John MacAlarney

John MacAlarney (c. 1930 – January 9, 2016) was an American radio and television personality. After working as a salesman, he joined WGAL in 1957, working as a news anchor.[1][2]

MacAlarney anchored local election newscasts for the 1972 United States presidential election, and with Dick Hoxworth, Bill Saylor, and Gene Schenck, reported on election nights from each county's Republican and Democratic Party headquarters for the first time in Lancaster County.[3] He served as a master of ceremonies at the Miss Elizabethtown Pageant,[4] and hosted WGAL Channel 8's bingo game.[5]

After 23 years at the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based NBC network affiliate, he left the station in 1980.[6] He then joined the Christian radio station WDAC as a news director until he retired from broadcasting in 1991.[7][8]

MacAlarney died in 2016 at the age of 85.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "J. MacAlarney, Channel 8 Announcer, was a salesman". Sunday News. March 2, 1958. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  2. ^ "John MacAlarney conveys humor, enjoyment of life". Sunday News. December 20, 1964. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  3. ^ "WGAL-TV well prepared for Election Night Coverage". Sunday News. November 5, 1972. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  4. ^ "Miss Elizabethtown Pageant". Elizabethtown Chronicle. October 27, 1966. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  5. ^ "Channel 8 Bingo hosted by John MacAlarney". Intelligencer Journal. January 19, 1966. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  6. ^ "MacAlarney resigns from WGAL Channel 8". Newspapers.com. April 19, 1980. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  7. ^ "MacAlarney joins WDAC as news director". York Daily Record. April 28, 1980. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  8. ^ "John MacAlarney steps down as news director". Lancaster New Era. October 31, 1991. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  9. ^ "Former WGAL anchor passes away". WGAL. January 13, 2016. 13 January 2016.
  10. ^ "John MacAlarney former WGAL anchor passes away at age 85". LNP Always Lancaster. January 13, 2016. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
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