Meet the Team

News Team

Jon Small

News Director/Anchor

Jon was born in Bangor, and grew up on the beautiful coast of Maine in Camden.

Catherine Pegram

Assistant News Director/Anchor

Catherine is the Assistant News Director at WABI TV5 and also anchors TV5 News at Noon.

Morgan Sturdivant

6pm Anchor/Reporter

Morgan co-anchors TV5 News at 6 and reports Monday-Friday.

Allegra Zamore

Central Maine Bureau Chief

Allegra joined the WABI TV5 news team as Central Maine Bureau Chief in July of 2020 and is excited to cover the State House and all things Maine.

Emily Tadlock

5pm Anchor/Reporter

Emily Tadlock is the 5 p.m. weekday anchor and reporter for WABI TV 5 News in Bangor, Maine.

Joy Hollowell

Morning Anchor/Reporter

Co-anchor of WABI TV5 Morning News and Television Reporter

Courtney Cortright

Anchor/Reporter

Courtney joined the WABI TV5 News team in September of 2017. Courtney is devoted to giving you local news with a smile on TV5 Prime Time News on the CW at 10pm and TV5 Late News at 11pm.

Alyssa Thurlow

Anchor/Reporter

Alyssa started at WABI in 2017. You can find her on the anchor desk on the weekends and during the week she's out in the field as a reporter.

Brianna Bires

Anchor/Reporter

Reporter/anchor from Bucksport, Maine. Graduated from Husson University in Bangor, Maine.

Owen Kingsley

Anchor/Reporter

Owen joined WABI-TV5 news in June of 2019.

Ryan Mains

Associate Producer

Ryan is a graduate of Husson University with a Bachelors in Communications. He has been with WABI since May of 2019.

Brittany McHatten

Morning Anchor/Reporter

Brittany joined the WABI TV5 Morning News team in February 2020.

Spencer graduated from NESCom at Husson University where he majored in Video Production. He moved from his position as a part-time photog to a full time reporting position in his first four years at WABI.

Bryan Sidelinger

Multimedia Journalist

News and sports reporter, and weekend Sports Anchor at WABI TV5 in Bangor.

Weather Team

Todd Simcox

Chief Meteorologist

Todd joined WABI in September 2001 and is currently the weekday morning and noon Meteorologist.

Chris Ewing

Meteorologist

Chris grew up in Charlton, Massachusetts. At the age of five, he knew he either wanted to play for the Red Sox or become a meteorologist. The call from the Sox never came.

Ryan Munn

Meteorologist/Reporter

I am a Weekend Meteorologist and a Weekday Reporter for WABI-TV5 in Bangor, Maine.

Sports Team

Eric Gullickson

Sports Director

Eric came to WABI TV5 in December 2013. He started as a sports anchor/reporter and became sports director in May 2019.

Gray DC Bureau

Jacqueline Policastro

Washington Bureau Chief

Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade.

Ted Fioraliso

Senior Reporter/Executive Producer

Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau.

Peter Zampa

Multimedia Journalist

Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.

Alana Austin

Multimedia Journalist

Alana Austin joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau team in August 2017 after spending three years covering national and state politics in Richmond, Virginia at Gray TV's WVIR-TV.

Kyle Midura

Multimedia Journalist

Kyle Midura joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2017 from Gray TV's WCAX-TV.

Timothy Knapp

Supervisor of Videography

Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography.