Gary Portnoy Napoli and Judy Quay). He also recorded and released a self-titled album in 1980 for Columbia Records. Portnoy also wrote several songs for the NBC television series, "Fame", including the Emmy-nominated track for Best Original Song, "I Still Believe In Me" (co-written by Susan Sheridan) as well as "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" (co-written by Estelle Levitt). Both songs were featured on the 1982 album, "The Kids from "Fame"". Portnoy also received an Emmy nomination for the "Cheers" theme, as well as six consecutive ASCAP awards during the 1980s for the Most Performed Television Themes of the year. He
Steven Portnoy High School in 1999 and received the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. Portnoy reported for WSYR (AM) and produced at WSTM-TV and WIXT-TV (now WSYR-TV) while he was a student at the S.I. Newhouse School for Public Communications at Syracuse University. In 2001, he took first place at the Hearst Journalism Awards for his reporting on the economic downturn in the early part of the decade. Prior to joining ABC News in 2006, Portnoy reported for WMAL, a Washington radio station that was owned by ABC until 2007. In 2008, Portnoy was named a Peter Jennings Fellow at the