Priscilla Casper And Colton Bradford Join WBTS Boston As Anchors

NBC O&O WBTS Boston has added to its news team, naming Priscilla Casper nightly co-anchor and Colton Bradford joining the weekday evening team as co-anchor.

Casper will co-anchor the 4 p.m. weekday evening news alongside Colton Bradford, and the 6 and 11 p.m. nightly news alongside Glenn Jones.

Bradford can currently be seen in his expanded role at NBC10 Boston news weekdays alongside midday co-host Melody Mendez. In addition he will co-anchor the NBC10 Boston evening news at 4 p.m. with new hire Priscilla Casper, as well as continue his co-hosting role on NBC10 Boston’s The Hub Today with co-host Maria Sansone.

“The additions of Priscilla and Colton strengthen our stations impact in the Boston community,” “said Kirsten Wolff, WBTS vice president of news, Telemundo Boston and NECN. “Priscilla’s trustworthy approach for delivering breaking news and exclusive interviews, combined with Colton’s natural ability to engage loyal and new audiences, positions NBC10 Boston as the favorite across all of our station’s news platforms. I am proud to welcome Priscilla and Colton into the NBC10 Boston family.”

Priscilla Casper

Casper comes to Boston from KVOA Tucson, Ariz., where she anchored the stations noon, 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts since 2018. She led the news team through significant breaking news coverage, field anchoring during wildfires and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Casper played an integral role in helping the station win multiple regional Edward R. Murrow awards.

Before that Casper worked as a fill-in reporter in KGUN Tucson, Ariz., from 2016 to 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast and digital journalism from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg school for Communications and Journalism.

Casper begins transitioning into her new role inside the NBCUniversal Boston Media Center in Needham the first week of August.

Colton Bradford

Bradford has been promoted to weekday evening co-anchor. He has been the co-host of WBTS’ live lifestyle show, The Hub Today with co-host Maria Sansone, airing each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11:30 a.m. This role recently earned him a 2022 National Academy of Arts and Sciences – Boston/New England Chapter Emmy.

Bradford began his career in radio at 16 when he interned for WKSJ in Mobile, Ala.

Over the years Bradford expanded his radio role earning a host position on WBWL-FM Boston. He moved to television in 2011 as a youth voice correspondent for NBC’s Education Nation and co-hosted Student Voice LIVE with Disney actress Monique Coleman.