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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING MIKE MONTECALVO ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE RHODE ISLAND

RADIO HALL OF FAME

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Kettle, and P Fogarty

     Date Introduced: April 15, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame was established in 2008 to celebrate

the medium's history in the Ocean State. Being an inductee into the organization is a momentous

tribute to those who have played a significant role in radio's history and growth in our state; and

     WHEREAS, Mike Montecalvo, an awarding-winning journalist who co-anchors

newscasts on WPRI-12 news and FOX Providence, has been honored as one of the class of 2015's

distinguished inductees; and

     WHEREAS, Born and raised in Woonsocket, Mr. Montecalvo is a graduate of La Salle

Academy and Rhode Island College. In 1981, he began his career in broadcast journalism,

working in the Rhode Island and Connecticut markets; and

     WHEREAS, Mike had a passion for radio and began working at WNRI in Woonsocket.

Over the course of the next thirty-three years, he worked at WWON, WINY, WKRI, WERI,

RI104, 103.7 WRX, 1110 CNN, B101, WHJY and WHJJ; and

     WHEREAS, He has covered a panoply of historic stories in the state and has interviewed

numerous celebrities and politicians. He is currently an instructor at Bryant University and an

advisor to the school's radio station, WJMF; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his lifetime, Mike Montecalvo has earned a reputation for

excellence. He has been nominated for an Emmy many times for his work as an Anchor and

Reporter and has received over forty Community Service and Associated Press Awards. In

addition, he has received the Charles B. Willard Award for professional achievement and was a

Communications Department Honor Roll Inductee at Rhode Island College. He has also received

The Lumen Gentium Award for Communications from The Diocese of Providence, The RI

Community Food Bank Leadership Award, The Alzheimer’s Media Award, Meeting Street’s

"Unsung Heroes Award and its "Walter Cryan Award"; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Montecalvo has also been very active in myriad altruistic causes

including, being a part of the Prevent Child Abuse-RI organization, The Alzheimer’s Association

of Rhode Island, The A-L-S Association-Rhode Island Chapter, The RI Community Food Bank,

Special Olympics-RI, Meeting Street, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of The Ocean State, The

Diabetes Foundation of Rhode Island, and the MS Society, to name just a few; and

      WHEREAS, With a radio career that has spanned more than thirty years, Mike

Montecalvo has had an enduring impact on the radio industry and his accomplishments are

worthy of our recognition and emulation; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby honors Mike Montecalvo on his induction into the 2015 Rhode Island Radio Hall of

Fame; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Mike Montecalvo.

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