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WTEN/ABC-10, Albany, NY! This is the website of ABC-10--where John works. There is (current) local and world news as well as other information about the station and about John. Take a look. Facility ID: 74422

Breaking News from The A.P.! This links takes you to The Associated Press Newswire. Get all of the breaking news as it happens. The A.P. is the source for much of the news that is on television, newspapers, and on the web.

A.P. Network News in RealAudio! If you have RealAudio installed on your system, click the link above to hear a breaking news brief. Many local radio stations (throughout the U.S.) use a feed such as this one to broadcast breaking news.

BBC News! The British Broadcasting Corporation (innovative, progressive and pioneering) has proved a powerful force in our time. The site provides information, education, and entertainment in varied formats.

United Cerebral Palsy! John is proud to be involved with the second largest health charity in America. Each year, in January, he hosts the local Cerebral Palsy Telethon. This link has more information about this disability.

Make-A-Wish Foundation! This is a wonderful organization that grants wishes to children with terminal or life-threatening illnesses. WTEN/ABC-10 is associated with the foundation through their Adopt An Angel program.

Rosie O'Donnell Show! In the Capital Region, Rosie comes on at four o'clock--an hour before the five o'clock news. John can often be seen and heard during the show doing news briefs for the upcoming broadcast.

PGA.COM! John is an avid golfer. In fact, he was proud of the hole-in-one that he got during the 1999 season. This link goes to the official website of The Professional Golfers' Association.

The Troy Record! This is the on-line version of The Troy Record. One of John's early jobs (1965) was for The Record. This link has news, entertainment, sports, and classifieds.

Media Central News Wire! This site has some good and different news. Other links via this site will provide you will careers and tradeshows. Search for Young Broadcasting, who owns WTEN, to see how the company is doing.

sacbee Voices! This site has its own commentary of news events as well as the editorials of various well-known columnists. Political cartoons and round table discussions are also included.

Newspapers Online! This resource provides a search engine that allows you to search for newspapers around the world. You can provide your own search criteria or search by category.

The Wolf Files! From ABCNEWS.com producer Buck Wolf comes The Wolf Files, a weekly article about something 'weird' that is happening in the news. Good stuff, generally. Archives for previous weeks are also available.

Slightly off center! Here is another source of 'different news' from USA Today (the Reader's Digest of print news). The pieces are shorter and not as well-written as The Wolf Files, but there are more of them more often.

Mr. Showbiz! If you are looking for entertainment news (movies, television, music and more), try here. This is a good source and is also the preferred choice of ABC Entertainment News on the 'net.

ShowBizwire! Here is another entertainment news service. ShowBizwire gathers stories from various entertainment sites, compiling them on their site. Like Mr. Showbiz, you will find many topics. Includes theatre news.

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In 1965, while LBJ sat in the White House and Nelson Rockefeller was Governor of New York State, John McLoughlin joined The Troy Record as a reporter. He worked throughout New York for the next seven years before joining Albany, New York's WTEN in 1972. He was hired as a political commentator and a year later became a news reporter. Currently, John is the weekday co-anchor, along with Tracy Egan, of WTEN's news at five. His Mr. MOS (Man on the Street) is a regular feature of that broadcast.

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS:
* 1986, won his first Knight Ridder Excellence award.
* Several Associated Press and Hearst Corp. awards.
* Several awards for writing.
* According to the ABC-10 website,
"After joining WTEN-TV, McLoughlin did a series on the insanity defense that won United Press International national, regional, and state awards, the New York State Broadcasters first-place for documentaries, the American Bar Association award for TV, and first-place statewide Award from the New York State Bar Association."

EDUCATION:
* LaSalle Institute in Troy.
-- http://www.lasalleinstitute.org/
* Siena College in Loudonville.
-- http://www.siena.edu/
* Columbia School of Journalism (seminar)+.
-- http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/
+ Vice President AlGore was one of John's classmates. Too bad for John!

Our Hero, McLoughlin, in 1974,
two years after he joined WTEN.
Picture courtesy of Joel Marshall Rubin.
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This unofficial fan club and this site, the first of their kind, are totally unauthorized! The fan club was created on 21 December, 1999 to acknowledge the incredible work of newsman John McLoughlin. Some of the information and images, presented on this site, were taken from ABC-10's Website found at www.abc10.com. If a copyright is held on any of the images or any of the content on this site, please contact MDG PUBLICATIONS and they will be removed with apologies.

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