Dan Bowens
Dan is the host of Good Day Wakeup weekdays from 4:30 a.m. – 7 a.m.
The three-time Emmy Award winner is also the host of a true crime podcast called "The Tape Room With Dan Bowens." In addition, he also writes and helps produce FOX 5's Emmy nominated series, "Jazz Stories."
In 2018, Dan was part of a team at WNYW that won a New York Emmy for a special report on Autism. In 2015, Dan was nominated for a NY Emmy Award for General Assignment Reporting. He also helped launch three other Emmy-nominated series at the station, "The Big Idea," "FOX Docs" and "FOX 5 Films."
Prior to working with FOX 5 in New York City, Dan worked at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC where he won two regional Emmy Awards. He also worked at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and KEPR-TV in the Tri-Cities, Washington.
Dan has been active in the community, volunteering his time at schools and other community organizations. He has also served as Master of Ceremonies for numerous events, including at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem, and the annual Cultural Awareness Salute Gala with the Black Culinary Association.
A New Jersey native, Dan, his wife, and their three children call the Garden State home.
The latest from Dan Bowens
NJ students learn about Indigenous Peoples' Day
The Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City usually has Columbus Day off. But this year, all kids in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade learned not about the mythology of Christopher Columbus but the reality of Lenape tribes living in the New York-New Jersey area centuries ago.
2 years after NJ couple vanished in Barbados, families seek answers | The Tape Room
What happened to Oscar Suarez and Magdalena Devil? Two years of questions with so many possibilities have yielded so few answers.
Judge blocks New York's medical worker vaccine mandate
Judge David Hurd in Utica has temporarily blocked the state of New York from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional rights were violated.
Do cloth face coverings work against coronavirus?
If you're planning on flying in Europe any time soon you may want to pack an extra mask. That's because several airlines have banned cloth face coverings.
NYC's one murder from Sept. 11, 2001, remains unsolved 20 years later
Two decades later, the killing of Henryk Siwiak — New York City's only murder outside of Ground Zero on 9/11 — remains unsolved.
Remembering Ronald Bucca, 'The Flying Fireman' | 9/11: 20 Years Later
To understand just how Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca ended up inside the south tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, one must understand what happened to him in the line of duty in 1986.
Live music comeback on hold due to rising COVID cases
With coronavirus cases rising due to the delta variant, top headliners have been canceling upcoming shows. BTS, Limp Bizkit, Garth Brooks, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks recently have rescheduled shows and pushed back tour dates.
TV ads, comic books part of new push to encourage vaccination
FOX 5 NY takes a look at the types of ads we could start seeing soon, and some other new approaches to encourage people to get the jab.
Long Island man's conviction in 1990 murder of Hofstra coach tossed
Christopher Ellis spent nearly three decades in prison for the murder of a Hofstra University coach. But on Monday, a judge tossed his conviction and released him.
44 years after the 'Son of Sam,' Netflix documentary raises new questions
It's been 44 years since David Berkowitz, the so-called "Son of Sam," shot and killed his final victim, but now there are new questions about whether or not he acted alone.