MEET THE WGAN NEWS TEAM

 
WGAN is Maine’s Number One Local News, covering the news that matters to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Associated Press has recognized WGAN for its excellence with the following awards in 2007:
• Best Newscast-1ST PLACE-“WGAN Eye-Opener”
• Spot (Breaking) News-1ST PLACE-“Newry Bed & Breakfast Murders”
• Continuing Coverage-1ST PLACE-“York County Floods”
• Enterprise Reporting-1ST PLACE-“Tina’s Law: A WGAN News Special Report”
• Feature Reporting-1ST PLACE-Mike Audet-“Doggy Day Care”
• Public Affairs Program-1ST PLACE-Maine Points-“Drugs in Maine” 

The Maine Association of Broadcasters has recognized WGAN for its news coverage with the following awards in 2007:
• Election Night Coverage-1ST PLACE-"Election Night"
• Continuing Coverage-1ST PLACE-"April Storm"

Depend on the award-winning WGAN News team to provide you the information you need every day! Here’s an individual look at our award-winning staff:

Mike Audet
Midday news anchor Mike Audet has been part of WGAN’s news team for over a decade. Mike also can be heard mornings on sister station WPOR providing news updates during their morning show, where he has been a fixture for more than 20 years. In 2005 Mike was inducted into the Maine Association of Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame for his years of service in the local media. Mike resides in Scarborough with his wife Fran. 
 

  
Dan Cole
Dan Cole is the anchor for the WGAN Morning News, including the WGAN Eyeopener, the 2006 Maine Association of Broadcasters Award winner for Best Newscast. He also provides morning news for WGAN’s sister station, Big Hits Y100.9. Dan has been with WGAN since early 1998. Prior to that he spent many years covering news for radio stations in New Hampshire, and has been honored with a number of awards from the Associated press in Maine and NH, as well as the Maine and NH Associations of Broadcasters. He has covered many major events, including the Blizzard of 1978, the Seabrook demonstrations, seven NH presidential primaries, and several BRAC Commission reviews of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Dan lives with his wife in southern Maine.


Colin Kelley
Colin Kelley is an anchor and reporter for WGAN. A Maine native and graduate of Alfred University, Colin has covered culture, politics and science for stations in Maine and upstate New York, including the recent Republican Gubernatorial Primary here in Maine. He resides in Portland.






Brian Pelletier
Brian Pelletier is WGAN’s Chief Field Reporter and also anchors Saturday mornings. A Scarborough native, his WGAN career began as an intern in 2003. In 2004, he helped launch the WGAN Trafficwatch and also anchored WGAN’s evening newscasts. A graduate of the University of Southern Maine, Brian has been working as WGAN’s Chief Field Reporter since July of 2006.





Alfred Schulz
Alfred Schulz is the Executive Producer for WGAN and can also be heard sitting in on WGAN’s Trafficwatch. A native of the Chicago suburbs, Alfred graduated in 2005 from the University of Maine at Orono, where he studied broadcasting. He became the Program Director of campus station WMEB in 2004. He interned at WVII-TV in Bangor, and also spent time as an editorial intern for Maxim Magazine and has also freelanced for Blender Magazine. He currently makes his home in downtown Portland.



Diana Tracy
Diana Tracy is a Maine native, born in Fort Kent and grew up in Old Town. After graduating from the New England School of Broadcasting, she began her broadcast career as a producer at WLBZ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bangor. Diana was also the afternoon news anchor at top-rated WQCB in Bangor. In 2003, Diana became the afternoon anchor at WGAN. During her career, Diana has won several awards from the Maine Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. Diana lives in Raymond with her husband, Scott and their twin sons, James and Brady.



Jeff Wade
Jeff Wade is the Program and News Director for WGAN. A native of Coventry, Rhode Island, Jeff worked for 5 years as the Executive Producer at WPRO-AM in Providence, covering the trial of Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, the Station Nightclub Fire, and numerous local and political races. Jeff has also worked at stations in Albany, New York, New London, Connecticut, and Syracuse. Jeff is a proud graduate of Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He currently resides in Portland.