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Joey Wahler has covered sports and news in the world's top media market since 1991, as a television, radio and print journalist and producer. Since 1999, he's seen on News 12 New Jersey, the state's 24-hour news channel. Aside from anchoring, Wahler covers the New York Giants, New Jersey Nets, New Jersey Devils, major colleges and enterprises unique features. He's also a fill-in update anchor on WFAN in New York City, America's leading all-sports radio station.

Previously at Madison Square Garden Network, New York City's regional sports network, Wahler started in 2001, anchoring SportsDesk, filling in for his broadcasting idol, Marv Albert. He later became features reporter and producer, enterprising human interest stories seen on SportsDesk and Angles, hosted by Al Trautwig. Wahler has twice been nominated as a reporter and producer for a New York Emmy Award. In 2003, he was nominated for his piece on Phil Villapiano, the former NFL player who loaned his Super Bowl ring to a paraplegic to motivate him to walk again. In 2004, Wahler was nominated for his piece, 50 Years Of Wiffleball, celebrating the game's silver anniversary.

Also a freelance writer, Wahler's recent work includes his "Where Have They Been?" column for MSGNetwork.com, profiling former metropolitan area sports personalities. He has also written in-depth sports profiles for the New York Post.

Wahler's TV career began at WZBN in Trenton, New Jersey, as a news and sports anchor/reporter. He covered the 1994 murder of Megan Kanka, killed in nearby Hamilton, and the evolution of Megan's Law. Wahler was later a news and sports anchor/reporter at News 12 Connecticut. He covered the 1998 fatal shooting of four workers by a fellow employee at the state lottery headquarters, and the 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament run of the national champion Connecticut Huskies.

At Seton Hall University, Wahler was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Setonian, and did play-by-play for the men's basketball team, including the Pirates march to the 1989 national championship game against Michigan. In 1991, Wahler won MSG Network's College Play-by-Play Competition, rewarded by calling part of a Knick game live on WFAN with Knicks analyst Walt Frazier. He later became the radio voice of Rider University basketball, and has since filled in calling TV games for the Northeast Conference on MSG. Wahler attended Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York, alma mater of sportscasting legend Marty Glickman, one of Wahler's broadcasting mentors in college.