Julie Banderas, who joined FNC in 2005, currently serves as host of "The Big Story Weekend". Prior to joining FNC in 2005, Julie served as weekend anchor at WNYW-TV (FOX) in New York, where she was awarded the "Outstanding Single Newscast" Emmy award in 2004 for her coverage of the Republican National Convention. She previously anchored several local news stations, including WFSB-TV (CBS) in Hartford, WHSV-TV (ABC) in Harrisonburg, Virginia and WBRE-TV (NBC) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She began her career at WLVI-TV in Boston.