WBZ News Radio’s Lana Jones Dies

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Our condolences to the iHeartMedia team in Boston. Lana Jones died suddenly Wednesday morning after collapsing at home. She was 62. Jones was a general assignment reporter for WBZ in Boston. She joined the station in 1991 as a news writer, editor, and fill-in anchor/reporter. The last story she covered was the funeral of Patriots radio announcer Gil Santos Tuesday night.

PD Bill Flaherty said, “Lana was the consummate professional who could take a hundred-page Supreme Court Decision and boil it down into a concise report for our listeners. She knew everyone and everything. She will be greatly missed.” Alan Chartrand, President of the iHeart Boston Region, said, “I’ve always admired Lana’s work on WBZ Radio. She took the tough stories and made them easy to understand. Our deepest sympathies go out to Lana’s family and the newsroom.”

Jones began her broadcast career in Toledo, Ohio, while studying Special Education at Bowling Green State University. A native of Warren, Ohio, Jones moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1981 to join the staff of WAAF. There she anchored the news and hosted a weekly talk show on local youth issues. From 1983 to 1988, Jones was a news anchor and reporter for WMJX, Boston. She worked as a reporter for the former WHDH radio from 1989 to 1991. She’s been part of WBZ’s award-winning coverage of the priest sex abuse scandal, the crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane, and the Worcester warehouse fire.

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