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Jacobson got her on-air start with the best there as well; the newscast, the very first one at 10pm in the Boston market, was anchored by the legendary Arch MacDonald.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen WCVB won the license for Channel 5 in 1972, she was hired there as a reporter. She quickly took the anchor chair for NewsCenter 5 Midday, the station's noon newscast, within months. In 1976 she was promoted to the station's flagship 6:00 p.m. newscast; and the 11:00 news was added to her duties in 1978. She later married her co-anchor, Chet Curtis (the name Jacobson is from an earlier marriage), and the duo became the most-watched news team in Boston for twenty years. Nat and Chet, as they were called, had one child together, daughter Lindsay (b. 1981). After a bitter and publicized divorce in 2000, Curtis left WCVB (for NECN) and Jacobson also stopped anchoring the 11:00 news. Jacobson also anchored the 5:00 p.m. news between 1994 and 2005.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 10, 2007, Jacobson announced that she would leave WCVB-TV. Her last telecast as anchor aired on July 18, 2007, ending a tenure there of just over 35 years. She stated her next endeavor is a multimedia business she hopes to launch in late 2007.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Natalie+Jacobson","playStationPath":"/stations/121504656/play","stationId":121504656,"bioPath":"/music/Natalie+Jacobson/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Martha+Linehan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac5/ac5ea9edb0d753f03334e588ad3a06f6_md.jpg","artistName":"Martha Linehan","artistId":5868,"station_id":246544545},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Magnificent+Bastards","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/96e/96eb6e74bcdd2c49e818c253d13eeb41_md.jpg","artistName":"The Magnificent Bastards","artistId":8274,"station_id":114932416},{"musicPath":"/music/Mia+Zapata","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d68/d689c87cba5a84a4ac474036e4d8b772_md.jpg","artistName":"Mia Zapata","artistId":5889,"station_id":113510467},{"musicPath":"/music/Freeland","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a99/a998440380f0d506f5343a30c33a67cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Freeland","artistId":42183,"station_id":177871282},{"musicPath":"/music/Pete+Droge","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/502/5029588b6b4ee1e600ff0a6449f4e281_md.jpg","artistName":"Pete Droge","artistId":101868,"station_id":280763968},{"musicPath":"/music/Hi+Fi+Killers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a5d/a5d23fc5c1c83d0e566e53a2f18981d1_md.jpg","artistName":"Hi Fi Killers","artistId":137301,"station_id":286644428},{"musicPath":"/music/Super+8","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/01f/01f6e1a318142ad7a6e155b202778605_md.jpg","artistName":"Super 8","artistId":8539,"station_id":122913987},{"musicPath":"/music/Lovemongers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/995/9959c31edad44831ca91d70df937f308_md.jpg","artistName":"Lovemongers","artistId":6172,"station_id":114395409},{"musicPath":"/music/Kristen+Kosmas","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/281/2813fd3ba37327d9f32d68ece9c3b2a5_md.jpg","artistName":"Kristen Kosmas","artistId":5886,"station_id":113584276},{"musicPath":"/music/Deluxx+Folk+Implosion","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b32/b321d028128da4390211c1643a1b876a_md.jpg","artistName":"Deluxx Folk Implosion","artistId":7779,"station_id":116778312},{"musicPath":"/music/Pigeonhed","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dc7/dc7a69f372ff3b35152099359c880fb6_md.jpg","artistName":"Pigeonhed","artistId":1319,"station_id":114434273},{"musicPath":"/music/Murray+Attaway","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/493/49343b4a6fd35ee9c104bf57d569e658_md.jpg","artistName":"Murray Attaway","artistId":7571,"station_id":124671850},{"musicPath":"/music/Tribe+8","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e8a/e8a73c3e97a37a9623aee3771600d3a2_md.jpg","artistName":"Tribe 8","artistId":5876,"station_id":113469230},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Rockfords","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a5f/a5f6bb00b3b8264c1351c4492ae4fee5_md.jpg","artistName":"The Rockfords","artistId":138494,"station_id":287828745},{"musicPath":"/music/Patti+Rothberg","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/96d/96d6e6aa17bbc63a080b1fa9594deb6d_md.jpg","artistName":"Patti Rothberg","artistId":104526,"station_id":281861699},{"musicPath":"/music/Tamara+Paris","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4b5/4b599c94cb0a2dccccf43009e5786e12_md.jpg","artistName":"Tamara Paris","artistId":5892,"station_id":114024076},{"musicPath":"/music/Drain+S+T+H+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8c8/8c812d581afb7cf9e72a867244c8b575_md.jpg","artistName":"Drain S.T.H.","artistId":112319,"station_id":282284165},{"musicPath":"/music/Sergio+Cervetti","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2f0/2f00e7939be0dbbb5c5133931d9dea00_md.jpg","artistName":"Sergio Cervetti","artistId":7943,"station_id":252293441}]}