Alex Crichton
All Things Considered HostAlex Crichton is host of All Things Considered on WXXI-FM 105.9/AM 1370. Alex delivers local news, weather and traffic reports beginning at 4 p.m. each weekday.
He was born in Rochester, but “raised” in several other spots as part of an Army family. Those locations included Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Alex returned to Rochester in 1969 and has been here ever since.
After graduating from Ashland College (now University) in 1981, Alex landed his first radio job at WGMC in Greece. He also worked at WRTK Talk Radio (1370 on the AM dial, coincidentally), stayed on when the format was changed to country, and even worked a couple of weeks as a full-time country disc jockey. Alex also worked at WBBF when it had a talk lineup as Toby Gold’s engineer for his show, for those who remember. Also during this same time period, Alex was the regular fill-in for a service called Rochester Radio Sports.
In 1984, Alex joined WXXI, going on the air with a news/jazz/public affairs format. Here at WXXI, he has done sports, produced news and music programs, hosted a daily — then a weekly — jazz show, produced live remotes, worked on TV auctions, done interviews with all sorts of people from musicians to politicians, engineered talk shows, started doing newscasts for All Things Considered in the mid-1990s, then moved to Morning Edition in 1997.
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Monroe County Executive Adam Bello wants Dr. Michael Mendoza to remain Commissioner of Public Health for another six-year term.
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A new survey reveals that while lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, only about 40% of Americans are concerned they’ll get it.
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Rochester Mayor Malik Evans has declared a ‘gun violence state of emergency’ in response to the hundreds of shooting incidents, and dozens of gun-related fatalities in the city so far this year.
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Local and state officials gathered with project partners on the banks of the Genesee River in Corn Hill Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a portion of the ROC the Riverway revitalization program.
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Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is inviting employers to apply to join a pilot program aimed at keeping talented individuals in the area after they graduate from college. It offers a $2,000 payment if they stay in the county for at least one year.
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After an 11-year hiatus, the Rochester Harborfest is coming back to Charlotte. The event takes place at Ontario Beach Park, June 17-19.
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Rochester Police say that after a traffic stop on Dewey Avenue early Wednesday as part of an investigation into armed males in a car, that car sped toward the officers and they shot at the car, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries to the driver.
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Gas prices increased significantly over the last week around the U.S. In the Rochester area, the AAA said the average is $4.43, up 12 cents from a week ago.
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The department of agriculture is asking New Yorkers to be on the lookout for invasive bugs this spring.
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The region’s largest grant making foundation wants to bring the arts to people who may have been isolated by the pandemic or may not be able to afford arts experiences.