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On September 11, 2007 WNBZ marked its 80th anniversary of broadcasting to residents of Saranac Lake, the Tri-Lakes and beyond. The station first went on the air on September 11, 1927 through the efforts of Earl J. Smith and William Mace. Located at 107 Broadway, WNBZ went live with a
power of just ten watts. A lot has changed since then, but the mission remains the same - WNBZ is here to serve the community. |
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Chris is a native of Lockport, NY and graduated from Lockport High School in 1993. He enrolled at the State University of New York College at Geneseo and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor's Degree in English and a minor in Environmental Studies. |
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While at Geneseo he got his first exposure to the Adirondacks through the college's outing club He also gained his first radio experience, working two years as a DJ at WGSU,
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During the summers of 1996 and 1997 he worked for the Adirondack Mountain Club at Adirondack Loj in Lake Placid, beginning a string of seasonal jobs in the outdoor/environmental field. Chris worked in Crawford Notch, NH for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Haleakala National
Park on Maui, and Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in Kinderhook, NY before returning to the Adirondacks in 1999 to run the High Peaks Information Center for the Adirondack Mountain Club. Following a summer stint as an Assistant Forest Ranger with the DEC in 2001, Chris was hired as full-time news director for
Saranac Lake Radio, which later became Mountain Communications. He's responsible for overseeing the news operations on Y106.3 and several of our sister stations including WNBZ AM 1240. The job involves every aspect of the news - researching stories, covering meetings and events, interviewing, writing and
editing the stories and broadcasting them. Chris also has worked for North Country Public Radio and is an occasional contributing writer to the Adirondack Explorer.
Away
from work Chris enjoys hiking, skiing,
kayaking and just about anything else in
the outdoors. He and his family live in Saranac Lake.
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Click
here
for Chris' Adirondack
High Peaks Journal |
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Jacob Resneck - News Reporter
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Jacob Resneck is a part-time reporter for Mountain Communications covering Lake Placid.
He also will be heard filling in when and where he
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Raised in rural Northern California, Jacob was
lured to Saranac Lake by a local newspaper in
2006. As a freelance journalist, his work also
appears in the Plattsburgh Press Republican,
Adirondack Explorer, Adirondack Life and North |
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Public Radio. When not on
assignment he enjoys being outdoors -- no matter the weather. |
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Nicole Lewis - News Announcer |
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Nicole Lewis is a news announcer on WNBZ.
She hosts the 12:00p.m. and 5:00p.m news
hours. In addition to Swap Shop, a
local favorite. |
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Nicole can also be heard on WNBZ's sister
station Y106.3 from 7:00pm-12:00p.m weekdays. |
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