Sonia Rincón
If her name sounds familiar, you may have heard her voice on New York's all-news radio station 1010 WINS, where she spent 15 years as an anchor and reporter while freelance reporting for New York-area television stations, before joining the Eyewitness News team full-time in May 2022.
Her broadcast journalism career began at Emerson College in Boston, where she served as news director for college radio station WERS-FM. Before returning home to New York, Sonia reported and anchored news for radio stations in Connecticut, Maine, Virginia and Pennsylvania including KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia.
Sonia earned numerous awards in her 20+ year radio career, including an Edward R. Murrow award for storm coverage of Ida in 2021.
She also has served as an adjunct lecturer at CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Sonia has Colombian and Scottish heritage and is fluent in Spanish. When she's not working, Sonia enjoys theater and live music, fitness classes and cooking. She lives in the Bronx, is a die-hard Yankees fan and a proud alumna of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
Sonia's Stories
New York urologist convicted of years-long patient sex abuse, including of minors
U.S. attorney Anthony T. DiPietro said urologist Darius Paduch, "leveraged his position of trust as a medical doctor for his own perverse gratification."
Samples show no arsenic in water at Jacob Riis Houses despite sick residents: NYCHA
There are growing concerns about the drinking water at a housing project in Manhattan, after a resident says she ended up in the hospital with symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
Owner prays for dog's safe return after being attacked by German shepherd in the Bronx
Have you seen this dog? His owner is looking for him after they were both attacked by another dog in the Bronx over the weekend.
NYPD investigates synagogue bomb threats, rise of antisemitic incidents across city
This weekend there were at least four bomb threats - three at synagogues and one at the Brooklyn Museum.
Family to sue Yonkers education system after video shows daughter being attacked outside school
The video of parents behaving badly at Yonkers Montessori Academy shows the adults getting in the face of a 13-year-old and challenging the girl to fight with their daughters.
3 injured when carjacked vehicle slams into Newark bar
It was not the first time a speeding car had smacked into the Cozy Corner Bar in Newark, but owner Paul Dietrich says in nearly 20 years, this was the worst.
Security on high alert across Tri-State following Iran's attack on Israel
In the city with the largest Jewish community outside Israel, security was visible Saturday night outside houses of worship and the Israeli consulate on Manhattan's East Side.
Brooklyn church hit by huge fire during Easter Sunday mass
Flames started during the 1:00 Spanish mass at Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii on 225 Seigel St. in Bushwick.
Students at NYC Performing Arts School raise over $40,000 to save drama program
Seventh graders at a performing arts school in New York City, touting notable alumni like Alicia Keys, Jesse Eisenberg, Britney Spears, launched a GoFundMe to save its drama program.
Man who allegedly pushed his girlfriend on subway tracks in Lower Manhattan faces judge
Christian Valdez, 35, is charged in the attempted murder of his girlfriend after allegedly shoving her in front of an oncoming train at the Fulton Street station.