Name Fritz Wetherbee Children Caleb Wetherbee | Education Keene State College Role Writer TV shows New Hampshire Chronicle | |
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Books I'll Tell You the Story: More of Fritz Wetherbee's New Hampshire Parents Frederick Minot Wetherbee, Mary Catherine Butler Profiles | ||
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Fred "Fritz" Wetherbee (born July 3, 1936) is a New Hampshire writer and television host. Fritz has been honored with five Emmy Awards.
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- Family
- Career
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- Voice over andor hosting
- Producer and Writer
- Honors
- References
He was born July 3, 1936, and named for his grandfather Fred Minot Wetherbee II. For 10 years (1975–84) he was news director and general manager of radio stations WSCV/WSLE-FM in Peterborough. From 1985 to 1995 he was the host of New Hampshire Crossroads on Public Television. He currently has his own segment on New Hampshire Chronicle.
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Family
He was born on July 3, 1936, Memorial Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire. He was the first child of Frederick Minot and Mary Catherine (née Butler) Wetherbee of Milford, New Hampshire. He was one of five siblings (four boys, one girl). He is a ninth generation Yankee (John Wetherbee arrived in Boston in 1765).
He resides in Acworth, New Hampshire.
He has one son, Caleb Addison, born in 1962. He has two granddaughters, Sophia and Anna,
His marital status is “committed”.
Career
He served in the US Army Special Services from 1958-1960, where he placed third in the All-Army Entertainment Contest 1959-1960 of 44,000 acts and appeared with other soldiers on the Ed Sullivan Show from 1959-1960.
He worked as a reporter and photographer for the Monadnock Ledger from 1962-1968.
He began his media career as the Nathaniel Hawthorn College Theater Production Instructor in 1963, later teaching Media at Keene State College Media Instructor in 1980 and 1984.
He worked as a filmmaker/cinematographer at New HampshirePTV from 1969-1975. At WSLE-WSCV radio he was general manager and news director from 1976-1984, also serving as a contributing reporter on All Things Considered. He was a reporter on the Ten O'clock News, WGBH-TV, from 1986-1994 and a Chronicle Contributing Talent for WCVB-TV, in 1990. He was the New Hampshire-Crossroads New HampshirePTV Host/producer/writer/editor from 1986-2000 and a storyteller/historian on WMUR TV, 2000–Present.
He was Pitteway and Partners Advertising Creative Director from 1984-1986.