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 November 2 (Afternoon)
With six days to go before the election, a new poll finds Jersey voters seem to have made up their minds about who they’ll vote for governor.
A first-year police officer continued to recover after being shot on Wednesday night.
Responding to an unprecedented spike in tax appeals over the past several years, and millions of dollars in refunds, Atlantic County is making progress toward landing on a
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for November 1 (Afternoon)
Here's what we know about the Sayfullo Saipov, the 29-year-old Uzbek national who was arrested Tuesday after eight people were killed.
Five years after Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey, one of the state’s congressmen wants a federal law preventing price gouging during disasters...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 31 (Afternoon)
A top multi-million-dollar executive for RWJBarnabas Health was arrested for a series of lewd incidents around the campus of the University of Delaware.
The two referees who walked off the field on Friday night after two Monroe players took a knee during the national anthem will not work a game for the rest of the season...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 30 (Afternoon)
Indictment charges have been handed down in Robert Muller's investigation into possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Voters will be electing 120 state lawmakers and a new governor a week from Tuesday...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 27 (Morning)
The minimum age to purchase cigarettes in New Jersey jumps from 19 to 21 on Nov. 1.
There was little disagreement at a two-and-a-half-hour hearing Thursday at the Statehouse that New Jersey’s voting machines are generally old and need to be replaced...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 26 (Afternoon)
“Stronger than the Storm — Superstorm Sandy 5 years later,” will be performed this Saturday at Toms River North High School. It’s a bit different from the average fall high school show.
A road rage incident leaves an elderly woman injured in Ridgefield...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 9 (Morning)
With less than two weeks to go before the election, some polls suggest the race for governor in the Garden State appears to be all but over.
A case of road rage in Ridgefield leads to an SUV crashing into a home and injuring an elderly woman...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 25 (Morning)
Many questions remain about the death of 19-year-old Nick Pratico, including why it took so long for authorities to find his body.
A school where administrators say less than a quarter of students do not celebrate Halloween has decided to cancel the traditional fall celebration for activities they say will be more inclusive...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 24 (Morning)
A campus is shocked, saddened and angry at word that the body of missing friend Nick Pratico was found on Monday.
The International Policing Community is on the hunt for more than half a dozen fugitives with ties to New Jersey.
At least $95 million was deceptively obtained from American consumers by scam-artist student loan debt relief groups over the past couple years, according to crackdown resu
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for October 23 (Afternoon)
A Mercer County teen who went missing in September has been found. Nineteen-year-old Nick Pratico was found dead this morning across from Mercer County College.
Attention young smokers ... in just a few days, you won't be able to legally buy cigarettes...