Former wjac-tv reporters female
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Jen Johnson
Jen joined the 6 News team in 1992. Her career with WJAC-TV started in the Centre County newsroom. Within a year, she made the transition from part time videographer to a full time reporter and transferred to WJAC's headquarters in Johnstown in 1994. Jen co-anchors the weeknight editions of WJAC-TV 6 News at 5, 5:30 and 6, a position she has held now for more nearly 25 years.
Jen's assignments have taken her to Honduras to cover local volunteers on a humanitarian mission. She traveled to Portland, Oregon when unclaimed cremains were traced back to a Johnstown family. She provided extensive coverage of the Quecreek mine rescue and United Flight 93. Jen also chronicled the storied legacy of WJAC-TV in a one hour 70th Anniversary special.
Jen volunteers with severals charitable programs and chairs WJAC-sponsored events, like Sinclair's Day of Service.
"It's the people of Johnstown, the surrounding communities and outlying region, who have had a profound impact on me, through their stories, their kindness and their friendships. I treasure my ne
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Bill Brown (news anchor)
American journalist
Bill Brown is a former morning news anchor for WJAC-TV, the NBC network affiliated television station serving the Johnstown-Altoona-State College, Pennsylvania metropolitan area.
Brown began as a journalist for the Latrobe Bulletin and the Greensburg Tribune-Review. He joined WJAC in 1982 as a weekend reporter and weatherman. He became the anchor for the NewsCenter 6 at Noon weekday broadcast in 1984. In 1985, he became the anchorman for the station's new Sunrise news broadcast. He holds both of these positions today.
In 2002, he came under controversy when he said profanities on the air. On a live promo before the noon news, Brown did not realize he was on the air. When he realized he was, he uttered, "Oh shit!" The video cut to black, but his audio was left on, and he was heard saying, "I'm tired of this fucking shit!" Brown apologized for his choice of words and took a self-imposed leave of absence from the station. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chose not to suspend him further for his actions.
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Tim Rigby (sportscaster)
Tim Rigby was the 5 and 6 co-anchor and 11 PM solo anchor for WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the station's 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. He had previously been the long-serving sportscaster from 1981 to 2011.
Biography
Rigby joined WJAC in May 1981 as a reporter and weekend sports anchor. In November 1981, he began anchoring the weekday sports segments at 11 p.m. On December 11, 1996, he briefly left WJAC to take a non-broadcasting job in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, but returned three weeks later.
In 1994, Rigby was voted the top play-by-play man in Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press for his coverage of the All-American Amateur Baseball Association tournament. He also reported play-by-play for the Johnstown Chiefs and for other local events.
Rigby left WJAC on November 10, 2011 after his contract was not renewed. He returned as a fill-in sports anchor. On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, Rigby returned as WJAC's 6 News at Sunrise co-anchor with Lindsay Ward and Jim Burton, who both left
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