Candy O’Terry anchors the weekday afternoon news weekdays from 3 to 6PM with Jay Severin on 96.9 Boston Talks. A true multi-media personality, Candy is an award winning broadcaster, singer, public speaker, actress and long time Boston radio personality for Magic 106.7 and Country 102.5..
She is the creator and co-host of the Exceptional Women radio program, winner of a 32 local and national awards including a record breaking 17 Gracie Allen Awards for excellence in women’s programming. Candy is the recipient of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association’s Star Award, the Media Hero Award from the American Red Cross and the Boston Women Communicators Legacy Award. She has performed with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and released 3 songs including The Gift and Valentine with Grammy nominee Jim Brickman. Her latest single You Are The Only One with rocker Charlie Farren reached #34 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 2009. She is committed to the fight against breast cancer and serves as the radio spokesperson for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and the PinkRose Foundation. She serves on the board of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Boston College Women’s Council. Candy is the president of the Alliance For Women in Media/Boston and is a member of the cast of the Emmy Award winning talent show Community Auditions on WBZ and TV 38.
The proud mother of two, Candy’s son Christopher is a police officer, EMT and member of the S.W.A.T. team for the Cape & The Islands. Her daughter Colleen is the Communications Manager for the Green Restaurant Association. A single mom for fifteen years, Candy was married in 2006 and has three step children. She and her husband Tom live in Wellesley Hills.
Speaking of Wellesley, read the article Candidly Candy in the Winter 2010 edition of Wellesley Weston Magazine. Check out Candy’s music video with Charlie Farren on YouTube and your local theatre listings for her acting debut in the feature film CO2 where she plays newscaster Candace Malone. She is rehearsing for her upcoming role as Nina Wallace in the film Luke Eleven.