Rene Cloukey is an Assistant News Director and Sports Director for WAGM-TV

WAGM-TV

WAGM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northern Maine, United States and Western New Brunswick, Canada. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on the northern section of Mars Hill Mountain among the wind...

, who has been reporting on local sports since 1984.

Early life

Rene was born in Sheridan, Maine, and was educated at Ashland Community High School

Ashland Community High School

Ashland Community High School was located in Ashland, Maine, USA. It was part of Maine School Administrative District 32, or MSAD 32, which serves Ashland, Garfield Plantation, Masardis, Oxbow, Portage Lake, and Sheridan, Maine...

 and the Northeast School Of Broadcasting

New England Institute of Art

The New England Institute of Art is a for-profit applied arts college that offers year-round education, located in Brookline, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1952 as the Norm Prescott School of Broadcasting and is now one of the 45 Art Institutes in North America. The school offers ten...

 in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining WAGM, Cloukey worked for WSJR Radio in Madawaska and WLVC Radio in Fort Kent, was the Program Director of WDHP Radio in Presque Isle and WFST Radio in Caribou and was named the Runner up Program Director of the Year by Cashbox Magazine.

News and sports career

While at WAGM, Cloukey was named the Maine Sportscaster of the Year in 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2011. He has also been named Media Person of the Year by Maine Special Olympics and was honored by the Maine Athletic Directors Association and Maine Basketball Coaches Association. Rene also received a Hero Award from Special Olympics International. It was the first one given in the State of Maine.

Cloukey's most recent sports coverage was of the UMFK

University of Maine at Fort Kent

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public liberal arts university in the U.S. state of Maine.Located in Fort Kent in the St. John Valley region of northern Maine, the university is part of the seven-member University of Maine System. It currently has an enrollment of 1,072 students. The...

 Bengals playing for the 2011 USCAA

United States Collegiate Athletic Association

The United States Collegiate Athletic Association is a national organization in the USA for the intercollegiate athletic programs of less than 100 small colleges, community collegs and junior colleges. It holds 11 "National Championship" tournaments in seven sports...

 national tournament in Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

, from October 31 to November 5.

Other work

Cloukey is a member of the Aroostook County Special Olympics Area Management team and is President of the Presque Isle Kiwanis Club. For years, Cloukey has organized a golf tournament for Special Olympics and is the Sports Information Director for the Sunrise Athletic Conference.

Personal life

Cloukey lives in Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in the sparsely populated Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,692 at the 2010 census...

with his wife Phyllis and their three children AJ, Angela and Amber.