Allison Rosati

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Allison Kay Rosati (born February 12, 1963) is the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscast co-anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, in the United States.

Early life

Rosati was born in

Career

Rosati started her career in

In August 1998, Rosati departed from the Afternoon Newscast in order to concentrate on the station's short-lived hour-long daytime program NBC 5 Chicago Daytime alongside Nesita Kwan and Byron Miranda. It was cancelled in 1999 due to low ratings. In April 1999, Rosati was promoted to co-anchor of NBC 5's 6 p.m. newscast after Joan Esposito left the station. In addition, Rosati also hosted the weekly segment Wednesday's Child from its inception in 1999 until its final report in 2005. In 2000, she became host, co-creator, and co-executive producer of half-hour special series MomTV. In September 2006, Rosati and Saunders were promoted to anchors of the 5 p.m. newscast, displacing Bob Sirott and Marion Brooks, while still anchoring the 4 p.m (later 4:30) newscasts. For a short time during the 2006 NFL football season, Rosati and Saunders anchored the 10 p.m. Sunday Newscast. After Saunders' retirement in 2009, Rob Stafford was selected Rosati's co-anchor for the NBC 5 evening newscasts. In August 2020, on the occasion of her 30th anniversary year with WMAQ, it was announced that Stefan Holt would be the new co-anchor of Rosati on the 10 p.m. newscasts beginning in October, ending her pairing with Stafford on the late news after 11 years. She will continue to pair with Stafford on the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. Rosati also hosts the web-only series "Happy to Report" in August 2021.

Community work

Rosati volunteers for many Chicago-area organizations, such as

• Chicago
  Emmy
  Award for her role as host in "NBC 5 Presents: Millennium 2000," 2000
• Named "Woman Of The Year" by the Italian American Police Association, 2001
• Dante Award from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, 2001
• U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson
  , 2002
• National Emmy for the "Survive Alive" Station Project and Fire Prevention special
• Excellence in Communications Award from the Justinian Society of Chicago
• David Award for "Achievement in Broadcasting"
• First Decade Award from Gustavus Adolphus College
• Distinguished Alumni award from Gustavus Adolphus College
• Spirit of Love Award from The Little City Foundation of Palatine, 2003
• Humanitarian Of The Year award from the Italian American Police Association, 2004
• Media Person of the Year award from the Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest Chapter, 2005
• Gracie Award for her role as host in "Smart Choices, Safe Kids" Documentary special, 2006
• "For the Love of Children" award from Children's Home + Aid, 2005
• Woman of the Year from Casa Italia Chicago, 2012
• Mary Ellen Nolan Guardian Angel Award from Amate House in Chicago, 2016
• The National Italian Invitational Golf Tournament for Charities Honoree, 2016
• 2016 Champions for Children Award from the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, 2017
• Veritas Award from The Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Albert the Great, 2018^[1]

Filmography

Personal life

Rosati was married to radiologist Dr. Lee Dennis in a traditional Roman Catholic wedding ceremony on March 20, 1993 at the

In September 2020, Rosati went undergo surgery due to their injury to her leg, but however because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois which causing her age in their higher risk for severe illness, she is resting at home.^[2]

References

External links

• NBCChicago.com biography
• Allison Rosati on
  Facebook
• Allison Rosati at
  IMDb