Amy Stone

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title: "Amy Stone" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-television-journalists", "american-women-television-journalists", "television-personalities-from-michigan", "television-news-anchors-from-boston", "television-news-anchors-from-chicago", "new-england-sports-network-people", "new-york-(state)-television-reporters", "boston-bruins-announcers", "living-people", "major-league-baseball-broadcasters", "university-of-michigan-alumni", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "21st-century-american-women"] description: "American television personality" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Stone" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American television personality ::

Amy Stone is a former American television personality who worked for New England Sports Network, WMAQ-TV, and WCBS-TV.

Early life and career

A native of Michigan, Stone graduated from the University of Michigan in 1989 with degrees in communications and film. Stone began her career as a producer at WDIV-TV in Detroit, in June 1989. In September 1990, she received her first on-camera position as a weekend news anchor for WLUC-TV in Marquette, Michigan.

NESN

In March 1991, Stone joined New England Sports Network (NESN), where she was the first host of SportsDesk. In 1993 she became the on-site reporter for Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins 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 Chicago, she began to look for a job there. 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

References

1. Craig, Jack. (August 9, 1991). "Stone Gains Poise as NESN's Woman Anchor". The Boston Globe.
2. Craig, Jack. (July 26, 1994). "Playing musical chairs at NESN". Chicago Tribune.
3. Hirsley, Michael. (November 21, 1997). "Dues Marked 'Paid' on Reporter's Path to Ch. 5". Chicago Tribune.
4. Babcock, Patricia. (November 26, 1997). "Stone 'thrilled' to have Ch. 5 job". Daily Herald.
5. Huff, Richard. (May 27, 2005). "Beef with Burger Ad a Hot Topic". Daily News.

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