EG's Gene Valicenti Gets Another Gig – Morning News At WPRO
The veteran Channel 10 anchor replaces Andrew Gobeil and Tara Granahan in the 6 to 9 a.m. radio slot.
Longtime East Greenwich resident and Channel 10 anchor Gene Valicenti has moved into the morning news slot on WPRO radio. He will continue on at Channel 10 anchoring the 5:30 and 6 p.m. news. Valicenti, who has been with NBC 10 since 1992, has hosted a Saturday afternoon radio show on WPRO since 2010. "I think that doing the radio for the past 2-and-a-half years got me off to a pretty smooth start," he said Monday, the first day in his new position. "Those listeners really sort of opened the door for me ... at WPRO." Valicenti said the Saturday program helped get him ready for the morning show, though not entirely. "There’s a lot of moving parts in that morning show," he noted, more than on Saturdays. He said the plan is to incorporate …
