Tom Appleby, News 12 Connecticut News Director and Evening News Anchor, Marks 25 Years With News 12

Appleby is the longest running broadcaster at one station in Connecticut

Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) June 3, 2009 -- Tom Appleby, a well-known figure to News 12 Connecticut viewers as the evening news anchor and News Director, is celebrating 25 years with News 12 Networks. Today and every weekday, Appleby anchors the evening news on News 12 Connecticut, and also hosts the weekly political program, "Focus on Connecticut," as well as the weekly high school academic competition, "The Challenge."

Appleby has been News Director and an Anchor of News 12 Connecticut since May 23, 1984, and is the longest running broadcaster in Connecticut on one station. News 12 Connecticut consistently wins awards for their reporting, most notably, the Connecticut Associated Press' highest honor, the Mark Twain Award for overall excellence, which they have won for the past two years.

Tom succeeds as a newsroom leader, because he is a true journalist

There are few newsrooms left in the country that allow the kind of innovation and enterprise that I've been afforded here at News 12

Tom Appleby is a staple in southwestern Connecticut

Through his on-air work, numerous public appearances, and his personal connection having lived and raised his family in the area, no one is more entrenched in the community than he. Behind the scenes, his focus on the localism of the News 12 product keeps the entire newsroom on task and delivering the news that truly is 'as local as local news gets.'

In the 25 years that Appleby has been News Director and anchor of News 12 Connecticut, the channel has won more than 600 major awards, including 33 Regional Edward R. Murrow awards and 2 National Edward R. Murrow awards, 15 New York Emmy Awards, 5 New England Emmy awards, 75 Associated Press Awards, 100 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and 55 New England Cable Telecommunications Association awards. News 12 Connecticut was the first recipient of the Associated Press Mark Twain award for Station Excellence in Connecticut. Appleby has Masters and Doctoral degrees in English Literature from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Prior to entering broadcasting, Appleby was a tenured lecturer at The City College of New York.

"There are few newsrooms left in the country that allow the kind of innovation and enterprise that I've been afforded here at News 12," said Tom Appleby. I've spent the last quarter century doing what I love to do best, reporting the news that matters most to people. This newsroom and this community are more than the place I call work, it is the place that I call home. I look forward to the next 25 years and the challenges it brings."

News 12 Connecticut is part of News 12 Networks, the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network. News 12 Connecticut launched in 1982 and today remains a cable exclusive service, reaching approximately 200,000 households in southwestern Connecticut. News 12 Connecticut is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.

"Tom Appleby is a staple in southwestern Connecticut," said Steve Weinberg, Senior Vice-President of Operations for News 12 Networks. "Through his on-air work, numerous public appearances, and his personal connection having lived and raised his family in the area, no one is more entrenched in the community than he. Behind the scenes, his focus on the localism of the News 12 product keeps the entire newsroom on task and delivering the news that truly is 'as local as local news gets.'"

News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation. Cablevision is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve 3 million households located in the New York metropolitan area. Cablevision owns a controlling interest and operates Madison Square Garden and its sports teams including the Knicks and Rangers. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas in the New York metropolitan area.

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