Alice Gainer

Who is Alice Gainer?

Alice Gainer is an EMMY Award winning Anchor/Reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV, New York. She most recently worked at WNYW Fox 5, New York and prior to that was the weekday morning reporter, weekend morning anchor, host and producer of "Get Fit Friday" on News 12 New Jersey. She has also appeared on News 12 Westchester, CNN, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Happy Hour.

Gainer graduated from Fordham University in 2004 with a degree in Communications: TV and Radio and a minor in Business Administration. At Fordham she was an anchor for WFUV, the university's NPR affiliated radio station, and earned a Gracie Award in the category "Individual Achievement for Best Anchor". After graduating Gainer worked for NPR affiliate WBGO radio and also for MetroNetworks WOR, WABC, and Air America Satellite Radio.

Gainer is the recent recipient of a 2014 NY EMMY for "Spot News" and has been nominated five times in the categories "LIVE- reporter", "Spot News" and "Health/Science". At the age of 25 and after only 2 years as a television reporter she was nominated for a New York Emmy for "On-Camera Achievement -Live Reporter".