Familiar faces, catchy theme songs, and humorous newscasters, the Channel 21 news team brings joy to students and staff first thing every morning. 

“My favorite part of being on the news is trying to be positive and exciting first thing in the morning. To wake everyone up and give them a great start to their day,” senior Crystal Renaldi said. 

The news can be used as a way for teachers or clubs to send out announcements, creating an effective form of communication throughout the school. 

“I just feel it’s a better way to communicate important announcements to my peers leaving a better effect than an adult just reading from a list. It also helps notify weather conditions for after school events; thanks Doppler Doug,” junior Aryana Smith said. 

Behind the scenes is also an important factor while creating the daily news. Students must collaborate to create a cohesive broadcast that is informative yet entertaining. 

“Without all the technology behind the scenes, the news would be less interesting and we wouldn’t be able to do cool bits like Doppler Doug,” senior Olivia Brands said. 

With hours of hard work in preparation for each morning’s broadcast, the students and staff of Bangor High love and appreciate the zaniness of the morning news crew. 

Jacob Almanzar, anchor 

Likes: Nick Mazzella, Austin Medina 

Dislikes: Akash Sareen 

Fun Fact: I meg Andre Baadsvik just about every day at practice. 

Olivia Brands, teleprompter, blue screen effects, video switcher, audio mixing board 

Likes: tacos, film, media arts, acting, watching movies 

Dislikes: waking up before 7a.m., cheese 

Fun Fact: I cry at the ending of The Little Mermaid every time I watch it 

Emily Gordon, anchor 

Likes: buffalo chicken, buffalo chicken dip, buffalo chicken pizza, buffalo chicken sandwiches, etc 

Dislikes: complaining 

Fun Fact: I can bend one of my toes all the way backwards 

Nick Mazzella, anchor 

Likes: playing soccer, science, cold weather 

Dislikes: spiders 

Fun Fact: I have a kitten named Georgie 

Austin Medina, anchor, scroll, camera 

Likes:  photography, dance, sports 

Dislikes: my twin brother, homework  

Fun Fact: there are 40,000 varieties of rice  

Patience Olaniyan, anchor 

Likes: read, eat, be sassy, be with friends. 

Dislikes: I don’t like things with more than four legs, avocados, and doing everything myself.  

Fun Fact: I plan to speak 7 languages as I already know 2 and am learning 2 more right now. I also have 7 siblings 

Crystal Renaldi, anchor 

Likes: performing, sushi 

Dislikes: olives, gas prices 

Fun Fact: I have a dog named Lumpy 

Akash Sareen, anchor 

Likes: Mr. Weaver, calculus 

Dislikes: Jacob Almanzar 

Fun Fact: I struggled with answering these questions  

Doug Toth, Doppler Doug 

Likes: outdoors, fishing, hiking, hunting, sports, football, wrestling, apple pie, and chocolate 

Dislikes: referees, hot weather 

Fun Fact: I used to have pet ducks