No matter which shift you find me on, no matter which CBS station…880 or FM, it's always a pleasure to keep you up to date on the latest news, get you out of a traffic jam, or tell you what to expect in the way of weather.
All news radio is my heart and WCBS is home. No matter where I've gone, I've always wanted to come back. I've been here since 1991 with a couple of television stints in between.
Before I came to WCBS, I worked at what was then WNSR-FM and MIX 105 doing hourly news updates. My out-of-city training came at WGBB radio on Long Island and before that WHVW in Poughkeepsie, New York. But that's history! As my college professor Jim Farley once said...this is the medium of the hear and now. Keep listening. We'll keep you on top of everything you need to know.
Just the Facts about Deborah Rodriguez...
· First Joined WCBS880: 1991
· One of First Stories at WCBS: OJ Simpson Chase
· Most Memorable Stories: Shoreham Nuke Plant (longer ago than I’d like to remember), Challenger Explosion, 9/11
· Role Models: all of the the working moms who work so hard to blend job and family and all of the moms who choose to forgo career, fame or fortune for family
· Why I'm A Journalist: I love knowing everything about a story, breaking or otherwise, and love being able to relay it to the listener in an understandable, meaningful way
· Alma Mater: NYU
· Hometown: Rhinebeck, NY
· Family: Husband Hector and children Eric (12) and Sarah (9), who I love all the way to the moon and back!
· Pets: none, Eric’s allergic
· Hobbies: cooking, reading, watching Eric play baseball and Sarah ride horses
· Favorite Food: How do you choose just one?
· Favorite Sports Team: The NY Yankees, for real!
· Favorite Musician: James Taylor, John Mayer
· Favorite Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
· Favorite Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude
· Favorite Destination: Italy
· Favorite Actors: Robert DeNiro, Jake Gyllenhaal
· Favorite Movie: I can never choose just one nor remember them all!
· Favorite TV Program: Desperate Housewives (since I half consider myself one), Brothers and Sisters, 30 Rock, SNL
· Hidden Talent: whistling through the spaces in my front teeth