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Dana Tyler
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Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is an anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City. 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 was also known to be the first African American team in the New York Market along with the late Reggie Harris 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)
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]