News 'Diva' Christine James has been a fixture at WATD since 1990. Along the way in her WATD newsroom journey, she has won numerous broadcast awards including this year's Associated Press and Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for "Best Newscast." She is especially proud of her 1999 Boston Air Award for "Best Newscaster." Her anchor duties have included moderating political forums, reporting and following breaking news stories, including (while on vacation) reporting from Dublin on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Christine says the job is different every day, and it's never boring... Click to read more
Dave Skill's radio career began in the fall of 1964 when he arrived on the campus of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA. He barely got his bags unpacked when he paid a visit to WCHC, the campus radio station. Before he knew it, he was spending so much time as a disc jockey and news writer/reporter, it seemed like he was majoring in "radio" and minoring in academics at "The Cross". During his junior and senior years, he also worked weekends in news and as a disc jockey at WNEB, the CBS radio affiliate in Worcester at the time... Click to read more
Steven Dodrill re-joins the WATD news team as a full-time news reporter and weekend anchor while assuming the duties of Manager of Web and News Services. The 22 year-old recent Franklin Pierce University graduate plans to add a blend of new media to the traditional news for WATD listeners over the airwaves, and for the readers on the web... Click to read more
Katherine Perry, a graduate of Duxbury High School and The University of Massachusetts Amherst, has really made her mark since her arrival at WATD. She is the daughter of the owner, Ed Perry, but that doesn’t stop Katherine from consistently nailing out a solid news cast. When not working at WATD Katherine enjoys such activities as badminton, tea, racquetball, and fixing up her newly purchased home... Click to read more
Ed Perry grew up in Natick, Massachusetts. He was the son of two very nice well-degreed teachers who sensed almost immediately he would become their academic black sheep. Edward did not disappoint his parents. At the age of seven he received a wireless microphone as a birthday gift and began entertaining the neighbors on AM radio with songs played from a wind-up Victrola ...Click to read more
Bobbi Clark graduated from Emerson in 1999 with a degree in writing, publishing, and literature.At WIND in Chicago, Bobbi produced newsmaker segments for the morning drive news block and a daily live news/talk variety show. From there she went to Chicago's NBC affiliate, WMAQ-TV. There she produced 5 Emmy award winning series. In Boston she produced an Emmy nominated documentary about long-time Boston TV anchor Jack Hynes for WLVI-TV... Click to read more
Kevin McNicholas received his education at Northeastern University in Boston, where he earned a BA in journalism.While attending Northeastern, Kevin worked as a news and assignment editor at WNAC-TV, Channel 7 in Boston. There he prepared newscasts and assigned news crews. In 1975, he became the Director and Chief Correspondent for Radio News Service in Boston. While based at the State House Kevin regularly covers stories concerning the state and federal courts as well as Boston City Hall. He is WATD's State House/Boston correspondent... Click to read more
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