Tony Petrarca refers to his first time on the air at WPRI after graduating from Lyndon State College as “the scariest three-and-half minutes in his life.”
“March 17, 1987,” Tony recalled. “I just remember going a mile a minute. My mom called after the newscast [and said] ‘You were hyperventilating. Slow down.’ But it got better from there.”
Now, WPRI's chief meteorologist is celebrating 30 years at the Providence, Rhode Island station.
Recorded on March 1, 2017.
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