Tom Conklin is the News Director and lead news voice for the Berkshire News Network and the Townsquare Media Berkshire Radio Group. Tom is also a musician and voiceover talent. He has been a guitarist for more than three decades and plays lead guitar for the New England based band, The Matchstick Architects. He also does voiceover narration work for clients all over the world from his home studio in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom is also a founding member of Berkshire Organization for Original Music, or BOOM, which is a Berkshire County based organization that advocates for the local original music scene and performers of original music in the Berkshires.
Tom Conklin
Governor Baker Addresses Coronavirus From Pittsfield City Hall (Video)
Governor Charlie Baker was in Pittsfield Thursday afternoon on the steps of Pittsfield City Hall to address the media and the people of Berkshire County on the local and the state response to the coronavirus.
City Talk Discusses Heart Health (Listen)
February was American Heart Month, but it’s never too late to start thinking about heart health...
Esther Quinn Award Accepting Nominees
There are several awards given in the Berkshires that recognize volunteerism and the people that do great things for our local Berkshire Communities. This is one of the more prestigious ones, in my opinion.
City Talk: Baseball, Roger Maris, Magic (Listen)
One of my favorite radio interviews of all time was with a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx.
AM1420 WBEC Winter Watch: Closings and Cancellations
Here's the latest list of closures, cancellations, postponements, delays and early dismissals.
Report Details Sheffield Murder-Suicide
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office is closing its investigation into the March 13th, 2019 murder-suicide in Sheffield. The chain of events that led up to the killings was disclosed publicly for the first time in a collection of documents released Tuesday...
Suárez-Orozco Named Chancellor of UMass Boston
The University of Massachusetts board of trustees has selected Marcelo Suárez-Orozco to serve as the new chancellor for the system's Boston campus.
Pittsfield’s Sewer System Mess
We first noticed on Saturday that the pipe in which our sump pump is draining into was sputtering water every time it kicked on.
TWO FIRES OVER 12 HOURS IN PITTSFIELD
Firefighters were called to 38 Grove Street just before 8pm Thursday for a reported oven fire. Upon arrival firefighters found smoke coming from the front door...
Ribbon Cutting Set for Innovation Center
One of the key features that the nearly $14 Billion Innovation Center can boast is the aerospace chamber which is being built by the Colorado-based Electro Magnetic Applications...