Chuck Wilson (sports journalist)

Chuck Wilson (born February 8, 1954) is an American interviewer, reporter and sports talk radio host.

[9] In September 1978, Wilson added TV to his resume, joining WHEC-TV delivering the 6 and 11 p.m. Saturday sportscasts for the market's top-rated weekend newscast.

[13] In 1985, WEAN was sold and in 1986, Wilson was among the final news staffers let go during conversion from news-talk-sports to an automated format.

Chuck Wilson called the play-by-play and former NFL All-Pro safety Tim Fox provided the analysis.

[18] Wilson also appeared once a week on as a featured co-host on a "Live" call-in segment on WLNE-TV's Sunday night sports wrap-up show from October 1988 to December 1989.

[20] That year, Wilson was honored with the UPI Tom Phillips Award for "Best New England Sports Coverage".

[21] In April 1993, Wilson left the local airways as part of a mass exodus when WPRO and WPRO-FM were sold by ABC/Cap Cities.

We chose him because we liked his knowledge, his news instincts, his writing, the feel of his voice and his literate approach to the program.

The network's credibility was enhanced with a third co-host from the TV side: Keith Olbermann one day and Mike Tirico the other.

[25] Wilson twice won international awards for his reporting, commentary and analysis including one as co-host of "ESPN Radio Viewpoints" with Frank Deford.

"[33] In addition, Wilson wrote, co-produced and narrated specials for the channel including "Yankee Stadium Remembered."

In 2013, he founded Even Field ®, a nonprofit character development organization that promotes integrity, life skills and leadership through sports.

"We want to help young people develop the courage to be honest and trustworthy on and off the playing field," said Wilson who added, "We want to be a resource so that we can help youth coaches, parents and student athletes get the most out of the team sports experience and a lot of it has to do with having a positive team culture.

Media critic Richard Deitsch, who added "If I were to single out an individual for this award, I'd likely give it to Chuck Wilson.