Frank Cipolla
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| Frank Cipolla | |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist,Businessman |
| 🌐 Website | www.contactsmedia.com |
Frank Cipolla is an American television and radio news broadcaster, businessman and author.
Personal life[edit]
Frank Cipolla was born and raised in Queens, New York. He attended Christ the King High School which later inducted him into its Hall of Fame.[1] He attended college at[2] St. John's University and graduated with a B.S in Communications. While attending college he worked on the university radio and TV stations and interned at WPIX-FM and WNBC (AM) in New York City.[3] Cipolla lives with his wife in New Jersey.[4]
Career[edit]
Upon graduation, Cipolla was hired at WCRV in Washington, NJ. Two years later he moved onto WJDM[5] in Elizabeth, New Jersey. At both stations he served as news director. In July 1986 he was hired as the afternoon news anchor for the Soupy Sales Radio Show on WNBC in NYC.[4]
In 1988 when WNBC’s frequency was sold, Cipolla joined WFAN, New York City's and the nation's first all-sports station as its afternoon news anchor. After a short stint there, he moved into local television news.[3] Cipolla launched the first live call-in news talk show at Time Warner Cable in Staten Island. Then, in 1996, he was hired at the newly launched News 12 New Jersey.[4] There Cipolla co-hosted the popular Morning Edition with Mizar Turdiu.[citation needed]
In April 2001, Cipolla was hired by WWOR-TV in New York City, where he worked as both anchor and reporter.[6][7] From 2008 to 2015 Cipolla worked as a network news anchor at the Wall Street Journal Radio Network.[4][8] His twice-hourly reports were heard on hundreds of stations coast to coast.[citation needed]
Cipolla is also the founder and owner of media coaching and guest placement company Contacts Media.[9]
Cipolla's book It Shocked Even Us! is a memoir of his 40 years in radio and TV news.[6][4]
In April 2005, Cipolla was inducted into the Christ the King High School Hall of Fame.[10] He and his wife have also set up a Broadcast Journalism Scholarship named in honor of their parents. It's presented every year to a Christ the King student pursuing a career in radio, online and/or TV news.[11]
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References[edit]
- ↑ CBS News/New York Times Poll of Southern and Border States, February-March 1988, ICPSR Data Holdings, 1989-09-26, doi:10.3886/icpsr09103
- ↑ Huff, Richard. "Reporting from the field harder than it looks, says former WWOR anchor". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Petty, Todd, The Warren (2011-09-22). "Award winning broadcaster Frank Cipolla writes about his experience at WCRV in Washington in new book". nj. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "WJDM". 2010-12-28. Retrieved April 22, 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Richard, Huff (13 May 2011). "A Frank Look at the Local News". New York Daily News.
- ↑ Silverman, Justin Rocket. "Murdered reporters were doing a job that makes it difficult to see danger approach". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and Video". WSJ. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Guest Placement and Media Training | Contacts Media | United States". Contacts Media. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Hall of fame members". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8665072 (February 2014). "Christ the King Faculty, Admins Ink New Contract". The Forum West. p. 2.
Further reading[edit]
- Ellen Montemarano (19 May 2011). "Broadcaster gives back to the industry he loves".Suburban. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- Richard Huff (13 May 2011). "Reporting from the field harder than it looks, says former WWOR anchor". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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