Chris Parente Biography

Chris Parente is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning reporter, anchor, and entertainment host. He is on air at weekdays from 4:30-9:00 a.m. co-anchoring “Daybreak” on Channel 2.

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10 Quick Facts About Chris Parente

1. 1. Name: Chris Parente
   2. Age: 51 years
   3. Birthday: March 12
   4. Zodiac Sign: Pisces
   5. Height: Not Known
   6. Nationality: American
   7. Occupation: Reporter, Anchor, and Entertainment
   8. Marital Status: Married
   9. Salary: $20, 000 to $100, 000
   10. Net worth: $500,000 to $1 million

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Parente has been in the tv business for more than 24 years. Prior to Coming to Denver, he was the morning anchor at WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. A highlight for Chris was hosting an hour of national television, filling in for Regis Philbin on “Live with Regis and Kelly.” They loved him so much, he was invited back to the show a second time, as a feature reporter for their “Ambush Makeovers.” He has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, actors, and politicians, and his live work has been featured nationally on CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. Though he has adopted Colorado has his second home, he’ll always remain a “Hoosier” at heart.

Chris Parente Age | How Old Is Chris Parente

He was on born in Indiana. He graduated with honors from Indiana University, with degrees in both Journalism and Political Science. Chris studied theatre at Indiana University, and got his Improvisation training at Chicago’s famed “Second City.” He was born on March 12. 1971. Parente is 51 years old as of 2022. He has performed with Improv Troupes at countless festivals and shows. As of 2019, he was performing here in Denver with the troupe he helped found, the “Queerbots.”

Chris Parente Family

There is no information about his’s father, mother, and siblings. Updated will be done soon. in an interview Chris said that “This is a whole other chapter in my life, and I’m so excited about it because that means starting a new life and a family here,” Parente said. “I really had no idea that Ernie would be moving on at this time, but I had nothing but joy and privilege in working with him.”

Chris Parente Wife

In an interview with John Wenzel at Fox31 cancels on January 20. 2019. It was revealed that is a married man. His wife is not posted but the update will be done soon. “Chris does a great job,” said Bjorkman, who’s also looking to get back to freelance news and advertising work, as well as moving to Grand Lake with his wife. “He’s more of a younger spark, more engaged.” “In 2009 I got laid off from Channel 2 when it merged with Fox31, and my wife and I just did various things after that,” he said, including modeling in Florida and working in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia.“It was crazy, but it was nice to come back (to KWGN) a couple of years ago. Now we’ll see what happens next.”

Chris Parente Net Worth

Chris has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, actors, and politicians, and his live work has been featured nationally on CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. His estimated net worth as of 2019 is under review where it will be updated soon. Kathie J. Chris Parente Images

Chris Parente breaks monitor

Chris Parente broke the monitor on live TV and everyone at the station is making fun of him DENVER — Chris Parente broke a monitor on the set during the Everyday show on Thursday and now we’re all making fun of him. It happened before he was reading a story when he stood up and the chair fell back and hit the monitor. And then Greg Dutra did the forecast on the broken monitor. But our bosses weren’t too happy about it.

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Fox31 cancels “Every day,” Chris Parente replaces Ernie Bjorkman on “Daybreak” and more Denver TV changes

Taking stock of local TV-news changes at the top of 2019 Ernie Bjorkman has no hard feelings about being pushed off the air by KWGN-Channel 2 — for the second time in less than a decade.“I had a two-year contract with a third-year optional, and they decided not to exercise the third year,” said the veteran TV-news personality, who started in the Denver market at KMGH-TV, now The Denver Channel (an ABC affiliate), in 1982. “I never expected to be replaced by Chris (Parente), but he does a very good job.” Bjorkman and Parente’s employers at Tribune Media, which operates KWGN-Channel 2 (The CW) and KDVR Channel-31 (Fox), are just doing what local TV-news operations have always done: tinkering with their lineups in order to draw more viewers. The practice has an added urgency these days. Smartphones, social media, and streaming services have transformed the way we consume news and entertainment, and TV stations have had no choice but to adapt. While network affiliates battle for precious slivers of attention and advertising dollars, digital distractions multiply, which has led to an overall decline in local TV-news viewership, according to a 2018 report from the Pew Research Center. The average audience for the morning-news time slot saw the biggest decline, with a 15 percent decrease over 2017.

Chris Parente Mom

Here’s to Mom. I got to hold her hand as she crossed. Finally free from the prison of Alzheimer’s …and her spirit lives on in the deepest parts of who I am … and the best parts ❤️🦋 #ENDALZ @alzassociation pic.twitter.com/8q50ACv9Jz

— Chris Parente (@chrisparente) January 9, 2018

Chris Parente Articles

WINE & DINE COLUMN: The Making of a Terroirist – Q&A with Keybridge Communications’ David White | WashingtonExec

washingtonexec.com — Christopher Parente: Thanks for joining me today. You’ve turned Terroirist into a very influential news source on wine in just three years. How did you do it? David White: Thanks for having me. The story starts in 2007 when I knew next to nothing about wine. Like so many others, a visit to Napa Valley in California kindled my love affair with wine. I immediately began taking classes and immersing myself in wine, learning all I could. 2 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

‘It’ movie a huge hit

kdvr.com — DENVER — I’ve seen “it,” and until today, I was not allowed to review it. But the embargo has lifted, and I’m thrilled to report this movie scared the “it” out of me. Yes, Pennywise, the shape-shifting clown is terrifying. And a triumph. It’s the right kind of old-fashioned, roller coaster thrills and frights. The scares are well done and perfectly timed. But believe it or not, the kids outshine the clown. This is a coming-of-age story, the “us against the grown-ups” battle. 2 YEARS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Actress Gabrielle Union has strong words on Brandon Marshall’s anthem stance

kdvr.com — DENVER — Actress Gabrielle Union spoke about the stance Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall has taken with the national anthem. Marshall followed the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick by taking a knee during the anthem on Thursday before the Broncos’ regular-season ope…

Channel 2’s Chris Parente on TV, Love and Being Yourself No Matter What

What was your first position with the station?

I started as a morning reporter at Channel 2. I’ve been a reporter and an anchor for most of my career. Then it branched into doing morning reports that showcased cool things going on around town: a new restaurant, a new theater venue, going up to Breckenridge or Aspen at the start of the ski season. It was a great way to get to know Colorado because I was all over the state. I was in a different place every morning. That evolved more into community pieces and entertainment pieces and art pieces, which is where I spent five or six years in town before recently transitioning back into anchoring again.

How did you become the point person for big celebrity interviews?

I think it’s just the universe at work. It might have been a Harry Potter film. Harry Potter was really blowing up, and they offered us a chance to come out and talk to the cast, and somehow it landed on my desk — and I was like, “Let’s do this.” I really loved connecting with the actors in a way that was a lot of improvs, a lot of unscripted moments that let us figure out what made the actors tick.

How old were the Harry Potter kids during that first trip? Were they little kids?

They weren’t super-little. They were in that awkward phase. They weren’t grown up yet. It might have been the third or fourth film.

Since then, you’ve gone on a lot of what are commonly referred to as junkets. How does that process work?

It’s a fascinating process to see how it all works. There are journalists there from all over the country. A recent example is A Wrinkle in Time because it involved Oprah Winfrey, and it was a big deal. Oprah Winfrey! There are fifty journalists waiting in a reception area, and you get called out five at a time to go down the hallway. It’s sort of like sitting outside the principal’s office. And then you’re rotated in. I try to bring some spontaneity and some joy to the process because they’re sitting in a room from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with journalists cycling through every five minutes. It’s sort of like running the gauntlet for them. It’s a hard day for them. And you only get four minutes apiece to establish a rapport, to establish a connection and try to get something people in Denver would want to hear about.

Are the questions vetted in advance, or can you ask whatever you’d like?

The questions aren’t vetted, but there’s a code of conduct that nearly every journalist adheres to. That code of conduct is that you’re going to be professional. And my rule of thumb is, I’m not going to ask any personal questions, which are none of my business, and I don’t think they’re relevant anyway. Most journalists are respectful that way, and that’s what keeps the process going. There’s the occasional person who’ll ask a ridiculous, inappropriate question, but to be honest with you, the actors will usually call them out. But the movie studios never ask for the questions in advance or screen them, which is good, because I don’t think I’d do it.

Has there ever been a time where they’ve said, “Don’t ask about this” or “Don’t ask about that”?

I’m not really into “Who are you dating?” But it’s usually that — or an actor’s just gone through a divorce, or an actor’s just about to get married. Something personal like that. There have been occasions where they’ve said, “Please don’t ask about his divorce,” which I would never do anyway. That’s personal, and it might be painful to the actor, and I’d never want to do that. I’m sure there are some celebrities spending that long day in a room with journalists cycling through that have a good sense of humor about it, and others where you can tell how awful it is for them. Are there any who stand out for being good sports or ones who were clearly in agony? Yes! There are a couple of actors, to their credit, who is always electric and on despite the fact that they might be the hundredth person you’ve met that day. Hugh Jackman is the consummate professional, an engaging man. Tom Cruise: consummate professional, always an engaging guy. Robin Williams, rest his soul, was the same way: a phenomenal, beautiful man who made you feel he was present at the moment with you. I felt the same way about Oprah Winfrey. I don’t disparage anybody, but the toughest nut to crack — it’s universal, almost a rite of passage — is Tommy Lee Jones. If you want to have fun, YouTube Tommy Lee Jones. He’s infamous for not giving the regional press an inch. Your first interview with Tommy Lee Jones is sort of birth by fire. He doesn’t suffer fools, let’s put it that way. He’s not going to make your job easy, that’s for sure. There are plenty of YouTube videos that will prove the point. Because so many people are talking to the actors back to back, do you try to come up with unique questions that might not have already been asked? Or is that impossible, so you ask the ones that seem most on-point? My goal in doing the interviews is to bring back an interview to Denver that our Colorado viewers would find entertaining and informative — and I find an improvisation is a great tool for that. If you’re in the moment and it’s not planned and pre-scripted, that’s when the magic happens. I definitely try to bring that spontaneity and that unique approach without going, “If you were a woodland mammal, what mammal would you be?” Not weird, stupid things, but find a genuine connection, and when that happens, usually something beautiful happens as a result.

Back in 2011, we wrote about Steve Carell slapping you. Was that one of those moments?

[Laughs.] I’ve been slapped by a number of people — always by invitation. I don’t know how it comes up. But Steve Carell was great and gracious and funny, and he did end up slapping me, as did Joan Collins, of all people. She was in Dynasty, a show that was based in Denver, and she was always slapping Linda Evans. So I think I asked her if she’d do me the honor — and she did! The clip that comes up first when you search using your name and the word “interview” is the one where you asked Kristen Wiig about a nude scene from a different movie “Welcome to Me” than you were interviewing her about [The Skeleton Twins]. Is that a fun memory in retrospect even though it might have been a little awkward at the time? On those press tours, when I go actually to interview the stars in Hollywood, I’m always invited to see the movie first, and I always do. On the satellite tours, you don’t have the option to see the movie first, so you’re sort of left to your own devices to research the film. And she had two different films coming out, so the papers got confused. I certainly got ribbed a lot for it, but I think if you take yourself too seriously, you’re also a bore. So she and Bill Hader were hilarious — they’re both improvisers, by the way — and in the end, I ended up getting flowers from one of the producers, because that clip ended up giving the movie more press. He was like, “Thank you for all the publicity for the movie!” And I was like, “You’re welcome. It was humiliating, but I’m glad it helped sales.” It was a fun moment at the end of the day, and also a learning moment. If an actor has two or three movies coming out, you’d better know which one she’s naked in (laughs). Later on, Bill Hader was in a movie called Trainwreck, and we got to connect over that moment, which was really funny, too. Bill Hader is a really fine improviser. One of the best.

“Here’s Chris Parente’s interview with Bill Hader, as well as Amy Schumer, about Trainwreck.”

You mentioned the Everyday program earlier, which you’ve described as the show you’ve done that you’re proudest of. Does that remain the case? And what did you love so much about it? The show does remain one of my proudest moments, mostly because in today’s TV landscape, it’s hard to find shows like that on local television. All my co-hosts were wonderful, but [radio host] Kathie J, in particular, is one in a million. For her and me to be able to share an hour a day unfiltered and in humor was really a gift. I always cherish my time with Kathie J. My first co-host on Everyday was Natalie, who I’m co-anchoring within the mornings. So it’s beautiful to have that kind of reunion and have it come back around again. Morning news is a different animal, and it’s one that I love. My hope is to bring a sense of joy and a sense of family while at the same time, obviously, delivering information and news, which goes back to the start of my whole career. It’s sort of a cool combination as well.

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