Born and raised in New Jersey, Annette is definitely a Jersey Girl. She even have the big hair to prove it! Through her years at New Jersey 101.5, she's held various roles in the newsroom, including as the department's assignment editor and assistant news director. In her current role as news director, she helps determine the stories that will be the most impactful to our listening and reading audience while always remembering to follow what New Jersey 101.5 was founded on "Not New York, Not Philadelphia ... New Jersey 101.5." Under her leadership, the station has won several journalism awards, including its first National Murrow Award for Newscast from the Radio Television Digital News Association in 2022. Most importantly, she's always looking to hear from the people that live and work in New Jersey. If you have a story you think New Jersey 101.5's award-winning journalists should pursue, please email her at annette.petriccione@townsquaremedia.com.
Annette Petriccione
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 7 (Morning)
Zero is no longer a grade in a growing number of New Jersey school districts.
The latest poll finds most Garden State resident favor treatment over penalties.
A measure moving through the New Jersey Legislature creates a task force whose main focus would be the individuals providing daily care to family and friends, and never getting reimbursed in the process...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 6 (Afternoon)
The kickoff to the holiday season was less than joyful on Friday night, with police breaking up a potential fight between gangs.
Janet Dillon knows you don’t have to be blood to be family, so when the 27-year-old man she considers her son went missing, it was no different than if her own biological son had disappeared...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 6 (Morning)
President Donald Trump is expected to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital today.
New Jersey law enforcement officials who investigate child pornography cases have a new high-tech tool at their disposal: A white van.
Janet Dillon knows you don’t have to be blood to be family, so when the 27-year-old man she considers her son went missing, it was no different than if her own biological son had d
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 5 (Morning)
New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy has joined with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Jerry Brown in blasting Republican legislators’ federal tax plan.
Head coach Ben McAdoo has been fired from the 2-10 giants after two years on the job, ESPN reports...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 4 (Afternoon)
Head coach Ben McAdoo has been fired from the 2-10 Giants after two years on the job, ESPN reports.
No charges were filed after a college president struck a student crossing the street with his car.
A growing number of New Jersey school districts are conducting active shooter drills for teachers and students using the Alice program...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 4 (Morning)
Monday is the championship game for New Jersey’s bid to legalize sports betting, with Gov. Chris Christie, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and others from the state planning to be on hand in Washington as the Supreme Court hear arguments in the case...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for November 17 (Evening)
A second suspect in the alleged murder of a father of 11 — an altercation authorities and family members say started over a pair of sneakers — has been arrested.
In a new report from the Institute for Justice, New Jersey ranks as having the 16th-most burdensome occupation licensing laws in the country...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for November 17 (Afternoon)
A second suspect in the alleged murder of a father of 11 — an altercation authorities and family members say started over a pair of sneakers — has been arrested.
The single-sport focus among kids as young as nine has become a new norm in New Jersey...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for November 16 (Afternoon)
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's bribery trial has ended in a mistrial.
The fourth fugitive from a youth detention center was captured on Thursday.
Transgender high school students in New Jersey no longer need to provide a doctor’s note or revised driver’s license in order to be eligible for participation on a sports team that matches their gender identity...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for November 15 (Afternoon)
The homes of nearly 500 New Jersey children with asthma will be visited over the next several months as part of a pilot program launched by the New Jersey Department of Health and The Nicholson Foundation.