Dana Tyler, a mainstay of WCBS-TV’s evening newscasts for decades, will quit her job as daily anchor later this month, according to reports.
Tyler, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who co-anchors the 6pm newscast on New York City’s Channel 2 with Dick Brennan, is stepping down from his chair at the station after 34 years.
Brennan, who has been with the department since 2012, will also be replaced at 6 p.m.
Maurice Dubois and Kristin Johnson, who co-anchor the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts, will expand their broadcast time to 6:30 p.m.
Tyler, the longest-serving anchor in the network’s history, will contribute articles and interviews to the channel’s terrestrial broadcast and streaming platforms, according to an internal memo circulated by the network.
Memo news is Newsday first reported.
The newspaper has reached out to Tyler and the department for comment.
Tyler, 65, joined WCBS-TV in 1990 after moving from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, where he worked as a reporter and anchor at local station WBNS/10.
She is the great-granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Tyler, who was the first black person to be certified as a correspondent during World War I and later became Assistant U.S. Postmaster General (the highest-ranking black official in the United States). the federal government at the time.
On February 26, 1993, Dana Tyler appeared on the air for five consecutive hours, anchoring the station’s coverage of the World Trade Center underground bombing.
Channel 2 was the only local station to have its newscasters cover the attack, as competitors NBC and ABC affiliates were unable to broadcast due to a collapsed transmitter in the World Trade Center’s north tower. Ta.
WCBS-TV’s transmitter was located on the roof of the Empire State Building.
In 2016, Tyler took a several-month hiatus after her split from former Genesis rocker Phil Collins became public.
According to reports, Collins abruptly ended his 10-year romance with Tyler in order to reconcile with ex-wife Orianne Seavey.
collins and seavey We broke up again in 2020 and she married Thomas Bates.
In 2022, Seavey demanded $20 million from his ex-girlfriend after Collins sold the sprawling Miami Beach waterfront property they once shared.
