Jodi Applegate: Anchor, Dog Walker, 'That's Not Cool' YouTube Prank-Slayer

The bubbly anchor of Fox’s Good Day New York — and the victim the infamous “that’s not cool” YouTube bike-lock prank — is increasingly becoming a common media trivia answer:

You were the first anchor of MSNBC for its debut — how was that?

Applegate: I went on the air on July 15, 1996. It was like, “Applegate, you’re up.” I was nervous, it was the network debut. I had (former GE chairman) Jack Welch standing right in the room there watching.