Alex Crichton
All Things Considered HostAlex Crichton is host of All Things Considered on WXXI-FM 105.9/AM 1370. Alex delivers local news, weather and traffic reports beginning at 4 p.m. each weekday.
He was born in Rochester, but “raised” in several other spots as part of an Army family. Those locations included Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Alex returned to Rochester in 1969 and has been here ever since.
After graduating from Ashland College (now University) in 1981, Alex landed his first radio job at WGMC in Greece. He also worked at WRTK Talk Radio (1370 on the AM dial, coincidentally), stayed on when the format was changed to country, and even worked a couple of weeks as a full-time country disc jockey. Alex also worked at WBBF when it had a talk lineup as Toby Gold’s engineer for his show, for those who remember. Also during this same time period, Alex was the regular fill-in for a service called Rochester Radio Sports.
In 1984, Alex joined WXXI, going on the air with a news/jazz/public affairs format. Here at WXXI, he has done sports, produced news and music programs, hosted a daily — then a weekly — jazz show, produced live remotes, worked on TV auctions, done interviews with all sorts of people from musicians to politicians, engineered talk shows, started doing newscasts for All Things Considered in the mid-1990s, then moved to Morning Edition in 1997.
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The program will equip police officers with kits containing the overdose-reversing drug and information on harm-reduction strategies and resources to seek assistance.
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The Monroe County executive also said that the first county-owned emergency housing facility should open this summer. -
Deputies say a suspect with a knife got into an office, but the employee was able to disarm the person and there were no injuries. -
The city teen was reported missing last August. Her body was later found near the Erie Canal. A 27-year-old man is charged with her murder. -
State officials say that you should be aware of the two-year deadline to file a workers' compensation claim. -
Rochester Police are continuing their investigation into the death of Jakarah Lopez-Moore, whose body was found near Vanguard Parkway in the city last Saturday.
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The two-year-old giraffe was transferred from The Wilds Safari Park in Ohio on a recommendation from the Associations of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). -
Tolls will increase by 5% beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, and by another 5% in 2027. -
The $650 million project will more than triple the size of Strong's emergency department and add a new, nine-story patient tower. -
The state’s Cannabis Control Board on Thursday approved 36 new Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary licenses, including the first 7 in the Finger Lakes region.
