Toni Yates
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Toni Yates (born November 1962) is an American news reporter and anchorwoman who currently works for WABC-TV as their New Jersey reporter.
Yates—a graduate of Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, and Florida State University—started her career in news in Savannah, Georgia, first at WTOC-TV and then at WSAV-TV.[1] In 1986,[2] she joined the staff of WTLV in Jacksonville as weekend anchor; she departed WTLV in 1987 when she got married and moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia.[3] While in Virginia, she was the communications director for the local chapter of the March of Dimes. After three years in Virginia, she returned to Jacksonville in 1990 to be a weekend anchor at WJXT.[2] She departed a year later in order to be closer to her husband, Arthur Fennell, then an anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.[4]
After a year as a night news reporter for WGAL-TV in nearby Lancaster,[5] she was hired as reporter for the startup Inquirer News Tonight newscast aired by WPHL-TV in Philadelphia.[6] Yates also served as weekend anchor until 1995, when she was promoted to the weeknight newscasts.[7] When WPHL-TV assumed control of the newscast at the end of 1996, it went to a single-anchor format and moved Yates back to weekends.[8]
Yates and Fennell amicably divorced in 1998 after having two daughters.[9] Yates later had a third child[1] after marrying Philadelphia firefighter Chuck Harvey.[10]
Yates worked for WPHL-TV until December 31, 2004, after which she exited when contract renewal talks failed.[10] In July 2006, she was hired as New Jersey reporter for WABC-TV;[11] she had been living in New Jersey since her time at WGAL.[12]
References
- 1 2 "Toni Yates". WABC. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- 1 2 "TV-4 names new weekend co-anchors". Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. May 15, 1990. p. E-2. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via GenealogyBank.com.
- ↑ McAlister, Nancy (December 2, 1987). "New TV channel to start mid-December". The Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. p. D-3. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via GenealogyBank.com.
- ↑ McAlister, Nancy (June 29, 1991). "Godbold, Hazouri and Austin all on tube this week". Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. p. D-6. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via GenealogyBank.com.
- ↑ Fox, Barry (April 23, 1993). "Floridian to join WGAL-TV team". The Patriot-News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. p. C11. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Mendoza, Manuel (August 13, 1994). "Kitsch nostalgia spreads with Snyder's return". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. D12. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ de la Viña, Mark (October 26, 1995). "'Inquirer News' weighs new anchors". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 39. Retrieved January 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Shister, Gail (December 28, 1996). "'Inquirer News' will end sooner than expected". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D8. Retrieved January 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Shister, Gail (April 3, 2000). "For ex-spouses on anchor desk, the only battle is for ratings". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. C8. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Shister, Gail (January 6, 2005). "Jon Stewart's right: Cool-off at 'Crossfire'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. pp. D1, D8. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Huff, Richard (July 21, 2006). "Brush with death shows the danger of a risky business". Daily News. New York, New York. pp. 114, 115. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Snyder, Beth (May 25, 1993). "Local bands don't automatically make local airwaves". York Daily Record. York, Pennsylvania. p. 1D. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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