Tara Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Hampton Roads, Virginia Metropolitan Area

Co-Host of The Hampton Roads Show, the number one lifestyle show in the market.

Columbus, Mississippi, United States

Co-Anchor of WCBI "Sunrise" weekday mornings from 4:30am-8am, anchor/producer of WCBI "Midday" weekdays at noon. Responsible for booking guests from a wide variety of entities and spearheading stories that matter to military families.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Leader of the most attended dance fitness class at ACAC. Introduced Dance Fusion as a brand new program at ACAC and within just a few months it grew to a class filled to capacity. Tasked with mentoring future Dance Fusion instructors and creating workshops to train other dance fitness instructors on the technique.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

AP award-winning Prime Time evening anchor for CBS19 News in Charlottesville. Anchored the 5, 6, and 11pm weeknight newscasts as well as produced the 11pm newscast. Responsible for editing, writing, and generating new content in a demanding market where breaking national news occurred regularly. Also enjoyed mentoring young reporters and anchors just starting their careers.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

In-arena host at every University of Virginia home football and men's basketball games, tasked with thinking on my feet conducting live contests with unpredictable fans in front of sold-out crowds of thousands, to include the 2019 NCAA National Champions.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

Co-Host of the FOX 21/27 Morning News. Responsible for booking and conducting live interviews involving animals, celebrities, local leaders, and a wide variety of in-studio guests, cooking segments in a studio kitchen, generating interactive content and features on topics ranging from science, to school to style. Represented our station by singing the National Anthem at professional baseball games, competing in and winning a local “Dancing with the Stars” event, hosting charity fashion shows, and everything in between.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Co-anchor of the award-winning, fast-paced WAHU FOX27 News at 10; a program the Virginia Association of Broadcasters named the "Most Outstanding Newscast" in the state, launched an entertainment-based nightly magazine show that changed the face of entertainment news in the market, fostered relationships with public relations persons to book my own guests to perform in-studio (from local budding artists to Grammy-winning rockers), created entertainment and human interest features for various newscasts, reported live from major local entertainment events, produced and hosted a weekly style segment, interacted with viewers through penning a popular webchannel blog and an expanding social media presence.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Reporter- as the fan reporter for every home Redskins NFL football game, I was in the thick of the tailgating fans producing energetic, creative, and memorable features for live reports pre-game, and also conducting locker room interviews with NFL players in various emotional states post-game.

Spokesperson for the Miss Virginia Scholarship Organization and the Children’s Miracle Network, traveled over 4,000 miles a month to hundreds of public speaking engagements, including entertaining at and hosting events, live and taped interviews and promos, and community service projects as a Miss America state title holder. Named an Quality of Life finalist at Miss America 2009.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Honorably discharged from the Air Force Reserves. Received an AFROTC scholarship, ranked in top 1/3 at officer Field Training. In charge of training, commanding, motivating, and developing new cadets. Four years of leadership training in various stressful and complex situations.