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Patrick Nolan and Emily Dishnow named Best Anchor Team

News-Press readers voted the Fox 4 team the "Best Of Southwest Florida."

CREATED Jul. 25, 2012

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  • FOX 4 anchors Patrick Nolan and Emily Dishnow were honored to be named "Best Anchor Team" in this year's "Best Of Southwest Florida Awards" presented by the News-Press. Video by fox4now.com

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  • FOX4's Patrick and Emily win Best of SW Florida award for News Anchor Team

ESTERO, Fla. - Fox 4 anchors Patrick Nolan & Emily Dishnow have been named Southwest Florida's best anchor team.

The honor was announced Thursday night at the 22nd annual "Best of Southwest Florida" awards presented by the News-Press at Grandezza clubhouse in Estero.

Thousands of News-Press readers voted in the annual poll.

Patrick and Emily leaped out of their seats when their names were announced as the winning team by emcee, WINK-FM host Gina Burch who's been hosting the event for years.

Patrick also engaged in a tradition of his own - picking up his co-anchor and spinning her around in celebration.

This year marks the first time Fox 4 has won the "Best Anchor Team" award since 2009.

Emily is the third co-anchor to with the award with Patrick over the years.

The News-Press will publish the full list of this years "Best of Southwest Florida" winners in a special issue on August 26th.