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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Nexstar Broadcasting Inc., WBRE-TV has named A.J. Donatoni sports director for Eyewitness News.Donatoni joined the Eyewitness News team as a sports anchor and reporter in January 2014. Born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, he is a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism and economics.For the past two years, he has covered major sporting events, including professional auto racing in the Poconos, RailRiders baseball and AHL hockey. He was nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy for best sports on-air talent in 2015.Donatoni&#8217;s resume includes stops in Bozeman, Montana and Rockford, Illinois before coming to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market. While in Bozeman, he was named runner-up for the 2011 Montana Television Sports-caster of the year, as presented by the Montana Broadcasters&#8217; Association for best On-Camera Talent.

A.J. Donatoni named sports director at WBRE-TV