Sports Director Jason Bristol is the recipient of the 2007 Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Sports Anchor in the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes the entire state of Pennsylvania (all markets) and parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Ohio. He also received an Emmy nomination for the region's Most Outstanding Sports Reporter.
Jason started at WHP-TV in October 2005. Shortly after arriving at WHP CBS-21, he won "Best Sportscast" honors from the Associated Press and earned that distinction again in 2006. His story "Heading for Home?" - which profiled the lives of local Negro League greats Spottswood Poles and "Rap" Dixon - was also named "Best Sports Feature Story" in the state by the AP.
He also serves as the lead play-by-play voice for the SPORTSfever Television Network, which broadcasts college and high school sports statewide; including games seen on CW 15 and WHP's Comcast Digital Channel, My21.2.
Bristol previously worked in Buffalo, New York, where he was one of the main anchors at the Empire Sports Network. While in Buffalo, Bristol anchored the early weeknight editions of the “Empire Sports Report,” the network’s half-hour news and highlight program. He also served as beat reporter for the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and the Buffalo Bisons’ Triple-A baseball club. He says his favorite memory is presenting the 2004 Governors’ Cup trophy to the Bisons after the team won the postseason championship - and then being doused with champagne during a live post-game show!
Prior to his stint at ESN, Jason worked at WSTM-TV in Syracuse where he had many different roles; including sports director, weekend sports anchor, news anchor, and news reporter.
His career began as a weekend sports anchor at WDTV in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Six months later, he moved back to Central New York to work as a sports reporter and producer at WTVH. Bristol then joined WSTM in March 1998.
Bristol graduated from SUNY-Oswego in 1995 and was actively involved in the campus television and radio stations, as well as his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Jason is a huge fan of minor league baseball and has written numerous articles on the subject. His stories have appeared in Tuff Stuff, Baseball Card News and Card News. He's an avid sports enthusiast who loves to tell the stories of local athletes. If you see him in person, please say “Hi” or “¡Hola!” since Jason also speaks some Spanish.
