Jeanne Zelasko, who is currently working as a free-lance
reporter, is a versatile journalist has garnered a broad array of
journalism experience during her career.
Zelasko started her broadcasting career during her college days doing metro
traffic reports and then hosting a talk show on KCEO-AM radio. Her television career at KDCI-TV
News in San Diego in 1993 anchoring the weekend newscasts.
Early in her career, Zelasko co-hosted the San Diego Padre's pre-game show for Prime Sports West, a regional sports network in Southern California (now Fox Sports Net West). While working as an assignment reporter for the network, she covered a variety of sports including the NFL, NHL, college basketball and auto racing.
Jeanne joined Fox Sports in 1996 as part of the original broadcast team anchoring the newly formed Fox Sports Net’s NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT. since
joining the FOX Sports family in 1996, including anchor of Fox Sports
Net's NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT and sideline reporter for FOX NFL SUNDAY. In February 2001, Zelasko joined FOX's NASCAR broadcast team as a pit reporter.
From May 2001 until October 2008, Zelasko hosted the Emmy Award
winning FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK pre-game show.
During her tenure she covered such memorable events as the 1998 Sosa-Maguire Home Run Race, the 2002 All-Star Game, the 2004 Red Sox/Cardinals World Series and the record-breaking 2008 All-Star Game.
Born in Cincinnati and raised in New Jersey, Zelasko graduated
from San Diego State University with a degree in journalism and a
minor in political science. Jeanne and her husband Curt Sandoval,
who is a sports reporter for the local Los Angeles ABC affiliate,
reside in Los Angeles with their children.
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