Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Kerry Connolly |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
Children / No. of Kids | None |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | American |
Where is Kerry Connolly now? | The Row & Ride boutique studio in Hanover, Massachusetts was opened by Kerry Connolly in 2014. |
Wikipedia Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Renowned TV personality Kerry Connolly is a woman that wears many hats. In addition to being a well-versed former television reporter & anchor, she is also the Chief Executive Officer and instructor at a rowing and cycling company called Row and Ride.
- The brunette beauty was best known as the face of weekday & weekend morning news at WBZ-TV. There she had worked with anchors Paula Ebben and David Wade, as well as the likes of David Robichaud and meteorologist Todd Gutner.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Kerry was born in New Canaan, Connecticut & lived in Nashville, Tennessee, for part of her childhood.
- After moving several times throughout her career, Kerry is now married and living in Hanover, Massachusetts, with her husband and kids.
- Education : As a child from kindergarten to twelfth grade, Kerry attended Greenwich Academy, a girls’ college preparatory day school in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- After high school, she went on to pursue further education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development.
- While a student at Vanderbilt, Connolly was also an impressive athlete. She played two sports: lacrosse and field hockey, both at an All-American level.
TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- After university, Connolly served as a news anchor for WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida, from 1995-1997.
- She then worked as a news anchor and medical reporter for WFSB-Channel 3 Eyewitness News in Hartford, Connecticut from 1997 to 2001.
- In January 2001, Kerry moved to WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was a morning news anchor for almost four years until she left in September 2004. While there, she also did the morning newscast for WBZ-TV’s sister station WSBK-TV.
- Connolly then worked in Foxborough, Massachusetts, for the New England Patriots and Boston Magazine as a TV host of Total Patriots and a reporter for Patriots All Access, both produced by Kraft Sports Production. She did this from July 2005-August 2009.
- During her time at the Patriots, Kerry also hosted two specials, The Boston Magazine Show on WCVB-TV and Golf Destination on NESN.
- Kerry returned to WBZ-TV in Boston in 2009 and worked alternatingly as a weekday morning news anchor and a weekend morning news anchor for CBS 4 over the years. While at WBZ, Kerry created and hosted a segment called Pet Parade.
- In 2014, she opened her own indoor rowing and cycling boutique studios, named Row & Ride in Hanover, Massachusetts, and thus became a business owner and instructor.
- Where is Kerry Connolly ? : In 2017, she left her job at WBZ-TV & started working full-time at her business in both management and advisory role. She is often featured in pictures on the business’s Instagram account.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Kerry is an animal lover, which is why she was excited about her segment “Pet Parade.”
- Her favorite movie is Airplane.
- She thoroughly enjoys pranking people.
Miss you Kerry on WBZ. Loved your sense of humor plus your obvious broadcasting talents. Still watch and news just not the same without you. My wife was disappointed you left. She has since passed.