Angelle Tymon

Angelle Marie Tymon (born April 4, 1983 [cite web|url=http://www.peoplefinders.com/Summary.asp?ln=tymon&fn=angelle&dobmm=04&dobdd=04&doby=1983|title=PeopleFinder|accessdate=2007-08-02|publisher=PeopleFinder] , from Lutcher, Louisianacite web|url=http://gsn.com/playmania/host.php|title="PlayMania" Hosts|publisher=GSN|date=2007-06|accessdate=2007-06-14] ) is an American broadcast journalist and game show host. She served as one of the hosts on GSN's interactive game show "quiznation" in the PlayMania Block.

Tymon began her career as a communications student with a minor in dance at Louisiana State University. She performed as a member of the dance team for the NFL's New Orleans Saints for one year and the NBA's New Orleans Hornets for two years. [cite web|url=http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2002/11/04/CampusLife/Hornets.Choose.Five.Students.For.Dance.Team-2044066.shtml|title=Hornets choose five students for dance team|author=Adam Causey|date=2002-11-03|accessdate=2007-04-22|publisher=The Daily Reveille] In her junior year she transferred to California State University, Northridge as a broadcast journalism student.

While studying broadcast journalism at Cal State Northridge, she anchored, produced, wrote and edited for "Valley View News", the university's public television newscast. Tymon won a 2007 Edward R. Murrow regional award for feature reporting. She earned the reward for her work about Dimples karaoke bar, described as the first karaoke bar in the United States. Tymon did the reporting for KCSN-FM, the public radio station operated by Cal State Northridge. [cite web|url=http://valleynews.com/Northridge/Stories/News/General-News/Story~297679.aspx|title=Edward R. Murrow Awards given to KCSN-FM 88.5|author=Carmen Ramos|date=2007-04-20|accessdate=2007-04-22|publisher=Valleynews.com] The Society of Professional Journalists also recognized Tymon's work on the story.

In November 2006, she began working as an intern for "PlayMania". She worked several other positions for the network until she was promoted as an on-air host in April 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=1429|title=Overnight Spotlight for GSN’s Angelle Tymon|author=Alex Ben Block|date=2007-07-25|accessdate=2007-07-28|publisher=Hollywood Today] She hosted her first full show on April 22, 2007 and hosted until the program's end in October 2007.

Before joining "PlayMania", Tymon hosted the live auction television shows "Timeless Collections" and "Fine Arts".

As of late September 2008, Angelle is a traffic reporter for radio station WDGL in Baton Rouge, LA. In early October she will be working on a new television program in Baton Rouge.

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External links

* [http://www.angelletymon.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.gsn.com/playmania PlayMania Block official site]
* [http://www.nba.com/hornets/dance/Bio-Angelle.html NBA.com page]