Frank Coletta (born in West Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American television anchor on WJAR channel 10 in Providence, Rhode Island. He can be seen weekdays on NBC 10 News Sunrise and NBC 10 News at Noon. Coletta holds a degree in speech communications from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Location of West Warwick, Rhode Island. ... A news anchor (US and CA) or newsreader (UK, AU and SL) (occasionally newscaster) is a person that works in television or radio that hosts a regular news program or provides occasional on air news updates. ... WJAR (NBC10) is the NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island and New Bedford, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ...

Career at WJAR

Coletta joined WJAR as an assignment editor in 1978. From there he became a general assignment reporter in 1981. Shortly thereafter, Coletta moved behind the anchor desk. In 1985, he was named News Sunrise anchor, where he remains to this day. He has been the recipient of many awards from media and civic organizations.

On-Air

Coletta is often viewed as taking a friendly approach to anchoring the news. Viewers have come to enjoy his early morning upbeat smile and dry sense of humor. Daily, he will give a "coffee cup salute" to local businesses in the viewing area. Also each morning, Coletta presents a segment called "Flashback" where he will reexamine news events in Rhode Island's past with archived WJAR coverage. Much of the work for this segment is researched himself, sometimes requiring help from the Rhode Island Historical Society, which houses much of the older WJAR video library.

Outside of Television

In January of 2006, Coletta began teaching a journalism course as an adjunct professor at Rhode Island College. Rhode Island College is a state-supported comprehensive college founded in 1854, located in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. // [edit] History The school was established as the Rhode Island Normal School (RINS) in 1854 to prepare teachers. ...

External Links

• Frank Coletta's bio from NBC 10 WJAR