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I had been interested in working in TV while in high school but never thought it was anything more than just a dream. I was just a small town girl from the Midwest, not a big city girl from a metropolis! But while I was a senior in college, I got the opportunity to do an internship at the NBC news station in Minneapolis, and I loved it! 

By the time I graduated college, I had an audition video ready to send out for a potential news job. Within two weeks, I was hired to be the first female evening news anchor in Eau Claire, WI. It was a great place for me to start and get my feet wet while really learning the business. That was 1981 when a lot of cities still only had male news anchors behind the desk. So it was rather groundbreaking back then. I was there 3 years and only left to get married to Mark.

After getting married, we lived in Canada for a few years for Mark's job, and I had to take a break from working. When we moved back to the US, I landed a job right away for the shopping channel in Minneapolis, CVN, Cable Value Network, which was just getting started in 1987. I was getting back into TV, but in a very different genre than news. There was no training, so I feel rather self-taught. There was one very lovely lady on the host team, Carmela Richards, who took me under her wing and taught me so much.

I fell in love with the shopping business, but 3 years into it, QVC purchased CVN and asked me to transfer out to PA to be on QVC. Mark and I decided to give it a try, and that was in March 1990. And I have loved every moment of it!

I am so grateful that God has it in His plan for my life to be at QVC, because it has been a dream come true! 

I love to shop, and I get to be a part of that day after day!  Thanks for being a part of my dream by watching QVC! I am so blessed!

Your friend,

Mary Beth Roe