How Alison Stewart and Bill Wolff Went From MSNBC Romance to NPR Colleagues

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NPR Bryant Park Project anchor Alison Stewart met her now-husband Bill Wolff back when she worked as a daytime anchor at MSNBC. Wolff, the former primetime programming VP and current Tucker sidekick, came over after 13 years at ESPN. They began dating, after he got the okay from human resources, and they married in November 2006. According to TV Week, "to listen to them complete each other’s sentences and stories is alternately charming and alarmingly twins-like."

So perhaps it makes sense this twosome merged their personal and professional lives to begin working together, and not just for the same company.

When Stewart, who got her start at MTV News, left MSNBC (and a cozy Weekend Today newsreader gig) last year to do the Bryant Park Project radio show full-time with since-departed co-host Luke Burbank, Wolff followed her — and became the show's sports commentator.

So how to explain the bout of nepotism in her staffing decisions?

Photographed and interviewed for this month's Gotham, for their "Media Masters" feature alongside GMA's Robin Roberts and Esquire's David Granger, Stewart is prompted: "Speaking of sports, your husband, Bill Wolff, is the show's sports commentator."

She responds: "My husband's a huge sports junkie–he worked at ESPN for 13 years–so when it comes to sports I try to care and I try to listen, but I really don't care. So we have these hilarious conversations. And I thought, Let's throw them on the air and see what happens."

Feb 4, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 1 Response
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    No. 1 Horace says:

    Where is Alison? I never found the NPR show before it was canceled. I hope MSNBC or CNN pick her up and give her a show. My wife and I miss her (and her beautiful ears). Hope the new baby is healthy and the marriage is happy.

    Posted: Oct 10, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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