Harry Boomer (born September 4, 19??) is a newscaster for CBS
affiliate WOIO channel 19 in Cleveland, Ohio.Harry Boomer attended
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia and The
Columbia School of Broadcasting. His career began in Washington, D.C.,
where he was a Disco Jock, an on-air personality, music director, talk
show host and served in various other management positions, including
two stints as a news director( United Broadcasting and Radio
One).Boomer came to Ohio in 1988 to manage and program WBXT-AM in
Canton, Ohio. He also worked in public television at WEAO/WNEO-TV in
Kent, Ohio and volunteered at WVIZ-TV 25 Idea Stream in
Cleveland.While covering assignments for WOIO/WUAB on a part-time
basis in the early 1990s, he was heard regularly on WCPN-90.3 FM,
Cleveland the NPR affiliate, where he served as assistant news
director for more than five years. He was also a reporter, producer
and major contributor to National Public Radio. Among other things,
Boomer debuted a statewide news magazine program entitled Infohio for
the radio station. Boomer took a full time reporter position at
channels 19 and 43 WOIO/WUAB and is currently an anchor/reporter and
talk show host for the stations. He is the longest tenured, continuous
on-air personality at the stations celebrating more than 27 years as
of 2017. Boomer received the Silver Circle Award in 2015 from the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/NATAS, a distinction
given for at least 25 years in television.
affiliate WOIO channel 19 in Cleveland, Ohio.Harry Boomer attended
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia and The
Columbia School of Broadcasting. His career began in Washington, D.C.,
where he was a Disco Jock, an on-air personality, music director, talk
show host and served in various other management positions, including
two stints as a news director( United Broadcasting and Radio
One).Boomer came to Ohio in 1988 to manage and program WBXT-AM in
Canton, Ohio. He also worked in public television at WEAO/WNEO-TV in
Kent, Ohio and volunteered at WVIZ-TV 25 Idea Stream in
Cleveland.While covering assignments for WOIO/WUAB on a part-time
basis in the early 1990s, he was heard regularly on WCPN-90.3 FM,
Cleveland the NPR affiliate, where he served as assistant news
director for more than five years. He was also a reporter, producer
and major contributor to National Public Radio. Among other things,
Boomer debuted a statewide news magazine program entitled Infohio for
the radio station. Boomer took a full time reporter position at
channels 19 and 43 WOIO/WUAB and is currently an anchor/reporter and
talk show host for the stations. He is the longest tenured, continuous
on-air personality at the stations celebrating more than 27 years as
of 2017. Boomer received the Silver Circle Award in 2015 from the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/NATAS, a distinction
given for at least 25 years in television.
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