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Tom Griffith is known as the lead Anchor at WMUR-TV in Manchester New Hampshire from 1988 to 2022, Home of the "First In The Nation" Presidential Primary. His broadcasting career spanned more than 45 years and he was at the WMUR anchor desk longer than anyone in station history.
Following his arrival in 1988, WMUR News 9 newscasts won countless awards for spot news, overall coverage and election coverage. He has moderated dozens of political debates and forums for statewide offices as well as the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.
Griffith provided analysis of the New Hampshire Primary on CNN, C-SPAN and FOX. He interviewed countless presidents and presidential candidates over those years and has played himself, the New Hampshire newscaster, in the movie "Primary Colors" starring John Travolta in 1998.
Upon his retirement in 2022 Hearst Television named the main WMUR News Studio in his honor. The Tom Griffith Studio remains as the epicenter of News Coverage in New Hampshire.
In 2023, Griffith was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle as a Legend in Broadcasting
Prior to his arrival in New Hampshire in 1988, he anchored at WTVN/WSYX in Columbus, Ohio, from 1982-1987. He also anchored and reported at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Ky., and WSTV/WTOV-TV in Wheeling, W. Va., and Steubenville, Ohio. Before his work in television, he anchored morning drive radio at WDEL-AM in Wilmington, Del., and delivered the news on Top 40 rocker WAMS-AM.
From 1983 to 1986, Griffith hosted "Discover Columbus," a magazine program featuring in part the animals of Jack Hanna, Director of the Columbus Zoo. Hanna's antics on the program gained national attention and helped launch his television career on Good Morning America.
Griffith has hosted the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon for more than 25 years and continues to be an active supporter of countless organizations throughout New Hampshire.
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