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Scott Spradling is an Emmy award winning former reporter and anchor for WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. He served as the station’s political director for 12 years, and co-anchored News9 at 5:00 with Jean Mackin for nearly 8 years. During his tenure, Scott covered three NH Presidential Primaries for the station, and was honored to participate in three national debates over that span, working with the likes of Charlie Gibson, Wolf Blitzer and Ted Koppel. In 2001, Scott had the distinction of being the first local reporter to interview President George W Bush in the Oval Office, three months after the inauguration.
When not tracking Presidential hopefuls, Scott’s main political beat was covering New Hampshire state house politics, following major issues of the day and covering local elections. From 1996-2008, Scott and the WMUR team covered every major political event in New Hampshire. He also hosted a weekly political talk show, called Close-Up, where he regularly interviewed the main newsmakers in the Granite State scene.
Before WMUR, Scott worked for WGIR radio in Manchester. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1993 with a degree in broadcast journalism and worked for a total of 15 years in the news business.
Scott left WMUR two years ago to start his own consulting and public relations business, called The Spradling Group. He now uses use his rolodex to help local companies achieve their business goals through strategic communications, crisis management, public relations, marketing, advertising and lobbying.