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Dana Tyler on Channel 2 at 6p.m.

Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is an anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City. As of June 25, 2007 she and Jim Rosenfield will demote from the 11 p.m. newscast and reroute to the noon broadcast. She currently anchors the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news with Jim Rosenfield, and also hosts "CBS 2 at the Met," a weekly show airing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, every Sunday morning. Dana Tyler joined WCBS on July 16, 1990.

Tyler grew up in Worthington, Ohio, and attended Worthington High School. After graduating from Boston University, Tyler began her career at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio before moving to WCBS in 1990 as weekend anchor and reporter. She, along with the late Reggie Harris, 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.

Throughout her tenure at WCBS, she has worked along the most famous and some of the most legendary faces in New York City. She was the last anchor desk partner for WCBS' legendary anchorman, Jim Jensen. She has worked alongside other New York television legends such as Ernie Anastos, John Johnson, Michelle Marsh and Ira Joe Fisher. She also worked with WXYZ head anchor Stephen Clark. Tyler survived the Massacre of '96, where a large number of anchors, reporters, sports and weather people were given the ax. Johnson and Marsh signed off the 5 p.m. news saying "we'll see you at 11," only to be fired after the 6 p.m. newscast. Tyler has been lead anchor on and off since 1992.

Dana Tyler returned as the anchor WCBS's 11 p.m. newscast, in addition to her 6 p.m. duties, now 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 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.

Tyler is the girlfriend of musician Phil Collins. The pair met when Tyler interviewed him about Tarzan opening on Broadway in May 2006. [1]

She lives in Stamford, Connecticut.[1]


Notes

  1. ^ Costagregni, Susie, "Director grabs a coffee before daughter's wedding," "The Dish with susie" column in The Advocate of Stamford, June 24, 2006, page A2: "Stamford resident and WCBS-TV news anchor Dana Tyler ..."