Image Not Available

Carpenter, Chris

BiographyChris Carpenter began his career by working as a production assistant at then CBS Affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. served as principal anchor for Media One’s Local Edition, a five-minute news insert program that appeared on CNN’s Headline News. He was nominated for a Massachusetts Cable Commission award for outstanding newscast in 1996. While at Media One, Chris also became the Major League beat reporter for Forever Baseball, a nationally syndicated television program that aired on Sports Channel America, Fox Sports Net, as well as various major and minor league stadiums across the country. On Forever Baseball, he had the opportunity cover several World Series, championship series, and All-Star Games. His position there led to the opportunity to create HomeTownSports.com, a groundbreaking website dedicated to the celebration of the high school athlete. The site spawned a television program of the same name that aired daily throughout New England. Under his leadership, the website was nominated for a national Beacon Award for outstanding sports website, as well as being tabbed as one of the five best sports websites in Massachusetts by Boston Magazine. Chris has co-authored a book titled Murder at the Baseball Hall of Fame (St. Martin’s Press) that was published in the fall of 1996. Carpenter is the program director for CBN.com, the official website of the Christian Broadcasting Network. He also serves as executive producer for myCBN Weekend, an Internet exclusive webcast show seen on CBN.com.--www1.cbn.com/profiles/chris-carpenter.