Julie Banderas

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name = Julie Banderas


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website = [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155985,00.html Biography on FOXNews.com]

Julie Banderas (born Julie E. Bidwell on September 25 1973) is an American television news correspondent and weekend anchor for the Fox News Channel. She replaced Laurie Dhue as an anchor of Fox Report Weekend after Dhue left FNC on March 15, 2008. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Banderas began her career at WLVI-TV in Boston. Later, she served as a local news anchor for WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut; WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia; and WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Banderas was a weekend anchor for WNYW-TV in New York City before joining Fox News in March 2005.

Banderas won an Emmy in 2004 at WNYW-TV for "Outstanding Single Newscast" in her coverage of the Republican National Convention. [cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155985,00.html |title=Bio on FOXNews.com |publisher=www.foxnews.com |accessdate=2007-12-08]

Trivia

* Went by her birth name Julie Bidwell while at WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia and at WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [cite web |url=http://www.bridgewaterva.com/tv3.htm |title=TV3 Alumni Page |publisher=www.bridgewaterva.com |accessdate=2007-11-12] She is a paternal descendent of John Bidwell. While her on-air name is Banderas her family name is Bidwell. Her father's name is Howard D. Bidwell.
* She is partially of Colombian descent. [Feb 10, 2008, "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld", "FOX news]
* It was announced on Fox News on September 21, 2008 that Banderas is now engaged. Her fiance's name is Andrew and he proposed with a message in a bottle while they were out clam digging. [cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHh9NBP2EqE |title=YouTube |publisher=www.youtube.com |accessdate=2008-10-04]

References

External links

* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155985,00.html Bio on FOXNews.com]
* [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/julie_banderas_joins_fox_news_19323.asp Julie Banderas Joins Fox News Channel, TVNewser]