Tisha Powell Abc11, Bio, Wiki, Age, Mother, Husband, Salary, and Net Worth

Tisha Powell Bio | Wiki

Tisha Powell is an American award-winning journalist currently working as a news anchor and reporter for ABC11, WTVD in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, United States. She reports special issues on Health, Military, and Non-profit organizations. Moreover, Tisha anchors at 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 10:00 pm, and 11:00 pm newscasts.

Previously, she worked as a news anchor and reporter for News 9 in San Antonio, Texas. There, Tisha was entrusted to do as many as 20 live reports in short periods of time as well as training and advising juniors reporters.

Tisha Powell Age | Birthday

She was born on June 2 in Louisiana, United States. Tisha is around 49 years old and celebrates her birthday every year on the 2nd of June with family and friends.

Tisha Powell Height

She appears to be a woman of above-average stature as drawn from her images. Tisha is tall and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (approx. 1.7 m).

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Tisha Powell Family | Mother

She was born to his parents and raised in Louisiana, United States. Her mother passed away in 2019 of heart failure and Tisha admits that she didn’t make it home in time to spend those last moments with her. However, there is no detailed information about his parents or siblings and we will therefore update you as soon as possible.

Tisha Powell Husband

She is happily married to her wonderful Army husband, Colonel James Wayne. Moreover, the couple is blessed with two beautiful daughters, Nina and Eva, who were born on the same day 12 years apart.

Tisha Powell College

She graduated in 1996 from Loyola University New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication majoring in broadcast news and minored in political science.

Tisha Powell Wtvd | News Anchor | Abc11

She is currently working as a co-anchor for Abc 11 Eyewitness News Every weeknight at 5, 6, and 11 pm with Steve Daniels as well as 10 pm on CW22. Tisha has covered major stories including, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina, the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia, the Carolina Panther’s trip to Super Bowl 50. In addition, she interviewed influential people like First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. Prior to joining ABC News in 2004, Tisha worked as a news anchor and reporter for News 9 in San Antonio, Texas from 2002 to 2004.

Before that, she worked as a reporter for KABB in San Antonio from 2000 to 2002. While at KABB, Tisha covered the escape of the Texas Seven and the Spurs 2003 NBA Championship. She began her career in 1996 working as a reporter for WCBI-T in Columbus, Mississippi until 1997 when she moved to WDSU in New Orleans to work there as a reporter. While there, Tisha covered Hurricane Mitch in Honduras.

Some of Tisha’s Colleagues at ABC 11 Includes:

Barbara Gibbs             –        Anchor

Michael Perchick      –    Reporter

Akilah Davis              –    Race and Culture Reporter

Elaina Athans            –     General Assignment Reporter

Andrea Blanford       –     Anchor and Reporter

Tisha Powell Weight Loss

She is a nightly anchor and a chief investigator for the Eyewitness News Health and Fitness Report. Tisha advises people that they should not put the holidays before their health as she stated that many Americans consume as many as 6,000 calories on Thanksgiving Day which is three times more than what’s recommended daily. Moreover, she noted that many people overeat during the holiday season and then hit the gym in January, but for some, the holidays are a good reason to lose weight.

Tisha Powell Salary

She is working for ABC 11 and there is no doubt, therefore, that she earns a satisfactory salary. Tisha takes home an average salary of $ 87,562.

Tisha Powell Net Worth

She is an excellent television journalist who has been working for over two decades. She has accumulated quite an impressive fortune over the years from her journalism career. Tisha has an estimated net worth of $ 2.3 million.

Who Will Replace Tisha Powell

Not known yet. She is planning to live the work from ABC 11 station after 16 years with the station and start working on her family at the home. Tisha arrived at WTVD in 2004 and started anchoring duties right away, announced at the end of April that she is leaving journalism and her last day was June 30.

Who is Tisha Powell Married To

Dr. James Wayne, an army. Tisha met her husband when he was the second lieutenant in Louisiana and the pair got married in 1998. James wanted to make a difference as an army doctor and now he is planning to retire from the army but continue to work as a full-time physician. In addition, she has really enjoyed the wild ride that is part of being a military spouse for more than 20 years. James is currently working as a pediatric UNC physician and Army Reservist

How Old Is Tisha Powell

She is around 49 years old. However, information about her age is not available, and therefore, it is difficult to tell her exact year of birth.

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