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.'' Amy Stone is a former American television personality who worked for

New England Sports Network New England Sports Network, popularly known as NESN , is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group (which owns a controlling 80% interest, and is the owner of Boston Red ...

WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (chan ...

, and

WCBS-TV WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station ...

Early life and career

A native of

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

, Stone graduated from the

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in 1989 with degrees in communications and film. Stone began her career as a producer at

WDIV-TV WDIV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with NBC. It serves as the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship broadcast property of the Graham Media Group subsidiary of Graham Holdings, Graham ...

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, in June 1989. In September 1990, she received her first on-camera position as a weekend news anchor for

WLUC-TV WLUC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, United States, serving the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan as an affiliate of NBC and Fox. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on US 41/ M- ...

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NESN

In March 1991, Stone joined New England Sports Network (NESN), where she was the first host of

SportsDesk New England Sports Network, popularly known as NESN , is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group (which owns a controlling 80% interest, and is the owner of Boston Red Sox ...

. In 1993 she became the on-site reporter for

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and

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games. She also served as a substitute host on ''Sports Digest'' and the Red Sox pregame show

Chicago

After Stone's husband accepted a job in

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, she began to look for a job there. In 1994 she was hired by CLTV. One year later she joined

SportsChannel Chicago Fox Sports Net Chicago (often branded as FSN Chicago) was an American regional sports network that was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and was owned by Cablevision for most of its history (from 1987 to 2005). News Corporation acquired a minori ...

. By 1997, SportsChannel planned to showcase Stone as a studio host. However, during a round of staff cutbacks, Stone decided to pursue other opportunities. She did not look at any network jobs, as they required extensive travel and Stone had a fear of flying. She accepted an offer to work as a weekday sports reporter and fill-in sports anchor at WMAQ-TV. At the time of her hiring, Stone was the only female sports reporter on a "Big Three" affiliate in Chicago, the only one on a network affiliate in the top five metropolitan areas (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area), and only one of three in the top ten television markets.

WCBS

In May 2000, Stone joined WCBS-TV in New York City as a lifestyles reporter. Stone left WCBS in May 2005 after the birth of her second child.

References

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