Dana Tyler Biography
Dana Tyler is a news anchor and reporter for New York City’s WCBS-TV, where she anchors the 6 PM newscast for the network. Furthermore, Tyler hosts a half-hour weekly community relations show for WCBS, Eye on New York, as well as several annual local specials: CBS 2 at Tony’s, CBS 2 at the Met, and Tunnel to Towers Race. On July 16, 1990, Tyler first joined WCBS as a weekend anchor and a reporter.
Dana Tyler Age
Tyler was born on November 24, 1958, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US. She is 64 years old as of 2023.
Dana Tyler Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet and 6 inches which is approximately 1.8 m.
Dana Tyler Parents
Details about her parents are not available and it is also not known if she has any siblings. However, it is known that shortly after her birth, her father moved their family to Worthington Ohio to increase his work chances.
Dana Tyler Husband
She started dating the musician Phil Collins in mid-2006. The two were very secretive, and just 4 years after they started dating, the relationship was confirmed.
She was said to be dumbstruck after eight years of dating when Collins revealed he would leave her to return to his ex-wife, Orianne Cevey. About a year before Collins met Tyler, he had divorced him.
Currently, Dana is single since her divorce and there is no news of her dating.
Dana Tyler Children
There are no reports of her having any children at the moment. We shall update the information as soon as it is available.
Phil Collins Ex-wife|Orianne Cevey
In February, Cevey, who was the third wife of Collins, told a Swiss newspaper that the couple wanted to remarry and that “our split was the wrong decision.”
Before separating in 2006 and divorcing in 2008, the two were married for 9 years. Together, they have two sons, Nicholas and Matthew.
Dana Tyler Education
She spent her educational life at Thomas Worthington High School and was well-known for her school newsletter work. Her school teachers were quoted as saying that they knew she would go far, even back then, as they could see the drive in her eyes.
She earned a scholarship to Boston University to study broadcast journalism after graduating from high school. During this time, as she found them funny, she also took some acting lessons during her time there.
She describes her race as being half African American. She is a staunch advocate of all races of equal treatment.
Dana Tyler Career|CBS
Tyler started her career at WCOL-FM in Columbus in the early 1980s. She joined the CBS affiliate of the area, WBNS-TV, as a reporter in May 1981, and became a co-anchor of the evening newscasts of the station in 1986. Tyler then moved to New York and became a weekend anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV in June 1990.
Along with Reggie Harris, she was part of the New York market’s first African-American team to anchor a newscast. She moved easily until she started anchoring 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. news in 1993. At WCBS-TV, Tyler worked with some of New York City’s better-known television news anchors.
Jim Jensen, Brian Williams, Ernie Anastos, John Johnson, Michele Marsh, Ira Joe Fisher, and Roz Abrams are among the anchoring partners for Tyler. She also collaborated with Stephen Clark, Chris Wragge, and Don Dahler.
In November 1996, when most of the station’s on-air personalities, including Marsh, Johnson, and Harris, were fired, Tyler stayed in her post despite a significant staff reduction.
Tyler returned to WCBS as the anchor at 11 p.m. Newscast, except her 6 p.m. On April 17, 2006, both with Jim Rosenfield, as part of an anchor shakeup where no one remained in their old capacity.
She replaced veteran WABC-TV anchor Roz Abrams, who had replaced her a few years earlier (Abrams switched to the newscasts at noon and 5 pm, but is no longer with the station), only to be replaced by Kristine Johnson again in 2007.
Dana Tyler Absence on Air
Behind the disappearance of Dana Tyler, the beloved WCBS/Ch., was a pop star, Phil Collins. After the “Invisible Touch” singer, her long-time, live-in partner, dumped the local news goddess to reconnect with his ex-wife, Orianne Cevey, an anchor who has been off the air after nursing a broken heart.
“Dana’s been trying to put her life back together,” Confidenti@l told a source close to Tyler. “For about 10 years, she and Phil were a pair, and then he pulled the rug out from under her.”
After the break, Tyler took time off for the first time, and when viewers began to wonder where she was, she posted a short Facebook message.
“Some of you have noted that for the past few nights, I have not been anchoring the 6 p.m. news,” Tyler wrote on Feb. 9. “I’m taking some time off and will return soon. When I get back, I look forward to seeing you.”
Tyler tells Confidenti@l, “For personal reasons, I have taken the last three months off and I look forward to returning to WCBS-TV within the next month.”
Dana Tyler Salary
She receives more than $60, 000 a year from the current news network, according to some reports. In addition, by participating as a mentor on TV and radio shows, she could also earn a respectable amount.
Dana Tyler Net Worth
For more than three decades, Dana has been employed in the media industry, gaining herself a good reputation. It’s clear that she was able to save enough money to help the future. Her net worth is about $2 million.
Dana Tyler Stamford
Tyler lives in Stamford. A city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the second-most populous city in Fairfield County with a population of 122,643 at the 2010 census, and 129,638 in 2019. Stamford is the third-largest city by population in Connecticut (behind Bridgeport and New Haven).
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