Alice Gainer

Alice Gainer (born July 3, 1982) is an American anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV, New York. Previously, she co-anchored the News At Nine on CBS2's sister station WLNY, with Dick Brennan. Prior to WCBS Gainer worked at WNYW Fox 5, New York and for eight years before that, worked as an Anchor/Reporter at News 12 New Jersey. She has also appeared on News 12 Westchester, CNN, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Happy Hour. Gainer graduated from Fordham University in 2004 with a degree in Communications: TV and Radio and a minor in Business Administration. At Fordham she was an anchor for WFUV, the university's NPR affiliated radio station, and won a Gracie Award in the category "Individual Achievement for Best Anchor (Radio)". She was also an anchor for the campus television station. After graduating Gainer worked for NPR affiliate WBGO radio. and also for MetroNetworks WOR, WABC, and Air America Satellite Radio. Gainer is the recipient of eight NY Emmy Awards for "Breaking/Spot News", "Crime News", and "Entertainment News" among other categories. She's been nominated more than a dozen times times in the categories "LIVE- reporter", "Spot News", "Entertainment News", "Crime News" and "Health/Science". At the age of 25 and after only 2 years as a television reporter she wa... ()