Connell McShane (born August 4, 1977) is an American broadcaster, reporter and play-by-play commentator. He is the anchor of NewsNation Now, a weekday afternoon news program seen on NewsNation. McShane previously anchored or hosted a number of programs, including ''

Imus in the Morning ''Imus in the Morning'' was a long-running radio show hosted by Don Imus. The show originated on June 2, 1968, on various stations in the Western United States and Cleveland, Ohio, before settling on WNBC radio in New York City in 1971. In Octo ...

, ''Fox Business Morning'', and ''After the Bell''. ''

Early life

Connell McShane was born and raised on

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

, New York. His father grew up in

Kilcar ''Cill Charthaigh'' (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 road (Ireland), R263 Regional road (Ireland), regional road in the south west of County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres an ...

County Donegal, Ireland County Donegal ( ; ) is a county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small border with the rest of the Republic. It is ...

. He attended

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

where he graduated with a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in communication and media studies in 1999.

Career

1997–1999: Sports commentating

While studying at Fordham, he began working in sports reporting and was a sports broadcaster at

WFUV WFUV (90.7 FM) is a non–commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York. The station is owned by Fordham University, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop the nearby Montefiore Medical Center. WFUV first went on the ...

from 1997 to 1999. In 1998, he interned for the Yankees Radio Network. He was also a play-by-play commentator for WBRK, where he broadcast games for the Pittsfield Mets.

1999–2007: Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television

After graduating from Fordham, McShane originally planned to become a

sports commentator In Broadcasting of sports events, sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real time (media), real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present t ...

. However, in 1999 he became a desk assistant at

Bloomberg Radio Bloomberg Radio is a radio service of Bloomberg L.P. that provides global business news programming 24 hours a day. The format is general and financial news, offering local, national and international news reports along with financial market ...

. This led to him becoming a local news reporter in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

in 2000. One of his first major assignments as a reporter was covering the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

for

WBBR WBBR (1130 kHz) is a Class A clear-channel AM radio station licensed to New York, New York. It serves as the flagship station of Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg L.P.'s radio service. The station offers general and financial news reports 24-hours ...

. While at Bloomberg Radio, McShane eventually transitioned into a role as a business reporter, reporting live from

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and the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the List of stock exchanges, largest stock excha ...

. He was picked to co-anchor the syndicated morning show ''The First Word'' with Peter Schacknow. He later began working for

Bloomberg Television Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by diversified information and media private company Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, re ...

, where he anchored ''On the Markets'', ''Evening Edition'', and ''Marketweek.''

2007–2023: Fox Business Network, ''Imus in the Morning''

McShane joined

Fox Business Fox Business (officially known as Fox Business Network, or FBN) is an American conservative business news channel and website publication owned by the Fox News Media division of Fox Corporation. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios ...

as a business reporter when it launched in 2007. He was then promoted to anchoring the network’s early morning program in 2008 alongside

Jenna Lee Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee (born ) is an American journalist and former anchor on Fox News, where she co-hosted '' Happening Now'' with Jon Scott. Lee had previously co-anchored Fox Business' early-morning business news program, ''Fox Business ...

. He became one of the business reporters for

Don Imus John Donald Imus Jr. ( ; July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019), also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show '' Imus in the Morning'' was aired on various stations and di ...

' ''

'' after Fox began

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the program in 2009. McShane also filled in on one occasion for

Charles McCord Charles McCord (born c. 1942 in Joplin, Missouri) is an American former news anchor and radio personality most notable for his association with '' Imus in the Morning'' for over three decades. Career In his early career, McCord worked as a cop ...

, who missed one of ''Imus in the Morning'' remote broadcasts due to illness. Beginning on May 9, 2011, McShane was news anchor on the show, a position he held until 2017. In 2010, McShane began co-hosting the 11am program ''Markets Now'' on Fox Business Network alongside

Dagen McDowell Mary Dagen McDowell (born January 7, 1969) is an American anchor and co-host of ''The Bottom Line'' and ''The Big Money Show'' on Fox Business as well as a commentator and guest host on Fox News. Education A native of Campbell County, Virgin ...

. He was also a radio play-by-play broadcaster for

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

's coverage of the 2013 Pinstripe Bowl. McShane co-anchored ''After the Bell'' with

Melissa Francis Melissa Ann Francis (born December 12, 1972) is an American television news personality who last worked as an anchor and commentator for the Fox Business Network (FBN) and Fox News (FNC), departing in 2020. Previously, she worked as an actress. ...

from 2018 to 2021. During the show, McShane reported live from

swing state In United States politics, a swing state (also known as battleground state, toss-up state, or purple state) is any state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate in a statewide election, most often refe ...

s during the

2020 US presidential election Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and vi ...

. He announced his departure from Fox Business Network on May 8, 2023.

2023–present: NewsNation

On September 12, 2023,

Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarters in Irving, Texas, Midtown Manhattan, and Chicago. The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 television station ...

announced that McShane would join

NewsNation NewsNation is an American cable news network owned by Nexstar Media Group. Known for most of its history as Superstation WGN before becoming WGN America in 2008, it relaunched on March 1, 2021, as a cable news network named after its flagship n ...

as the weekday afternoon anchor for NewsNation Now. He made his debut on September 25, 2023.

Personal life

McShane married his wife Renee in 1999. They have three children.

Filmography

References

External links

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