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Tanya McRae
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Anchor, Host and Multimedia Journalist, Spectrum News 1 SoCal
Los Angeles
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Tanya graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA degree from the Annenberg School of Communication. She began her career in television on the assignment desks at ABC “World News Tonight” and “Nightline” in New York. Then she worked at the local WPIX station then onto one of many shows she would produce for Lifetime Television, the talk show “New Attitudes”. After a visit to California, Tanya fell in love with the year round sunshine and accepted a position as the host and producer of the award winning Time Warner Cable community affairs program in Los Angeles, “In Hot Pursuit: South Bay’s Most Wanted”. Tanya went on to become a field producer and director, and spent the next decade working on docu-series, reality, lifestyle, travel, newsmagazine and talk shows. Some of her favorites were “The World’s Best” on Travel Channel, “Truth” on MTV, the “Leeza” and “Vibe” talk shows, “Girls Behaving Badly” for Oxygen (where she produced segments for Chelsea Handler,) and “Channel One News” where she worked closely with young reporters like Maria Menounos, Gotham Chopra, Laura Ling, and Errol Barnett – all of whom have made it big since then! In 2005 Tanya decided to return to her news roots and moved to Palm Springs, CA to work as a reporter and fill-in anchor for the NBC affiliate, KMIR 6. Over the course of three years Tanya received two Emmy Award nominations for her stories, and became the lead reporter on breaking news, human interest stories and an education series. She was often asked to be the Mistress of Ceremonies at local parades, and Emcee conferences for organizations such as Palm Springs Women in Film & Television and the Women’s Leader Forum. Tanya established Amazonia Productions in 2008 and launched the syndicated lifestyle television show, “Spotlight On The Desert”. She was the Executive Producer and Host, and gave viewers an inside look at the amazing historical locations, resorts, restaurants, art galleries and events in the Palm Springs area. It aired nationally on DIRECTV and locally on Time Warner Cable. She returned to Los Angeles in 2010 to produce popular shows like “The Millionaire Matchmaker” on Bravo, “Bring It” on Lifetime, and “For Peete’s Sake" on OWN. In 2015 Tanya received a Daytime Emmy Award as Senior Producer for the OWN series “Home Made Simple” in the Outstanding Lifestyle Program category. In 2018 Tanya returned to her news roots and as a reporter and multi media journalist for Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles. She was promoted to Anchor and Host of the award winning public affairs program "In Focus SoCal" in 2020.
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Spectrum News 1 SoCal
Los Angeles, California, United States
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