Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist, Hank Plante, will serve as the 2019 celebrity tree lighter for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, December 1. Reporter Laura Berry has the story…
Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 1 at the Tram’s Mountain Station with a performance by the Palm Springs High School Madrigals & String Quartet along with an appearance by Santa. Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist, Hank Plante will light the Tram’s landmark 45-foot tree. Plante is one of the first openly gay TV reporters in the United States, the recipient of six Emmys and has covered California for three decades. He is the winner of the George Foster Peabody Award and was named “Reporter of the Year” by the Associated Press. He is now a resident of Palm Springs and serves on the Desert Sun Editorial Board, as well as providing commentary for NBC Palm Springs.
