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Round Twenty-Six: 9/21 to 9/28
PLAYOFF! Channel 7's Allison Starling VS. Channel 4's Wendy Rieger
Wendy Rieger -
From nbc4.com: Wendy Rieger anchors News4 at 5 and reports on environmental issues in her regular series called Going Green.
Rieger joined News4 in 1988 as a general assignment reporter. She began anchoring the weekend evening newscasts in 1996, then News4 at 5 in 2001. She is also a co-host for News4 This Week, a weekly show highlighting stories from the Washington, D.C., area.
Rieger has covered news in the Washington area for more than 25 years. She started at WAMU Radio as a writer then worked her way up to host of Morning Edition. She later anchored newscasts for NPR and WTOP Radio. Her television career began in CNN's Washington Bureau.
In 2005, Rieger's first Going Green segment aired about a woman who became allergic to her own house and the eco-ways she found to counteract her bad reactions. Since then, these eco-stories have focused on topics ranging from "green" building materials to environmentally friendly products, gifts and Web sites. Rieger's reports air on NBC stations around the country, and the Going Green blog she writes on NBC4.com is read by people all over the world. These stories have also inspired NBC Nightly News and several other NBC stations to produce their own series on environmental issues.
In April 2008, Washingtonian magazine readers presented Rieger with one of its inaugural Green Awards in recognition of her dedication to "preserving our environment through education." She has also received three EMMY awards, including one for a special report she shot in Vietnam on home video 20 years after the war.
A native of Norfolk, Rieger graduated from American University with a degree in broadcast journalism. Her community involvement has spanned many local organizations, including Children and the Arts and groups benefiting from the DC AIDS Ride, in which she participated three times.
Rieger divides her free time between Ireland and her Annapolis-area home where she lives with her cats, Buddy and Rudy...Alison Starling -
From wjla.com:
Alison has been co-anchor of Good Morning Washington and ABC7 News at Noon since January, 2004. During her time at ABC 7 News, Alison has covered major local and national news stories including Hurricane Isabel in 2003, the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007 and the Papal Mass in Washington live from the Nationals Ballpark in April 2008.
This is Alison's third turn in the Washington D.C. area. She lived in the nation's capital as a child while her father worked for the U.S. Trade Representative and she later spent a summer in D.C. as a Congressional intern.
Alison came to ABC 7 News from KIRO-TV in Seattle, where she spent three years as a reporter and anchor. While in the Pacific Northwest, she covered the Seattle Earthquake and the Tacoma connection to the D.C.-area sniper case. Alison also covered the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy live from Texas.
Prior to Seattle, Alison began her career as a reporter and morning anchor at WDEF in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Alison is a native Floridian, and like many of her family members, graduated from the University of Florida and is a proud Gator! After graduation, she earned a Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study in France in 1995.
In June, 2005, Washingtonian Magazine named Alison one of the D.C. area's rising stars in local television news. Then, in July, 2008 Washingtonian readers voted Alison one of the top three news anchors in Washington, DC. She enjoys charity and community involvement and has had three Little Sisters from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America over the last ten years and is a member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area. Alison enjoys working with a number of charitable organizations in the metro area including the City of Hope Walk for Hope benefiting Breast Cancer research, the AT Children's Foundation, the National Foundation for Cancer Research and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
In November, 2006, Alison took over the long running and popular series "Working Woman." What Kathleen Matthews began more than a dozen years ago continues as Alison profiles accomplished, respected women in the Washington area who contribute to the community in unique ways. Alison produces and writes these reports and is always looking for exceptional women to showcase. Look for "Working Women" every other week on ABC 7 News at Five. To watch recent profiles of outstanding local women, find the Working Woman page on our website under the heading "Marketplace"...
The polls have closed!
FINAL RESULTS:
RIEGER - 48.9%
STARLING - 51.1% - WINNER!
Previous battles.....
Round Twenty-Five: Week of 7/14/08 to 7/20/08WJFK's John Auville (left) - 41.2% - WINNER!
WJFK's JP Flaim (far right) - 23.1%
WJFK's Jason Bishop (mid right) - 18.1%
WJFK's Eric Bickel (mid left) - 17.6%
Round Twenty-Four: Week of 6/21/08 to 6/27/08Channel 4's Lindsay Czarniak (right) - 59.2% - WINNER!
Channel 7's Pamela Brown (left) - 40.8%
Round Twenty-Three: Week of 6/7/08 to 6/13/08Channel 5's Tony Perkins (right) - 50.1% - WINNER!
Channel 13's Marty Bass (left) - 49.9%
Round Twenty-Two: Week of 5/4/08 - 5/9/08WTOP's Mark Segraves (right) - 50.1% - WINNER!
WTOP's Adam Tuss (left) - 49.9%
Round Twenty-One: Week of 4/5/08 - 4/11/08Former WJFK-FMer Don Geronimo (left) - 50.4% - WINNER!
WJFK-FMer Mike O'Meara (right) - 49.6%
Round Twenty: Week of 3/15/08 - 3/21/08WKYS's Russ Parr (left) - 55.7% - WINNER!
WPGC-FM's Donnie Simpson (right) - 44.3%
Round Nineteen: Week of 3/1/08 - 3/7/08Former WJZWer Al Santos (left) - 54.9% - WINNER!
Former WMALer Chris Core (right) - 45.1%
Round Eighteen: Week of 2/16/08 - 2/22/08Channel 9's Kim Martucci (left) - 53.1% - WINNER!
Channel 5's Sue Palka (right) - 46.9%
Round Seventeen: Week of 2/9/08 - 2/15/08Channel 13's Jessica Kartalija (left) - 55.4% - WINNER!
Channel 11's Mindy Basara (right) - 44.6%
Round Sixteen: Week of 1/27/08 - 2/2/08Koons' Krystal Koons (left) 54.1% - WINNER!
DarCars' Tammy Darvish (right) - 45.9%
Round Fifteen: Week of 1/19/08 - 1/26/08WHFS's Ed Norris (left) 57.1% - WINNER!
WTGB/WWMX/XM's Albie Dee (right) 42.9%
Round Fourteen: Week of 12/1/07 - 12/7/07Channel 4's Chuck Bell (right) 50.1% - WINNER!
Channel 7's Adam Caskey (left) 49.9%
Round Thirteen: Week of 11/24/07 - 11/30/07DC101's Whitney (left) 81.1% - WINNER!
The Globe's Schelby (right) 18.9%
Round Twelve: Week of 11/10/07 - 11/16/07Channel 5 & WPGC's Julie Wright (left) 53.1% - WINNER!
Channel 7 & WTOP's Lisa Baden (right) 46.9%
Round Eleven: Week of 10/27/07 - 11/2/07WMAL & WCBM's Sean Hannity (right) 57.1% - WINNER!
WMAL & WCBM's Rush Limbaugh (left) 42.9%
Round Ten: Week of 10/20/07 - 10/26/07Channel 13's Sally Thorner (left) 56.3% - WINNER!
Channel 9's JC Hayward (right) 43.7%
Round Nine: Week of 10/13/07 - 10/19/07WJFK-FM's Don Geronimo (left) 81.0% - WINNER!
WRQX's Jack Diamond (right) 19.0%
Round Eight: Week of 10/6/07 - 10/12/07WPGC-FM's Michel Wright (left) 83.5% - WINNER!
WERQ's Neke Howse (right) 16.5%
Round Seven: Week of 9/29/07 - 10/5/07Channel 5's Brian Bolter (right) 51.1% - WINNER!
Channel 9's Derek McGinty (left) 48.9%
Round Six: Week of 9/22/07 - 9/28/07Channel 4's Wendy Rieger (left) 58.0% - WINNER!
Channel 5's Shawn Yancy (right) 42.0%
Round Five: Week of 9/15/07 - 9/21/0798 Rock's Mickey Cucchiella (right) 57.9% - WINNER!
DC101's Elliot Segal (left) 42.1%
Round Four: Week of 9/9/07 - 9/14/07Mix 107.3's Cindy Maguire (right) 57.9% - WINNER!
WASH's Maureen McLain (left) 42.1%
Round Three: Week of 8/19/07 - 8/25/07Channel 13's Gigi Barnett (left) 52.3% - WINNER!
Channel 11's Darrielle Snipes (right) 47.7%
Round Two: Week of 8/12/07 - 8/18/07WJFK-FM's Mike O'Meara (right) 65.3% - WINNER!
Washington Post Radio's Tony Kornheiser (left) 34.7%
Round One: Week of 8/5/07 - 8/11/07Channel 7's Alison Starling (left) 50.6% - WINNER!
Channel 5's Laura Evans (right) 49.4%
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