Marysol Castro
Marysol Castro | |
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 Castro at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Born | Marysol Castro July 8, 1974 |
| Education | Wesleyan University Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation(s) | Public Address announcer for the mets at Citi Field and morning news anchor for WPIX |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Spouse | Christopher Poole married in 2011 |
Marysol Castro is a public address announcer at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. She is also an American broadcast journalist who is employed as a morning news anchor at WPIX in New York City, a weather forecaster for The Early Show on CBS in 2011, and a features correspondent for the weekend edition of Good Morning America on ABC from 2004 to 2010. In June 2015, Castro joined New Haven-based WTNH-TV to fill in for weekday morning traffic reports and anchor until mid-November 2015. In January 2019, Castro joined the booth of the Android and iOS app BallparkDJ making it possible for any youth softball or baseball team to be announced by her professional voice. Castro is the creator & host of Somos, a show that profiles Latinos of all walks of life.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Born on July 8, 1974, to Puerto Rican parents in New York City,[2] Castro was raised in the Bronx and attended Public School 83 and Intermediate School 181. She was later admitted to the Oliver Scholars Program, an independent school access program for high-achieving students of color, and attended Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in Pennsylvania and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996.[3] She later obtained a Master of Arts in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Prior to her career with ABC News, Castro was a general assignment reporter for WPIX in New York. She worked as a reporter for News 12, a local cable news network in the Bronx. She taught briefly at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn as an English teacher. In September 2010, Castro left GMA Weekend. On January 3, 2011, as part of a complete show overhaul, Castro became the weekday weather forecaster for The Early Show on CBS replacing Dave Price.[4] On September 2, 2011, it was announced that she would be leaving her post as weather anchor effective immediately.[5]
In June 2015, Castro joined WTNH-TV ABC 8 in New Haven, Connecticut, to fill in as weekday morning traffic reporter and anchor. Castro was relieved of her fill-in duties in November 2015 and later left the station.
In July 2015, she joined ESPN as host of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN.[6]
Castro was named the new public address announcer at Citi Field for the New York Mets, on May 30, 2018, replacing Alex Anthony whom was fired the same year. She shares PA duties with weekday announcer Colin Cosell (grandson of Howard Cosell) working on weekends. Castro's first game was May 31, 2018, against the Chicago Cubs. Castro is the first female PA announcer in the Mets' history.[7]
In 2023, she returned to WPIX as a weekday morning news anchor.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marysol Castro Biography". Somos.
- ^ What Marysol Castro Learned From Mon (Television production). ABC News. May 14, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "Notable Alumni by Category". Wesleyan University. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "The Early Show: Marysol Castro". CBS News. November 30, 2010. Archived from the original on December 31, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "Marysol Castro Leaving 'The Early Show'". Broadcasting & Cable. September 2, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2003.
- ^ "Marysol Castro joins ESPN as host of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN". ESPN. July 1, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ Ripple, Zachary (May 30, 2018). "Mets hire Marysol Castro and Colin Cosell as new PA announcers for 2018 season - NY Daily News". New York Daily News.
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- American television reporters and correspondents
- American women television journalists
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Television meteorologists from New York (state)
- Television meteorologists in New York City
- New York (state) television reporters
- Television anchors from New York City
- Journalists from the Bronx
- American journalists of Puerto Rican descent
- Wesleyan University alumni
- Hispanic and Latino American women journalists
- Westtown School alumni
- CBS News people
- Major League Baseball public address announcers
- American boxing commentators