Randy Price
| Randy Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) [1] Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 🏡 Residence | Kittery, Maine |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | television newscaster and journalist |
| ❤️ Partner(s) | Mark Steffen |
Randy Price (born January 19, 1950 [1]) is a television newscaster in Boston with WCVB-TV. He was the lead anchor at WHDH-TV in Boston from 1998 to 2009 and earlier in his career with WBZ-TV for 12 years.
Early life and career
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Price attended Louisiana State University, where he began his broadcasting career in college radio. He continued with radio during a stint in the U.S. Air Force, with Price working for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
He worked in television in Bakersfield, California (KERO-TV) and Toledo, Ohio (WTVG), before moving to Boston's WBZ-TV in 1983 where he anchored for 12 years. He left WBZ in 1995 due to alcohol problems which included a drunk driving conviction.[2]
Price joined WHDH-TV in 1996 as a freelance reporter, and in 1997 was made a full-time anchor. He moved into the morning anchor chair and then was promoted to anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. On February 6, 2009, Price was let go from WHDH-TV. His last newscast was on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. On February 7, 2009 The Boston Globe quoted Price that station owner, Edmund Ansin, had told him "we need to move in different directions."[3]
On June 2, 2009, Price was named morning anchor at WCVB-TV, Channel 5 in Boston.[4]
Personal life
Price is openly gay and on January 3, 2007 he married longtime partner Mark Steffen in a ceremony on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts. They live in Kittery, Maine.[2]
Price is the first openly gay television news anchor from United States. [5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Diaz, Johnny, "Take a bow (wow): Television anchor Randy Price, 61, on why show dogs are like show people – born to it", The Boston Globe, July 24, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diaz, Johnny (July 4, 2007). "Randy Price's openness has made him a fixture in local TV news, and a role model for gays". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ↑ Diaz, Johnny (February 7, 2009). "News anchor Randy Price resigns from Channel 7". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Randy Price Joins Newscenter 5 Team". WCVB-TV. June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- ↑ Towle, Ande (February 9, 2009). "Randy Price, America's First Openly Gay News Anchor, Resigns". towleroad.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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