ABC_NP1 Radio_NN1 Reporter_NN1 Found_VVD Dead_JJ in_II Brooklyn_NP1 George_NP1 Weber_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 reporter_NN1 whose_DDQGE voice_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN a_AT1 steady_JJ presence_NN1 on_II ABC_NP1 radio_NN1 for_IF more_DAR than_CSN a_AT1 dozen_NNO years_NNT2 ,_, was_VBDZ found_VVN dead_JJ in_II his_APPGE brownstone_NN1 apartment_NN1 in_II Brooklyn_NP1 on_II Sunday_NPD1 ,_, the_AT police_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
The_AT death_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN ruled_VVN a_AT1 homicide_NN1 ._. 
The_AT police_NN2 said_VVD they_PPHS2 found_VVD Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 's_GE body_NN1 about_II 9_MC a.m._RA on_II Sunday_NPD1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD been_VBN stabbed_VVN ,_, but_CCB no_AT weapon_NN1 was_VBDZ found_VVN ,_, the_AT police_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
An_AT1 autopsy_NN1 is_VBZ scheduled_VVN for_IF Monday_NPD1 ,_, said_VVD Ellen_NP1 Borakove_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 spokeswoman_NN1 for_IF the_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 City_NN1 medical_JJ examiner_NN1 's_GE office_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 ,_, 47_MC ,_, had_VHD worked_VVN as_II a_AT1 newscaster_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 number_NN1 of_IO shows_NN2 on_II WABC-AM_RA ,_, including_II the_AT popular_JJ talk-radio_JJ program_NN1 that_CST had_VHD been_VBN hosted_VVN by_II Curtis_NP1 Sliwa_NP1 and_CC Ron_NP1 Kuby_NP1 ._. 
In_II February_NPM1 2008_MC ,_, after_CS more_DAR than_CSN 12_MC years_NNT2 at_II WABC_NP1 ,_, Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 was_VBDZ laid_VVN off_RP in_II a_AT1 cost-cutting_JJ move_NN1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 his_APPGE Web_NN1 site_NN1 ,_, www.georgeweber.net_NNU ._. 
Since_CS that_DD1 time_NNT1 ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD been_VBN employed_VVN by_II ABC_NP1 News_NN1 Radio_NN1 ,_, the_AT national_JJ network_NN1 ,_, as_CSA a_AT1 freelance_NN1 anchor_NN1 ._. 
Steve_NP1 Jones_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 vice_JJ president_NN1 of_IO the_AT network_NN1 ,_, said_VVD in_II a_AT1 statement_NN1 that_CST Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 was_VBDZ "_" a_AT1 consummate_JJ journalist_NN1 ._. "_" 
Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 's_GE last_MD newscast_NN1 was_VBDZ on_II March_NPM1 15_MC ._. 
Aaron_NP1 Katersky_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 friend_NN1 and_CC fellow_JJ ABC_NN1 radio_NN1 reporter_NN1 ,_, said_VVD colleagues_NN2 had_VHD become_VVN worried_JJ on_II Saturday_NPD1 when_RRQ Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 did_VDD not_XX show_VVI up_RP for_IF his_APPGE shift_NN1 ._. 
The_AT police_NN2 found_VVD him_PPHO1 dead_JJ on_II Sunday_NPD1 morning_NNT1 when_RRQ they_PPHS2 searched_VVD his_APPGE ground-floor_JJ apartment_NN1 on_II Henry_NP1 Street_NNL1 in_II Carroll_NP1 Gardens_NN2 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 lived_VVD alone_RR ._. 
Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 's_GE radio_NN1 career_NN1 began_VVD when_RRQ he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ 16_MC and_CC talked_VVD his_APPGE way_NN1 into_II a_AT1 job_NN1 at_II a_AT1 daytime-only_JJ station_NN1 in_II Doylestown_NP1 ,_, Pa._NP1 ,_, near_RL where_CS he_PPHS1 grew_VVD up_RP ._. 
Before_CS he_PPHS1 came_VVD to_II New_NP1 York_NP1 ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD worked_VVN in_II Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 ,_, San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 and_CC Denver_NP1 ._. 
Mayor_NNB Michael_NP1 R._NP1 Bloomberg_NP1 said_VVD in_II a_AT1 statement_NN1 that_CST Mr._NNB Weber_NP1 had_VHD been_VBN "_" an_AT1 absolutely_RR central_JJ part_NN1 "_" of_IO the_AT mayor_NN1 's_VBZ Friday_NPD1 show_VV0 on_II WABC_NP1 ._. 
"_" George_NP1 called_VVD news_NN1 events_NN2 as_CSA he_PPHS1 saw_VVD them_PPHO2 with_IW little_DA1 regard_NN1 to_II party_NN1 politics_NN1 or_CC ideology_NN1 ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Bloomberg_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
Mr._NNB Katersky_NP1 said_VVD he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ shaken_VVN to_TO know_VVI that_CST the_AT man_NN1 to_II whom_PNQO he_PPHS1 had_VHD phoned_VVN in_II news_NN1 reports_NN2 of_IO all_DB kinds_NN2 ,_, including_II homicides_NN2 ,_, was_VBDZ dead_JJ ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 voice_NN1 you_PPY know_VV0 ,_, a_AT1 voice_NN1 you_PPY 're_VBR familiar_JJ with_IW ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" And_CC to_TO think_VVI that_CST that_DD1 voice_NN1 is_VBZ silenced_VVN is_VBZ very_RG strange_JJ ._. "_" 
