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Matt co-anchors CoastTV News Today Monday through Friday from 5-7 a.m. and regularly produces and anchors CoastTV News Midday at 11 a.m. He was previously the sports director at WBOC from 2015-2019.

Matt is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism. Matt started his broadcast career as the news and sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, Md. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Md., where he eventually became the sports director. Matt then moved to Florence, S.C., to become a sports reporter and anchor for WPDE-TV. In 2011 Matt co-authored "The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists" along with his brother, David. From 2012-2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for "The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week" for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, Del. During his last two years at the radio station, Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for both the Blue Hens men's and women's basketball teams.

Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons, Jack and Connor.

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