Fred "Fritz" Wetherbee is a New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 writer, and television host. Fritz has been honored with five Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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s. He was born July 3, 1936, and named for his grandfather Fred Minot Wetherbee II. For 10 years (1975-84) he was news director and general manager of radio stations WSCV/WSLE-FM in Peterborough

Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census. Home to the MacDowell Art Colony, the town is a popular tourist destination....

. From 1985 to 1995 he was the host of New Hampshire Crossroads on Public Television

New Hampshire Public Television

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. He currently has his own segment on New Hampshire Chronicle.