Matt McClure is an American

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and

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. He is currently an anchor for all-news TV station

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and health/wellness cable channel

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. Previously, McClure was an anchor/editor for the

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. From May 2009 until January 2012, he was the co-host of ''

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'' on

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(NET) in

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. This nightly show features news and human interest stories from a

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perspective. Formerly, McClure was the morning anchor for the

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, and website editor for

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's 640 WGST. He first came to WGST in August 2004. He is the recipient of seven

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awards, including Best Anchor/Reporter in Georgia in 2007. Previously, McClure was Afternoon News Supervisor for Jacobs Media Corporation ( WDUN News/Talk 550, WMJE Majic 1029,

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SportsRadio 1240 The Ticket and AccessNorthGa.com) in

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. In 2006, McClure was the anchor of NewsChannel 32 Daybreak on CBS affiliate WNEG-TV in

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. Prior to joining Jacobs Media for the first time in February 2003, McClure was News Director and host of the afternoon show on WGTJ in Gainesville for several years. He started broadcasting in 1995 at WDGR in

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. McClure became producer for '' AM Atlanta with Tom Hughes'' on 640 WGST in September, 2006. He remained in this position until host Tom Hughes resigned on November 21, 2006, and was then moved into the

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on a full-time basis. In early 2007, he was serving as sports director and reporter. On February 5, 2007, it was announced that veteran Atlanta morning show hosts

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and Spiff Carner would be joining the 640 WGST team for a new live and local morning show. The show began on February 26, 2007 with McClure as producer. Spiff was fired by Clear Channel a few months later, and the show continued until July 2009 as ''The Morning Drive with Randy Cook''.

Acting career

McClure has also appeared on the musical theatre stage in Georgia and Florida. He has appeared in such shows as the world premiere of ''Another Happy Ending'' (Malvolio), the NYC premiere of the play ''Oswald'' (Leavelle), ''

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'' (Smudge), ''

Altar Boyz ''Altar Boyz'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and book by Kevin Del Aguila (based on an idea by Marc J. Kessler and Ken Davenport). Centering on a fictitious Christian boy band from Ohio, the ...

'' (Abraham), ''

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'' (Joe), '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (Seymour), ''

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'' (Brandon), ''

The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neigh ...

'' (El Gallo), ''

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'' (Franz/Von Schrieber), the Atlanta Regional premiere of ''

'' (Announcer/Voice of GOD), '' The Boy Friend'' (Marcel), and ''

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'' (Ensemble). McClure was nominated for a 2013 BroadwayWorld Orlando Award for his portrayal of Seymour in ''Little Shop of Horrors'', and a 2009 Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as El Gallo in ''The Fantasticks''.

References

External links

NET official website

Official WGST website

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