Priscilla Hojiwala
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Priscilla Hojiwala is an American broadcast journalist and sports anchor in Los Angeles, California
last reported as working as an on-air correspondent for REELZCHANNEL freelance, covering Hollywood movie premieres, awards shows, red-carpet events, and press junkets. She is a contributor to the 'Dailies' show, a daily news and information program focused on the movies, hosted by Mike Richards
.
. Growing up in the Bay Area during the heyday of Giants
and the 49ers, she became a huge Sports fan and set her sights on becoming a television sports journalist.
to attend USC
, majoring in broadcast journalism
with a minor in Interdisciplinary Sports Studies. During her four years at the university
, she interned for Fox Sports
, SportsChannel
in L.A., KCBS
, where she was a research assistant
for legendary broadcaster Roy Firestone
, and at ESPN2
, where she worked as a production assistant
for the popular, but controversial, Jim Rome
and Chris Myers.
and Major League Baseball pre-game shows. She was a reporter for Fox NFL Sunday
. Then she was a weekend sports anchor at KESQ
, the ABC
affiliate
in Palm Springs, CA. During the week she worked for the Orange County News Channel covering the Anaheim Angels and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
. Hojiwala moved on to become a full time sports anchor for KESQ and later for Fox
affiliate KDFX.
Looking for a new challenge, Hojiwala came to TVG
primarily as a reporter in July 1999. She hosted a show called 'Lady Luck". Eventually a full-time anchor on the network, she loved "the concept, ideas and challenge of being part of something revolutionary."While at TVG, she covered all 3 legs the Triple Crown
and she also covered the Breeders Cup.
Hojiwala left TVG in February 2005 to work as host/anchor/reporter for Fox Sports Net West as anchor/reporter of the live, nightly sports highlight show, the Southern California Sports Report. In addition to her role as co-anchor, she reported on the Los Angeles Lakers
, Los Angeles Clippers
, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
, Los Angeles Dodgers
, Anaheim Ducks
, Los Angeles Kings
, UCLA Basketball, USC Football, NASCAR
and Major League Soccer
. She left FOX in February 2007 and returned to TVG in September 2008. She covered the 2006 Kentucky Derby
for TVG and FOX Sports West as she was a contributor to The Works. She also hosted Lady Luck with Christina Olivares and Nancy Ury.
She has interviewed Oprah Winfrey, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Hugh Jackman, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Oscar Award-winning Director Danny Boyle, and President Gerald Ford.
Her involvement with various charities includes work with Childhelp USA, Olive Crest, and Women Helping Women.
As of October 2006, she is working as a freelance on-air correspondent for REELZCHANNEL and Pyramid Productions covering Hollywood movie premieres, awards shows, red-carpet events, and press junkets. She is a contributor to the 'Dailies' show, a daily news and information program focused entirely on the movies, hosted by Mike Richards
. REELZCHANNEL is a national television network dedicated entirely to movies and is currently in distribution in 30 million homes across the United States.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
last reported as working as an on-air correspondent for REELZCHANNEL freelance, covering Hollywood movie premieres, awards shows, red-carpet events, and press junkets. She is a contributor to the 'Dailies' show, a daily news and information program focused on the movies, hosted by Mike Richards
Mike Richards
Michael Richards is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . He previously played for and was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.-Early years:...
.
Early life
Hojiwala was 12 when she decided she wanted to be in televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. Growing up in the Bay Area during the heyday of Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
and the 49ers, she became a huge Sports fan and set her sights on becoming a television sports journalist.
College
To pursue her dream, Hojiwala came to Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to attend USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, majoring in broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. Broadcast methods include radio , television , and, especially recently, the Internet generally...
with a minor in Interdisciplinary Sports Studies. During her four years at the university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, she interned for Fox Sports
Fox Sports (USA)
Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...
, SportsChannel
SportsChannel Los Angeles
SportsChannel Los Angeles aired from 1989 to 1993 in the southern California area; it was a regional sports network.-Programming:SCLA featured live play-by-play of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the California Angels, and the Los Angeles Clippers...
in L.A., KCBS
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
, where she was a research assistant
Research assistant
A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
for legendary broadcaster Roy Firestone
Roy Firestone
Roy Firestone is an American sports commentator and journalist. Firestone is a graduate of Miami Beach High School and the University of Miami.-Television career:...
, and at ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
, where she worked as a production assistant
Production assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production...
for the popular, but controversial, Jim Rome
Jim Rome
Jim Rome is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications....
and Chris Myers.
Broadcasting career
Upon graduating from USC, Hojiwala went to work for Fox Sports as a production assistant on their NFLNFL on FOX
NFL on Fox is the brand name of the Fox Broadcasting Company's coverage of the National Football League's National Football Conference games, produced by Fox Sports...
and Major League Baseball pre-game shows. She was a reporter for Fox NFL Sunday
FOX NFL Sunday
Fox NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show NFL on Fox. The program is broadcast on Fox television affiliates nationwide. The audio portion of the show is broadcast over the Fox Sports Radio network, distributed by Premiere Radio Networks...
. Then she was a weekend sports anchor at KESQ
KESQ-TV
KESQ-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley of California licensed to Palm Springs. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 42 from a transmitter on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10...
, the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate
Affiliate
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in Palm Springs, CA. During the week she worked for the Orange County News Channel covering the Anaheim Angels and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. Hojiwala moved on to become a full time sports anchor for KESQ and later for Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate KDFX.
Looking for a new challenge, Hojiwala came to TVG
TVG Network
TVG Network is an American specialty channel dedicated to horse racing. The company broadcasts from Los Angeles, California and is available in the United States on Dish Network and DirecTV as well as select cable companies...
primarily as a reporter in July 1999. She hosted a show called 'Lady Luck". Eventually a full-time anchor on the network, she loved "the concept, ideas and challenge of being part of something revolutionary."While at TVG, she covered all 3 legs the Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...
and she also covered the Breeders Cup.
Hojiwala left TVG in February 2005 to work as host/anchor/reporter for Fox Sports Net West as anchor/reporter of the live, nightly sports highlight show, the Southern California Sports Report. In addition to her role as co-anchor, she reported on the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
, Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
, Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
, Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
, Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
, UCLA Basketball, USC Football, NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
and Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
. She left FOX in February 2007 and returned to TVG in September 2008. She covered the 2006 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
for TVG and FOX Sports West as she was a contributor to The Works. She also hosted Lady Luck with Christina Olivares and Nancy Ury.
She has interviewed Oprah Winfrey, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Hugh Jackman, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Oscar Award-winning Director Danny Boyle, and President Gerald Ford.
Her involvement with various charities includes work with Childhelp USA, Olive Crest, and Women Helping Women.
As of October 2006, she is working as a freelance on-air correspondent for REELZCHANNEL and Pyramid Productions covering Hollywood movie premieres, awards shows, red-carpet events, and press junkets. She is a contributor to the 'Dailies' show, a daily news and information program focused entirely on the movies, hosted by Mike Richards
Mike Richards
Michael Richards is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . He previously played for and was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.-Early years:...
. REELZCHANNEL is a national television network dedicated entirely to movies and is currently in distribution in 30 million homes across the United States.