Pete Yanity lives for two things: his wonderful family and covering sports.
Pete has been anchoring and covering sports for more than 35 years, and it’s been both his hobby and passion all of his life. Pete said the passion and the job become one and the same at 7NEWS.
He’s been the sports director and main anchor for the 7NEWS Sports Team since arriving at WSPA-TV in October 1990.
He can be seen on 7NEWS at 6, 7, 10, and 11 p.m.
Additionally, he does extensive TV play-by-play assignments for Clemson, the ACC, the Southern Conference and other entities for games seen on the Nexstar Network, CBS Sports Network, ESPN3, and Fox Sports/Regional (now Bally Sports), among other outlets.
Pete served as the radio play-by-play voice of the Clemson Tigers for football and men’s basketball from 2003 through 2014 in addition to hosting the coaches’ TV shows for those sports. In 2017, he returned to the television shows as host and producer.
Among his other work, he was the sideline reporter on the Carolina Panthers preseason TV Network from 2001-2013.
For 12 years, he was the host for Wofford College’s football coach’s TV show and was inducted into the Spartanburg school’s Athletic Hall Of Fame as an Honorary Letterman in 2002.
Among other assignments, he’s filed reports for Raycom Sports’ ACC Football Pregame show.
Through the years, Pete has covered events ranging from the World Series and Super Bowl to The Masters and Daytona 500 as well as major college sports and high school sports.
He’s produced numerous specials and is host and produces 7NEWS’ popular High School Red Zone each fall, and hour-long program that airs on both WSPA-TV and The CW62.
In 2012, he was honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association as a Master Broadcaster, a lifetime achievement award presented by the organization.
He’s a past recipient of many other honors including the South Carolina Sportscaster of the Year by The National Association of Sportswriters and Sportscasters, the Associated Press in the Television/Best Sportscast category, the South Carolina Football Coaches Association with its annual honor for distinction in covering high school football in the state, and with the 1998 James “Slick” Moore Award for Community Athletic Involvement.
He’s served as spokesman for 7 News’ One for the Community campaign and is one of the station’s annual emcees for the March Of Dimes March For Babies event.
A native of Ridgefield, Conn., Pete previously served as sports director at 7NEWS’ sister station, WBTW TV-13 in Florence, S.C., from March 1987 to October 1990, where he had also worked as assistant sports director and weekend sports anchor from August 1985 until March 1986.
Between his stints at WBTW, Pete was the sports director for WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, W.Va.
He’s a 1985 graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Last, but definitely not least, the most important thing in Pete’s life is his family. He and his wife Kelly have two children: Paige and Trey. Most of his time outside of work is spent with them, enjoying his life as a loving husband, father and family man.
