Natalie Jacobson
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Natalie Jacobson was for a quarter-century a well-regarded and popular television
newscaster
with WCVB-TV
in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her first television job was at crosstown WBZ-TV
in the late 1960s, where she was public affairs director. Her first on-air job reporting was at independent station WKBG (now WLVI-TV
) Channel 56, for their short-lived Ten PM News in 1969–70. Jacobson got her on-air start with the best there as well; the newscast, the very first one at 10pm in the Boston market, was anchored by the legendary Arch MacDonald.
When WCVB won the license for Channel 5 in 1972, she was hired there as a reporter. She quickly took the anchor chair for NewsCenter 5 Midday, the station's noon newscast, within months. In 1976 she was promoted to the station's flagship 6:00 p.m. newscast; and the 11:00 news was added to her duties in 1978. She later married her co-anchor, Chet Curtis
(the name Jacobson is from an earlier marriage), and the duo became the most-watched news team in Boston for twenty years. Nat and Chet, as they were called, had one child together, daughter Lindsay (b. 1981). After a bitter and publicized divorce in 2000, Curtis left WCVB (for NECN
) and Jacobson also stopped anchoring the 11:00 news. Jacobson also anchored the 5:00 p.m. news between 1994 and 2005.
On July 10, 2007, Jacobson announced that she would leave WCVB-TV. Her last telecast as anchor aired on July 18, 2007, ending a tenure there of just over 35 years. She stated her next endeavor is a multimedia business she hopes to launch in late 2007.
Television
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newscaster
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
with WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Hearst Television and affiliated with the ABC Television Network. WCVB-TV's studios and transmitter are co-located in Needham, Massachusetts. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations seen in Canada by...
in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her first television job was at crosstown WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilities, shared with sister station WSBK-TV , are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham,...
in the late 1960s, where she was public affairs director. Her first on-air job reporting was at independent station WKBG (now WLVI-TV
WLVI-TV
WLVI, digital channel 41, is a television station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts which serves as the CW affiliate for the Boston, Massachusetts television market. WLVI is owned by Sunbeam Television, and is a sister station to WHDH, Boston's NBC affiliate. The two stations share studios at...
) Channel 56, for their short-lived Ten PM News in 1969–70. Jacobson got her on-air start with the best there as well; the newscast, the very first one at 10pm in the Boston market, was anchored by the legendary Arch MacDonald.
When WCVB won the license for Channel 5 in 1972, she was hired there as a reporter. She quickly took the anchor chair for NewsCenter 5 Midday, the station's noon newscast, within months. In 1976 she was promoted to the station's flagship 6:00 p.m. newscast; and the 11:00 news was added to her duties in 1978. She later married her co-anchor, Chet Curtis
Chet Curtis
Chet Curtis is best known as the former husband and co-anchor of Natalie Jacobson, both Boston newscasters.Chet Curtis is a primetime anchor at NECN. He anchors The Chet Curtis Report and co-anchors New England Business Day. Before joining NECN in the spring of 2001, Curtis was an anchor and...
(the name Jacobson is from an earlier marriage), and the duo became the most-watched news team in Boston for twenty years. Nat and Chet, as they were called, had one child together, daughter Lindsay (b. 1981). After a bitter and publicized divorce in 2000, Curtis left WCVB (for NECN
New England Cable News
New England Cable News is a regional 24-hour cable news television network owned and operated by NBCUniversal serving the New England region of the United States. It is very similar to CNN in structure and style, but focuses more on regional news. The channel is also similar to Northwest Cable...
) and Jacobson also stopped anchoring the 11:00 news. Jacobson also anchored the 5:00 p.m. news between 1994 and 2005.
On July 10, 2007, Jacobson announced that she would leave WCVB-TV. Her last telecast as anchor aired on July 18, 2007, ending a tenure there of just over 35 years. She stated her next endeavor is a multimedia business she hopes to launch in late 2007.