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Robin Meade
Birth Name:Robin Michelle Meade
Birth Date:April 21, 1969
Birth Place:New London, Ohio, U.S.
Relatives:Blake Shelton (fourth cousin)
Occupation:broadcaster, host, singer
Education:Ashland University
Malone University
Credits:Lead news anchor for Morning Express with Robin Meade on HLN

Robin Michelle Meade (born April 21, 1969) is an American former television news correspondent and singer. She was the lead news anchor for HLN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade. Meade was a former Miss Ohio and began her broadcasting career with local stations in Ohio. She joined HLN in 2001. She won a regional Emmy Award. Meade released country music albums in 2011 and 2013.

Early life

Meade grew up in New London, Ohio and graduated from New London High School.[1] She attended Malone University and Ashland University,[2] where she majored in radio/television production, programming and performance and minored in political science.[1] She graduated in 1991.

Career

In 1992, Meade became Miss Ohio,[3] and was a semi-finalist in the 1993 Miss America pageant.[4]

Meade began her career in broadcasting as a reporter at WMFD-TV in Mansfield, Ohio.[5] She then worked as an anchor and reporter at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio, and at WJW-TV in Cleveland.[6] Later, she got a job in Miami, Florida as the morning news anchor of WSVN-TV's Today in Florida and also served as the station's noon anchor and health reporter.[6]

She went on to work at NBC Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV where she started anchoring the morning newscasts and then co-anchored the weekend newscasts and also served as a general assignment correspondent for the station. During her tenure with the NBC affiliate, she covered the 1996 Olympics, which included special reporting on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.

She then joined HLN, then known as CNN Headline News. Meade anchored the network's coverage of Operation Enduring Freedom as well as that from Operation Iraqi Freedom in the spring of 2003. She was based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. Her first day on-air at HLN was September 11, 2001, the same day as the September 11 attacks.[7] Meade hosted Morning Express with Robin Meade on HLN on weekday mornings, along with Bob Van Dillen, Jennifer Westhoven, Melissa Knowles and Mike Galanos.

She wrote a book titled Morning Sunshine!: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too. It was released on September 10, 2009. She has referred to it as a "non-fiction / motivational / inspirational / how-to / autobiographical book." It debuted at No. 12 on the "Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous" section of the New York Times Best Seller list.[8]

In 2011, Meade was the moderator on the Oprah Winfrey Network show Ask Oprah's All Stars with Dr. Phil McGraw, Suze Orman and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

On June 21, 2011, Meade released a country music album titled Brand New Day. A single, "Dirty Laundry," was released to country radio. Meade was featured on the cover of the January/February 2011 issue of Making Music magazine and in an article about her experiences with recreational music. Meade sang the "Star Spangled Banner" as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-race activities for the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350, the 2012 Coke Zero 400 and the 2013 Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend.

On December 1, 2022, Meade and the entire HLN Atlanta team were laid off as part of CNN President Chris Licht's restructuring of the network. Meade's timeslot was replaced with a simulcast of CNN This Morning.[9]

Awards and honors

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
US CountryUS Heat
Brand New Day 5824
Count On Me
  • Release date: June 11, 2013
  • Label: Warner Music Group
5829

Singles

YearSingleAlbum
2011"Dirty Laundry"Brand New Day
2013"Get Up"Count On Me

Authored books

Personal life

Meade married Tim Yeager on November 6, 1993.

On June 6, 2017, Meade revealed that Blake Shelton is a distant cousin.[13] [14]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leggett. Steve. About Robin Meade. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084122/http://www.cmt.com/artists/robin-meade/biography/. dead. October 6, 2014. Country Music Television. Viacom. March 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Three players on the No. 1-ranked Ashland University women's basketball team did a live interview on HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade, a 1991 alumna of Ashland.. January 30, 2018. Ashland University. May 25, 2021. January 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130230701/https://news.ashland.edu/three-players-no-1-ranked-ashland-university-womens-basketball-team-did-live-interview-hlns-morning. bot: unknown.
  3. News: Mansfield woman new Miss Ohio. March 29, 2014. Toledo Blade. June 15, 1992. Associated Press.
  4. News: Florida woman crowned Miss America. March 29, 2014. The Day. September 20, 1992. Associated Press.
  5. News: CNN Newscaster Got Her Start At WMFD. March 29, 2014. WMFD-TV. May 10, 2005.
  6. Web site: Robin Meade. CNN. March 29, 2014.
  7. Robin Meade. RobinMeade . 112884102293766144 . What were u doing 9-11-01?It was my 1rst day on air @HLNTV. 10yrs later still difficult 2c tape from that horrible day. #GodBlessAmerica.
  8. Web site: Robin Meade's Morning Sunshine! a NY Times Best Seller - TVNewser . Mediabistro.com . September 26, 2009 . October 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100403035846/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/hln/robin_meades_morning_sunshine_a_ny_times_best_seller__136906.asp . April 3, 2010 .
  9. Web site: Ho . Rodney . Robin Meade, entire Atlanta HLN news operations nixed amid CNN layoffs . December 1, 2022 . Georgia Entertainment Scene Blog (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) . English.
  10. Web site: Top TV News Personalities . December 6, 2006 . Schatz . Aaron . September 16, 2002 . The Lycos 50 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061123103713/http://50.lycos.com/091602.asp . November 23, 2006.
  11. Web site: Hard News . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607053608/http://www.playboy.com/sex/features/newscasters/ . December 6, 2006 . . dead . June 7, 2011.
  12. News: CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Robin Meade . May 22, 2010.
  13. Web site: HLN's Robin Meade learns that Blake Shelton is her cousin . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/DPCYi3RLM_8 . December 22, 2021 . live. YouTube . June 6, 2017 . January 11, 2018.
  14. Robin Meade. RobinMeade . 872067176953499648 . I thought it was BS when they told me who my celebrity cousin is, & it WAS! @BlakeShelton! #OurJourneysHome https://t.co/ONO6tRSK8C . June 6, 2017 . January 11, 2018.