7 On Your Side Newsteam Biographies - WSPA-TV

  • Anchors

  • With 38 years in broadcasting, native Carolinian Tom Crabtree is one of the best-known and most experienced television news anchors in the Carolinas. Tom co-anchors the 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 weeknight
    Tom co-anchors the 5, 6 and 11 weeknight newscasts on "7 On Your Side," WSPA-TV.

  • Interactive. That's the hallmark of Amy Wood's anchoring. And it's why she created TheRibbit blogsite. Amy co-anchors News Channel 7 at 5, 6 and 11, and solo-anchors the interactive "News Channel 7 at
    Amy co-anchors News Channel 7 at 5, 6 and 11, and solo-anchors the interactive "News Channel 7 at Ten on Your CW."

  • Fred Cunningham is the Daybreak and Noon Anchor for 7 On Your Side. He joined our morning news team in February, 2002. Fred has covered a variety of stories: from our occasional volatile weather, to consumer
    Fred Cunningham is the Daybreak and Noon Anchor for 7 On Your Side. He joined our morning news team in February, 2002.

  • Diane joined the WSPA team in October 2009 as a Daybreak co-anchor and 7 On Your Side Consumer reporter. Prior to WSPA, Diane most recently co-anchored the morning show at FOX23 News in Albany, NY, where
    Diane joined the WSPA team in October 2009 as a Daybreak co-anchor and 7 On Your Side Consumer reporter.

  • Gordon is an anchor and reporter with more than a decade of experience in the Upstate of South Carolina.  He joins WSPA as the Community Watchdog and weeknight anchor. Gordon has been honored for his
    Gordon is an anchor and reporter with more than a decade of experience in the Upstate of South Carolina.  He joins WSPA as the Community Watchdog and weeknight anchor.

  • Tracey grew up in Fredericksburg, Va. as the youngest of four siblings. Her brothers and sister quickly taught her to fight for her share (especially at the dinner table), which helped to drive her appetite
    Tracey joined the WSPA team in December 2011 as the Problem Solver Reporter, and Weekday Evening Anchor for the 5:30 and 7pm newscasts.

  • Shelby Coates is excited to call Spartanburg her new home. She joins the WSPA news team as a night side Reporter and weekend morning anchor. Originally from Tennessee, Shelby spent many weekends traveling
    Shelby Coates is excited to call Spartanburg her new home. She joins the WSPA news team as a night side Reporter and weekend morning anchor.

  • Laura Thomas anchors 7 On Your Side on weekend evenings. During the week, you can find her reporting on news of the day in the Upstate. Laura joined WSPA in June 2011 from Myrtle Beach, SC. While in the
    Laura Thomas anchors 7 On Your Side on weekend evenings. During the week, you can find her reporting on news of the day in the Upstate.

  • Reporters

  • This Georgia Girl is glad to be back in what she calls, the "real South"! Melissa Keeney left the beaches of Florida to come back close to home in the Upstate, and join the winning team at 7 On Your Side. For
    This Georgia Girl is glad to be back in what she calls, the "real South"! Melissa Keeney left the beaches of Florida to come back close to home in the Upstate, and join the winning team at 7 On Your Side.

  • Rachel Kent joined WSPA in November 2011 as a Greenville Bureau reporter. Rachel graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism. While at NYU Rachel fell in love with
    Rachel Kent joined WSPA in November 2011 as a Greenville Bureau reporter.

  • Robert Kittle is an award-winning reporter and photographer for WSPA, WBTW, WJBF, WSAV and WCBD's Columbia Bureau. He was named South Carolina Reporter of the Year for 2006 by the SC Broadcasters Association.
    Robert Kittle is an award-winning reporter and photographer for WSPA, WBTW, WJBF, WSAV and WCBD's Columbia Bureau.
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  • Sports

  • Pete Yanity lives for two things: The first is his wonderful family, the second is sports. Pete has been covering and anchoring sports for more than 20 years, and it's been both his hobby and passion all
    Pete Yanity lives for two things: The first is his wonderful family, the second is sports.

  • Todd Summers is the Weekend Sports Anchor and Weekday Sports Reporter for 7 On Your Side. Prior to joining the sports team at 7 On Your Side, Todd worked at WCYB-TV in Bristol, VA, WBIR-TV in Knoxville,
    Todd Summers is the Weekend Sports Anchor and Weekday Sports Reporter for 7 On Your Side. 

  • Storm Team 7 Team

  • Christy Henderson is the Chief Meteorologist for 7 On Your Side's Storm Team. She joined WSPA in 2003 and oversees all Storm Team 7 forecasts and on-air weather presentations. She can be seen on 7 On Your
    Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist.

  • Dan Bickford is the meteorologist for 7 On Your Side on weekends. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, and holds their "Certified Broadcast Meteorologist" designation. He served a term
    Storm Team 7 Weekend Evening Meteorologist.

  • Union County native Malachi Rodgers joins the WSPA Weather Team as the meteorologist for 7 on Your Side Daybreak and Noon. Malachi grew up in Jonesville, S.C., and is excited about his return home. As
    Storm Team 7 Noon Meteorologist.
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