Alice Gainer (born July 3, 1982) is an American anchor and reporter for

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and

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, New York. Prior to WCBS Gainer worked at

WNYW WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Secaucus, New Jersey–licensed MyNetworkTV flagsh ...

Fox 5, New York and for eight years before that, worked as an Anchor/Reporter at News 12 New Jersey. She has also appeared on News 12 Westchester, CNN, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Happy Hour. Gainer graduated from

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

in 2004 with a degree in Communications: TV and Radio and a minor in Business Administration. At Fordham she was an anchor for

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, the university's NPR affiliated radio station, and won a Gracie Award in the category "Individual Achievement for Best Anchor (Radio)". She was also an anchor for the campus television station. After graduating Gainer worked for NPR affiliate

WBGO WBGO (88.3 FM, "Jazz 88") is a public radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. Studios and offices are located on Park Place in downtown Newark, and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. The station primarily plays ja ...

radio and also for MetroNetworks WOR, WABC, and Air America Satellite Radio. Gainer is the recipient of eight NY Emmy Awards for "Breaking/Spot News", "Crime News", and "Entertainment News" among other categories. She's been nominated more than a dozen times times in the categories "LIVE- reporter", "Spot News", "Entertainment News", "Crime News" and "Health/Science". At the age of 25 and after only 2 years as a television reporter she was nominated for a New York Emmy for "On-Camera Achievement -Live Reporter". She was the recipient of a 2010 1st place Associated Press award for "Best Continuing Coverage". Other awards include a 1st place AP award for "Best Election Coverage" with the WBGO news team and a Public Radio News Directors Incorporated award. She's appeared in the movies "The Bourne Legacy" as an MSNBC anchor "Delivery Man" and "The Week Of". She also appeared as a reporter on the CBS show ''

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''. Gainer was also a principal actor in a New York Mega Millions commercial where she played a news anchor and has also appeared in several

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commercials. Gainer competed for the title of

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and placed in the top 15 for several years. She also held the title of Miss Somerset County 2006,http://www.geocities.com/missusamagice/njersey2006.html
in the Miss America Organization. In high school, she was captain of the Varsity swim team and an all-county

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. She also played Varsity

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. At Fordham, she was captain of the nationally competitive dance team. On July 17, 2018, she posted on Twitter that she is engaged to her boyfriend. In 2019 they were married.

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