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{{Short description|American television news anchor reporter and real estate agent}}
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'''Sharon Tay''' (born October 15th) is an American real estate agent with The Altman Brothers Team at Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Her territory covers the Greater [[Los Angeles]] area and surrounding communities. Before becoming a realtor she was a News Journalist. Her work included being the Host of two programs on the MSNBC network and formerly anchoring the KTLA Morning Show in the late 90s to mid-2000s. She also anchored highly-rated news programs on KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles before leaving the business in 2020 after 27 years in the broadcast journalism industry.<ref name="Sharon">[http://cbs2.com/bios/Sharon.Tay.CBS.9.489793.html KCBS/KCAL >> Sharon Tay Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113014834/http://cbs2.com/bios/Sharon.Tay.CBS.9.489793.html |date=2008-01-13 }}. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.</ref><ref name="Tay">[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6800200 NBC News launches two new entertainment shows]. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.</ref>
'''Sharon Tay''' (born October 15) is a retired American television news anchor reporter. She was anchor of the ''[[KTLA Morning News]]'' and with [[KCBS-TV]]/[[KCAL-TV]], and did entertainment news reporting with [[MSNBC]].<ref name="Sharon">[http://cbs2.com/bios/Sharon.Tay.CBS.9.489793.html KCBS/KCAL >> Sharon Tay Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113014834/http://cbs2.com/bios/Sharon.Tay.CBS.9.489793.html |date=2008-01-13 }}. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.</ref><ref name="Tay">[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6800200 NBC News launches two new entertainment shows]. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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==Career==
==Career==
Tay's first television news job was at a small cable news company in [[Boston]], where she anchored, wrote, and produced a weekend news program. In 1993, KMST-TV, now [[KION-TV|KION]] in [[Salinas, California]], hired her as a general assignment reporter/consumer investigative reporter. Soon thereafter, [[Tribune Broadcasting]] recruited Tay for its [[KTLA|KTLA-5 Los Angeles]] staff as a general assignment reporter. She went on to become a weekend anchor and, ultimately, an anchor for the early morning edition of the news.<ref name=Sharon/>
Tay's first television news job was at a small cable news company in [[Boston]], where she anchored, wrote, and produced a weekend news program. In 1993, KMST-TV, now [[KION-TV|KION]] in [[Salinas, California]], hired her as a general assignment reporter/consumer investigative reporter. [[Tribune Broadcasting]] then recruited Tay as a general assignment reporter for [[KTLA]]. She went on to become a weekend anchor and then was promoted to anchoring the early portion of the ''[[KTLA Morning News]]''.<ref name=Sharon/>


Tay left [[KTLA]] in December 2004 to host two shows at [[MSNBC]]. She co-hosted two entertainment shows on the network, "MSNBC at the Movies" and "MSNBC Entertainment Hot List".<ref name=Tay/> Tay subsequently returned to Los Angeles local news to anchor and report for [[KCBS-TV|CBS 2]] and [[KCAL 9|KCAL9]], the #1 prime newscast in the Los Angeles market.<ref name=Sharon/> In November 2013, Tay was moved to KCBS-TV's morning newscast from 4:30-7:00&nbsp;a.m. and the midday news from 11:00-11:30.m. In October 2018 Tay moved to KCAL9's highly rated 4pm and 9pm newscasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BphWh3Glgpr/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/sharontay888/1900899601659333227 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=Sharon Tay on Instagram: "For most of my 25 year broadcast career here in Los Angeles I've been anchoring morning news. Well starting tonight .. "that" will change...."|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-07 |title=Sharon Tay, Rick Garcia And Evelyn Taft Will Move From Nights On KCAL9 To Mornings On CBS2 - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/sharon-tay-rick-garcia-and-evelyn-taft-will-move-from-nights-on-kcal9-to-mornings-on-cbs2/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Tay then departed KTLA in 2004 for [[MSNBC]], where she hosted entertainment features and weekend programming, including ''MSNBC at the Movies'' and the ''Entertainment Hot List''.<ref name=Tay/> Tay subsequently returned to Los Angeles local news to anchor and report for [[KCBS-TV]]/[[KCAL-TV]], including the latter's primetime newscast.<ref name=Sharon/> In November 2013, Tay began to anchor the KCBS-TV morning and midday newscasts, then returned to KCAL's 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BphWh3Glgpr/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/sharontay888/1900899601659333227 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=Sharon Tay on Instagram: "For most of my 25 year broadcast career here in Los Angeles I've been anchoring morning news. Well starting tonight .. "that" will change...."|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-07 |title=Sharon Tay, Rick Garcia And Evelyn Taft Will Move From Nights On KCAL9 To Mornings On CBS2 - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/sharon-tay-rick-garcia-and-evelyn-taft-will-move-from-nights-on-kcal9-to-mornings-on-cbs2/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


On May 27, 2020, KCBS let Tay go. The cuts were part of a company-wide cost-cutting that comes nearly six months after the merger of Viacom and CBS, a corporate union that executives said would bring $750 million in savings.<ref> {{Cite web|last=James|first=Meg|date=2020-05-27|title=KCBS lays off anchors Jeff Michael, Sandra Mitchell and weatherman Garth Kemp|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-05-27/kcbs-anchors-jeff-michael-garth-kemp-sharon-tay-layoffs|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} </ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=2020-08-28 |title=Ex-Anchor Jeff Michael Sues CBS Over Layoff |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jeff-michael-cbs-lawsuit-layoff-1234752568/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
On May 27, 2020, she departed CBS Los Angeles as part of COVID-era cuts and attrition at the stations after the close of the [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom]].<ref> {{Cite web|last=James|first=Meg|date=2020-05-27|title=KCBS lays off anchors Jeff Michael, Sandra Mitchell and weatherman Garth Kemp|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-05-27/kcbs-anchors-jeff-michael-garth-kemp-sharon-tay-layoffs|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} </ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=2020-08-28 |title=Ex-Anchor Jeff Michael Sues CBS Over Layoff |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jeff-michael-cbs-lawsuit-layoff-1234752568/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>


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==External links==
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*[https://www.sharontayre.com KCBS-TV bi]
*[https://www.sharontayre.com Personal website]


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Sharon Tay
BornOctober 15
Singapore
EducationBoston University
Occupation(s)Anchor/reporter (1986–2020)
Real estate agent (2020–present)
Employer(s)BNN (1986–1992)
KMST-TV (1992)
KTLA-TV (1992–2004)
MSNBC (2005)
KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV (2007–2020)
AwardsEmmy Award (5 times)
Associated Press Award (3 times)[1]

Sharon Tay (born October 15) is a retired American television news anchor reporter. She was anchor of the KTLA Morning News and with KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV, and did entertainment news reporting with MSNBC.[2][3]

Early life and education

Tay was born in Singapore and immigrated to the United States at the age of seven. Her family settled in Connecticut for several years before relocating to the Philippines. She spent her sophomore year at the International School Manila and then returned to the United States to complete her high-school education at a boarding school in Massachusetts. Tay attended Boston University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism, with a minor in International Relations.[2]

Career

Tay's first television news job was at a small cable news company in Boston, where she anchored, wrote, and produced a weekend news program. In 1993, KMST-TV, now KION in Salinas, California, hired her as a general assignment reporter/consumer investigative reporter. Tribune Broadcasting then recruited Tay as a general assignment reporter for KTLA. She went on to become a weekend anchor and then was promoted to anchoring the early portion of the KTLA Morning News.[2]

Tay then departed KTLA in 2004 for MSNBC, where she hosted entertainment features and weekend programming, including MSNBC at the Movies and the Entertainment Hot List.[3] Tay subsequently returned to Los Angeles local news to anchor and report for KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV, including the latter's primetime newscast.[2] In November 2013, Tay began to anchor the KCBS-TV morning and midday newscasts, then returned to KCAL's 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts in October 2018.[4][5]

On May 27, 2020, she departed CBS Los Angeles as part of COVID-era cuts and attrition at the stations after the close of the 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom.[6] [7]

References

  1. ^ "Sharon Tay – CBS Los Angeles". Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d KCBS/KCAL >> Sharon Tay Bio Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.
  3. ^ a b NBC News launches two new entertainment shows. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.
  4. ^ "Sharon Tay on Instagram: "For most of my 25 year broadcast career here in Los Angeles I've been anchoring morning news. Well starting tonight .. "that" will change...."". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  5. ^ "Sharon Tay, Rick Garcia And Evelyn Taft Will Move From Nights On KCAL9 To Mornings On CBS2 - CBS Los Angeles". www.cbsnews.com. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  6. ^ James, Meg (2020-05-27). "KCBS lays off anchors Jeff Michael, Sandra Mitchell and weatherman Garth Kemp". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ Maddaus, Gene (2020-08-28). "Ex-Anchor Jeff Michael Sues CBS Over Layoff". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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