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 May 25 (Evening)
The Paramus school bus driver who has been charged with killing a student and teacher in a crash had a driving record with eight speeding violations and 14 license suspensions. But his record was not bad enough to raise red flags and prevent him from driving school children...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 25 (Afternoon)
The Paramus school bus driver who has been charged with killing a student and teacher in a crash had a driving record with eight speeding violations and 14 license suspensions.
The water is safe for visitors of New Jersey's beaches this Memorial Day weekend...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 24 (Afternoon)
The 77-year-old driver of a Paramus public school bus that collided with a dump truck last week on Route 80 has been charged with with two counts of vehicular homicide, according to criminal complaints obtained by the Daily Record.
A bus fire closed the local lanes of the Garden State Parkway on Thursday morning...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 23 (Afternoon)
The driver of the school bus involved in a horrific crash with a dump truck on Route 80 last Thursday has a record with eight speeding violations and 14 license suspensions.
A bill directing public schools and colleges in New Jersey to stop selling food and beverages in polystyrene packaging has taken a first step in the Legislature...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 21 (Afternoon)
Fatal hit-and-run accidents are on the rise in New Jersey, up 38 percent between 2013 and 2016, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
A bus driver quickly got nearly a dozen students off her bus when the engine burst into flames en route to school on Monday morning...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 18 (Evening)
A town continues to grieve for the loss of a fifth-grader and a teacher as new information emerges about what caused the horrific crash of their bus on Route 80 during a class trip.
Ten people were killed in a mass shooting earlier today at a Texas high school...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 18 (Afternoon)
Authorities say possible explosive devices have been located at a high school in Texas where a shooting took place that killed multiple people.
A town continues to grieve for the loss of a fifth-grader and a teacher as new information emerges about what caused the horrific crash of their bus on Route 80 during a class trip...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 17 (Afternoon)
A crash involving a school bus loaded with fifth grade students and a dump truck on Route 80 left at least 10 people hospitalized Thursday morning.
This police department’s top brass sexually harassed and physically assaulted underlings while using racist slurs, committing crimes and stealing from the public, according to a scandal-filled lawsuit filed by six department employees...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 16 (Afternoon)
Tuesday's thunderstorms created a small weather Tsunami off the Jersey Coast, according to the National Weather Service.
Downed trees from Tuesday afternoon plunged thousands into the dark across New Jersey.
With the proper care, individuals with even the most serious mental health conditions can still enjoy life...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 15 (Afternoon)
Unless somebody stops him, the boss of Monmouth Park expects to launch sports betting at the racetrack by the end of May.
Mental health treatment has a greater shot at success if the individual suffering from an illness is willing to accept it...