigative reporter for WKBN-27 First News. Amanda was born and raised in Youngstown, graduating from Hubbard H.S. in 1999. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and French...
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Rich Morgan
Rich grew up in Geauga County’s snowbelt. His father built the family home in the backwoods of Newbury, overlooking Punderson State Park. Having no neighbors with children nearby, Rich’s friends were...
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Dave Sess
Dave Sess began working for WKBN 27 First News in 1998 as a morning anchor and producer. Currently, Dave is co-anchoring the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on 27 WKBN. He also anchors the 10 p.m....
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Nathan Lehota
Nathan Lehota joined WKBN in 2014 as a video journalist. He is excited to investigate, shoot video, edit and produce stories that matter. Nathan served for six years in the United States Navy and in...
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Ryan Allison
Ryan Allison has been at WKBN since July of 1998. He joined the First News Sports Department in October of 2001 and now serves as the Sports Director for WKBN, WYFX and WYTV. Allison was born in...
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Chad Krispinsky
Chad serves as a sports anchor and as executive producer of Game of the Week. He performs play-by-play duties for the High School Football and Basketball Game of the Week. He also calls all of the...
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Nadine Grimley
Nadine Grimley became a part of the WKBN 27 First News Team in 2014 as a video journalist. She is a 2011 graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont, with a degree in television studies...
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Alex George
Alex George is the weekend weather anchor and reporter on WKBN 27 First News. Alex graduated from Ohio University in May of 2015 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a meteorology minor....
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Stan Boney
Stan Boney is a veteran of television news in Youngstown, joining the WKBN-27 First News family in 2015 after 36 years with 33-WYTV. He was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio and was a graduate of Ohio...
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Molly Reed
Molly Reed is a Multi-Media Journalist on WKBN 27 First News. Before joining the WKBN 27 First News team, Molly interned at both WKMG and WESH in Orlando, Florida. She also reported on Florida State...
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Tyler Trill
Tyler Trill began working as a multi-media journalism at WKBN in December 2015. Tyler graduated from Kent State University in December 2015 (Go Flashes). While attending Kent State, he was a member of...
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Josh Frketic
Josh came to the Valley from Bluefield, West Virginia where he was the weekend anchor for nearly two years. Here in Youngstown, Josh started as a VJ, but became the weekend weatherman for several...
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Abbie Schrader
Abbie Schrader joined the WKBN-27 First News team in March 2016, taking on the roles of anchor and reporter for the WKBN-27 First News Saturday Morning and WKBN-27 First News Sunday Morning shows. A...
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Matt Jones
Matt Jones became a part of the WKBN 27 First News Team in May 2016 as a weekend Meteorologist. Matt graduated from North Carolina State in 2016 and also attended Darton State College. He earned his...
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Cameron O’Brien
Cameron O’Brien became a part of the WKBN-27 First News team in 2016 as a multi-media journalist. She will be responsible for reporting on stories that matter to the community. Cameron was born in...
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Mandy Noell
Mandy Noell joined the WKBN 27 First News team as evening co-anchor in October 2016. A native of Beaver County, PA, just across the Ohio border, she was thrilled to come back home to work in The...
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Jason Aubry
Jason Aubry joined WKBN as a Multi-media Journalist in May of 2017. This award winning journalist has spent ten years in the industry uncovering the truth and giving voice to the voiceless. Jason began...
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Chelsea Spears
Chelsea Spears is the morning co-anchor of WKBN 27 First News This Morning and anchor of WKBN 27 First News at Noon. She joined the team in October 2017, which (to Chelsea’s excitement) brought her...
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Katie Wilson
Katie Wilson joined the WKBN 27 First News team as the weekend evening anchor/weekday reporter in October 2017. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Katie’s thrilled to be back in her home state! She’s...
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Brittany Bissell
Brittany Bissell joined the WKBN-27 First News team as a Multi-Media Journalist in January 2018. Born in East Liverpool and a graduate of Wellsville High School, Brittany is a 2015 graduate of...
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