Butch Stearns is an American television and radio personality. He is a former sports anchor for

WFXT WFXT (channel 25) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network and owned by Cox Media Group. Its studios are located on Fox Drive (near the Boston-Providence Turnpi ...

and radio host for

WEEI-FM WEEI-FM (93.7 Hertz, MHz) – branded SportsRadio 93.7 WEEI-FM – is a commercial Sports radio, sports Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned b ...

, both located in

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Television

Stearns' first job in television was as a producer for Bob Gamere on

WLVI-TV WLVI (channel 56) is a television station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, serving the Boston area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Sunbeam Television alongside WHDH (channel 7), an independent station. WLVI and W ...

's Sunday night ''Weekend Scoreboard''. In 1992, Stearns moved to

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where he worked for KAAL-TV and as a sports anchor and producer of weekday sportscasts. He also hosted ''The Point After'', a 30-minute Sunday show, and a one-hour Friday night broadcast that covered high school teams. From 1994-1996, Stearns worked for Detroit's PASS Sports. Stearns returned to Boston in 1996 as a sports reporter for WABU. At WABU he was the field reporter for

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games, a color commentator for college football games, and the host of the Emmy award winning ''68 Sportsnight''. In September 1999, Stearns joined WFXT as a sports reporter and weekend anchor. He was promoted to main sports anchor following Levan Reid's departure in 2001. In December 2004, Stearns made an appearance on the

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as a sideline reporter for the

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week 17 matchup at

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against the

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. On November 1, 2009, Stearns was notified that his contract with Fox 25 would not be renewed. Although he took a substantial pay cut, Stearns returned to Fox 25 in the fall of 2014 as a temporary replacement. Stearns also hosted

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's ''New England Golfer'' in 1997.

Radio

Stearns' first radio experience came at WDFN in Detroit Michigan From July 1994 – January 1996 Stearns co-hosted ''The Morning Battery'', first with former Major League

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Lary Sorensen and later with ''

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'' reporter Keith Gave. After working as a part-time employee at WEEI, Stearns joined WNRB radio as the host of ''Patriots Monday'' and the radio play-by-play announcer for the

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. Stearns currently serves as the host of

's Saturday afternoon show.

Internet

In 2010, following the expiration of his contract with WFXT, Stearns began hosting the show ''Sports Buzz'' which airs on the online media website ''The Pulse Network.''

Personal

A native of

Braintree, Massachusetts Braintree () is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor-council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The populat ...

, Butch graduated from

Stonehill College Stonehill College is a private Catholic college in Easton, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1948 by the Congregation of Holy Cross and is located on the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr., with 29 buildings that compl ...

with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Sometimes he is affectionately referred to as "The Mayor of Braintree." He is married and has three daughters.

References

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