FNC Hires Courtney Friel

Fox News has hired Courtney Friel as a correspondent and substitute anchor. She will host Fox & Friends Weekend tomorrow and Sunday, Bill Shine announced today.

“Friel will join co-hosts Kelly Wright and Greg Kelly in anchoring the morning program this Saturday and Sunday from 7-10AM/ET. In addition, Friel will be a correspondent for Foxnews.com.”

Here’s her bio. She was recently a correspondent for KPSB, the CBS affiliate in Palm Springs. She has freelanced for America’s Most Wanted, E!, Nickelodeon, Court TV, and the Travel Channel, and hosted “movie preview shows for Loews Theaters and Comcast Cable.” Watch her highlight reel and don’t miss all her swimsuit photos…

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