Castro was ambitious at an early age; she recalls first wanting to be the shortstop for her hometown team, the Yankees, and then wanting to go into politics. At 12, she decided on her own that she would get a full scholarship to boarding school, and she did.
Castro says she knew the world was bigger than the Bronx, and she wanted to see it and learn about it. Thanks for the interview marysolcastrotv! Story coming soon on nbcnews nbclatino A post shared by kristinapuga kristinapuga on Jun 27, at pm PDT. Both of Castro's parents were born and raised in Puerto Rico. Her father, who passed away when she was 10, was a U. Navy veteran, a NYC bus driver and was active in the Young Lords , a groundbreaking civil rights group, as well as other community organizations.
A study showed that the addition of international players to MLB teams, many from Caribbean and Latin American countries, have resulted in a jump of millions in profits. Castro, who grew up speaking primarily English, went to the Mets Clubhouse on one of her first days on the job and asked each player how they wanted her to pronounce their names.
This meant a lot to many of the players, including the 11 Latinos in the member team. The youngest of four children, Castro said that by the time her parents got to her, they realized none of their kids were fluent in Spanish. Congrats on making history! Her advice for getting ahead? America" but instead was airing a locally produced show called " The Morning Exchange ". Unlike "A. After rave reviews for the pilot, the format replaced "A.
America" in November as "Good Morning America". Dussault was replaced in by Sandy Hill. For the first time, "Good Morning America" became the highest rated morning news program in the United States as "The Today Show" fell to second place. At the outset, "Good Morning America" was a talk program with a main host, David Hartman, who was joined by a sidekick co-host. Nancy Dussault and Sandy Hill were scripted as less than equal hosts.
Hartman and Lunden led the show through several seasons of success. Lunden's popularity led to her promotion to co-anchor. The partnership ended on February 20 , as Hartman retired, following 3, programs. They became the most popular news partnership on television in the late s and early s and, for the first time, "GMA" regularly won the ratings battle against NBC's "Today".
Joan Lunden and Charles Gibson were a hard couple to beat. But "Good Morning America" would stumble from its top spot in late Lunden began to discuss working less, and mentioned to network execs that the morning schedule is the hardest in the business. On May 23 , , Lunden decided to step down after 17 years on the show and was replaced by Lisa McRee.
With McRee and Newman at the helms of "Good Morning America", long time viewers switched to "The Today Show", whose ratings skyrocketed and have remained at the top spot since the week of December 11 , The team was meant to be temporary until ABC could find permanent replacements.
However, "Good Morning America" ratings once again increased and battled "The Today Show" for viewership, though it has not yet proclaimed a victory in weekly viewership over "The Today Show". Until March 18 , , the news was anchored by Antonio Mora. The new location made it possible for the program to feature a live audience outside the studio a la "Today". She had been regularly filling in for Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson up until then. As of , "Good Morning America" had still not prevailed over "The Today Show" in the ratings since , though it had a few one-show victories, on the day after Pope John Paul II's funeral , and then with a Mariah Carey concert in Recently, however, the viewership gap between "Today " and "GMA " has widened again.
Former co-hosts David Hartman and Joan Lunden, along with former meteorologist Spencer Christian were among the guests of honor. Hartman signed off the show that day with his trademark close "From all of us, make it a good day.
On December 2 , , weatherman Tony Perkins left "Good Morning America", where he has been the weather personality since The last ten minutes of the day's show was dedicated to Perkins, where he gave thanks to one of the show's producers and a heartfelt goodbye to the three anchors, Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer, and Robin Roberts. Perkins announced that he was going to go home to his family and would be living in Washington, D.
He affectionately said to his young child on the air, "Connor, if you're watching, daddy's comin' home. Gibson ended his tenure by stating, "For 19 years, my mornings have been not just good — they've been great. In August , Chris Cuomo was named news anchor. Both Cuomo and Champion began their respective duties on the program September 5 , , when "GMA" instituted a new graphics package, and new news area for Cuomo to report the news.
Also, beginning on September 13 , , "GMA" introduced a new logo this time with gold font on a blue background. This logo bore a resemblance to the initial "GMA" logo that was used up to early , and coincided with the show's conversion to HDTV , beating rival "Today" to the punch. On June 29 , , movie critic for the show, Joel Siegel died at age 63 after a battle of cancer. The episode of July 9 was dedicated to Siegel, with former cast members Hartman, Hill, Lunden, Newman, Christian, Perkins and Gibson all appearing to share their memories.
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