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January 08, 2005

Tamala's moving on to Philadelphia

I'm sad to report that Tamala Edwards is moving to a local news post in Philadelphia, well out of reach of any New York cable network. On the bright side, it's probably the first step towards her return to a national news desk somewhere further down the road. Philly is a high ranking media market. Her time slot could be better, but beats 2AM:


Tamala Edwards, coanchor of ABC's overnight World News Now, will join WPVI's Action News as morning coanchor, the network confirms.

Edwards' ABC finale is tomorrow; she starts Jan. 25 at 'PVI, with Channel 6 reporter Matt O'Donnell as her coanchor.

'PVI's 5-to-7 a.m. newscast has been without permanent coanchors since Rick Williams and Monica Malpass moved to 5 p.m. in August.

"We are extremely proud of Tamala, and we couldn't be more thrilled that she's staying in the family," an ABC rep says. ABC and Channel 6 are both owned by Disney.

Edwards joined ABC in August 2001 as a White House correspondent. After a stint covering education, religion and culture for Peter Jennings' World News Tonight, she was named to Now in December '03.

She coanchors Now (seen from 2:35 to 4:30 a.m. here) with Ron Corning and goes solo on ABC World News This Morning (4:30 to 5 a.m.).

Georgia native Edwards was a correspondent for Time magazine from 1993 to '97 in New York, then Washington. She graduated from Stanford with a degree in international relations.

If you forget about her days at TIME, check out this piece of prose:


thanks and so long, but never goodbye
Tam_Edwards
Jan 06, 2005 11:19 PM

ah, you guys are quick and you've figured it out: I am indeed headed to Philly to become the new morning anchor at Action News, Channel Six, the ABC affiliate. It is an amazing opportunity: a chance to continue anchoring, great visibility and support, a powerhouse station with great respect, and a number of lifestyle benefits.

It was wonderful to be wooed and finally won over by the station. And it never would have happened, I believe, if it had not been for the time on WNN and WNTM. I have learned, grown, flourished, and enjoyed every moment. And key to this has been you guys. You are so loyal and involved I always I knew someone, and someone special at that, was out there in the middle of the night...

Life is long and this step opens up so many possibilities. Maybe I'll be a longtime Philly girl...or find my way to other great cities or back to a network or onto the international stage. Whatever it is, I feel great about the future...

I hope you'll keep up with me...check out the WPVI web broadcasts or something. And please do know this time in my life, and having you in it, has been very very special to me...I will miss you...

Much love....Tam

Interesting side note from the forum: Did you know she is 5'4" tall?

And every inch a work of art.

I am skeptical that WPVI actually has 5AM webcasts, but who knows.

Posted by Mike at January 8, 2005 06:46 AM

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