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Catherine Bosley Joins Y-103 Morning Show
By Andrea WoodYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Catherine Bosley this morning joined the Y-103 morning show -- her first broadcast job since resigning from WKBN-TV last December Bosley, the former anchorwoman who is writing a book -- "Don't Dance Nude" -- says she's "ready to have fun and that's what this job is all about."It's also about getting out of bed before well before dawn, which she did when she co-anchored Channel 27's early morning new show. The difference, of course, is no pancake make-up nor color coordinated business attire -- and the freedom "to be me!" she declared. "I love classic rock, I love sports, I love being an active part of this community and I love to talk about so many issues," Bosley told The Business Journal. "All that, combined with the fact that this is a powerful No. 1 morning show, I can't imagine it getting any better."She joins the Y-103 morning show regulars -- Scott Kennedy, the program director of WYFM 102.9 FM, and John Batcho, better known as "Mr. Sports." The position is full time, she said, but she'll continue to serve as part-time marketing director for Medical Imaging Network, Boardman, and its MammoVan program.Bosley began her broadcasting career 16 years ago as a radio news reporter, and worked for a time with the Y-103 morning crew as part of a news-sharing arrangement with WKBN-TV. "During that period I had more people coming up to me wanting to talk about what happened on Y-103, than what happened on TV," she says. What happened in Key West, Fla., in April 2003 cost Bosley her TV job -- eight months later. Photos of her triumphant nude dance during a wet T-shirt contest at a bar ultimately reached the Mahoning Valley via the Internet.Her subsequent resignation from WKBN-TV, designed to thwart scandal from spreading, only accelerated the rumor mill. By January, her name -- and Web sites displaying the nude photos -- were ranked No. 1 by Internet search engines worldwide.By then capitalism had triumphed and video tapes of her nude dance were being marketed and sold online. National television appearances followed with a plea for privacy for her off-duty fling. A federal lawsuit succeeded in stopping commercial exploitations of her name -- and nude dance.Then came word of Bosley angling for book deal. A made for TV movie? Who knows, her story certainly sells."I'm about half way through with the manuscript," Bosley said yesterday. "When I first approached it, it was more of a grim, remorseful story, but the more I heal, the lighter the book tone gets."The manuscript adheres to the script that became familiar this winter to Mahoning Valley residents. How Bosley attempted to use the scandal to heighten awareness of personal privacy issues, and how she relied on her faith to persevere and learn "there is life after TV." "My life has just been such a crazy story," she said. "Sometimes, when I'm writing, I just sit back and laugh about the paths I've been down. It makes me wonder if God has any plans for anything that resembles 'normalcy' in my life."Stay tuned.Visit Y-103 at www.y-103.comContact Andrea Wood at [email protected] "