Fox 61 Morning Show Announces Rebecca Stewart As Anchor

The much anticipated Fox 61 Morning Show continues to strengthen their team with experienced Connecticut broadcasters

January 23, 2008

HARTFORD --

Fox 61 WTIC-TV today announced Rebecca Stewart, five year Fox 61 veteran, as anchor for the morning news launching this spring. She is currently weekend anchor and a weekday reporter for Fox 61 News at Ten. Together Rebecca and Logan Byrnes will anchor the morning show along side traffic expert Rachel Lutzker of Clear Channel Radio and WTIC-AM morning meteorologist Joe Furey.

"Rebecca has been a key member of the Fox 61 News at Ten team. She is the ideal journalist to work with Logan, Rachel and Joe," said Richard Graziano, Vice President and General Manager of Fox 61. "We're proud to have put together a team that knows Connecticut, has the highest journalistic standards and the kind of friendly personalities that people here will rely on to start their day."

Prior to coming to Fox 61 in 2003, Rebecca was the morning and noon anchor for WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia. She started her career in journalism in Argentina as assistant news editor for The Buenos Aires Herald. After returning to the United States to pursue her Master's at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism she filed stories for KNOE-TV8 News in Monroe, Louisiana, WHO-AM Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, and NY1 News in New York City while based at the school's Washington D.C. bureau. Rebecca also teaches at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

The same team that has made Fox 61 News at Ten a consistent market leader will produce the Fox 61 Morning Show. In 2007 Fox 61 News at Ten was honored with five Emmy Awards, more than all the other Connecticut news organizations combined and was also the recipient of two prestigious awards from the Associated Press.

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Fox 61, WTIC-TV is an affiliate of the Fox Network and a member of Fox's coveted "Number One Club." Fox 61 is a Tribune Broadcasting station.

Tribune Broadcasting owns and operates 23 television stations concentrated in major markets and Superstation WGN on national cable. The group's combined reach is more than 80 percent of U.S. television households. Investment interests include Comcast SportsNet Chicago (25% owned) and TV Food Network (31%). Los Angeles-based Tribune Entertainment develops and distributes first-run television programming for the Tribune station group and for national syndication. Tribune Broadcasting also owns and operates Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.