Tina Tyus-Shaw (born in Griffin, Georgia) has been a television news anchor and journalist at

WSAV-TV WSAV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Savannah, Georgia, United States, affiliated with NBC, The CW Plus, and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on East Victory Drive/US 80/ SR 26 in Savannah's Live ...

in Savannah, Georgia for more than 30 years. Tina wanted to be a television broadcaster at an early age, and graduated from Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech, Communication and Theater. She worked a series of radio and television jobs in

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...

; North Carolina; and Columbus, Georgia, before settling in Savannah in 1992. She started working for

in April of that year as a weekend news anchor but within just three years had made it to the main anchor position on the nightly news at 6 and 11. In 1996 she was chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Savannah. This continued an Olympic tradition in Tina's family. Her aunt

Wyomia Tyus Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: ''why-o-mi''; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser ...

was a three-time gold medalist in 1964 and 1968. She is best known to viewers as a champion for breast cancer survivors. Her popular ''Buddy Check 3'' reminds women and men to do regular breast self exams each month. Tina is married and has four children. She contributed to the 2016 book ''Shift Happens: Inspirational Stories on Finding Happiness, Achieving Success and Overcoming Obstacles'' about her experienced with miscarriage.

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