Dana Tyler

Dana Tyler
Born	November 24, 1958 (1958-11-24) (age 52) Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States
Occupation	Journalist
Notable credit(s)	6 and 11 pm Co-anchor for WCBS-TV (1990-present).

Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is a senior news anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City. She currently^[when?] anchors the 6 pm newscasts with Chris Wragge, and also hosts Eye on New York, a half-hour weekly community affairs program for WCBS, as well as annual local specials CBS 2 at Tony's, CBS 2 at the Met and Tunnel to Towers Run. Tyler first joined WCBS as a weekend anchor and a reporter on July 16, 1990.

Life and career

Tyler grew up in Worthington, Ohio, and attended Worthington High School. After graduating from Boston University, she began her career at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio before moving to WCBS in 1990 as weekend anchor and reporter. Along with the late Reggie Harris, she was also known to be part of the first African American team in the New York market to anchor a newscast. She quickly moved up to the weekday newscasts.

At WCBS, Tyler has worked alongside some of the best known television news anchors in New York City. She was the last anchor desk partner for WCBS' anchorman, Jim Jensen and has worked alongside Brian Williams, Ernie Anastos, John Johnson, Michele Marsh, Ira Joe Fisher, and Roz Abrams. She also worked with WXYZ head anchor Stephen Clark. Tyler remained in post in 1996 when a large number of anchors, reporters, sports and weather people were fired. Johnson and Marsh signed off the 5 pm news by saying we'll see you at 11 only to be made redundant after the 6 pm newscast. Tyler has been lead anchor on and off since 1992. In 2000, she guest starred as herself on Everybody Loves Raymond where they played a clip of Robert Barone being chased by a bull in the episode, Robert's Rodeo.

Dana Tyler returned as the anchor WCBS's 11 pm newscast, in addition to her 6 pm duties, both alongside Jim Rosenfield, on April 17, 2006 as part of a shakeup in anchors where no one stayed in their old capacity. She replaced veteran WABC-TV anchor Roz Abrams who had replaced her a few years back (Roz moved to the noon and 5pm newscasts, but is no longer at the station) only to be replaced again in 2007 by Kristine Johnson.^[1]

She lives in Stamford, Connecticut.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ch. 2 lifts anchors for new shifts, New York Daily News, 22 June 2007
2. ^ Costagregni, Susie, "Director grabs a coffee before daughter's wedding: Stamford resident and WCBS-TV news anchor Dana Tyler," The Dish with Susie, in The Advocate of Stamford, June 24, 2006.

External links

• CBS New York Bio
• Dana Tyler article in The New York Observer

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Name	Tyler, Dana
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Date of birth	November 24, 1958
Place of birth	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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