Cecily Tynan
Born	March 19, 1969 (1969-03-19) (age 40) Connecticut, USA
Education	B.A.
Occupation	Television journalist
Title	Newscaster
Spouse(s)	Greg Watson
Children	Luke, Emma Grace
Salary	$700,000/annually
Notable credit(s)	Action News

Cecily Tynan (born March 19, 1969) is an American television reporter who has been with WPVI-TV since 1995. Currently, she is the 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. weathercaster. She also hosts the Saturday evening public affairs program Primetime Weekend; the show was co-hosted by Gary Papa until his death on June 19, 2009.

Contents 1 Background 2 Personal 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Background

Tynan is a 1991 magna cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University, from which she earned a degree in journalism and politics. She holds American Meteorological Society television seal number 1099^[1].

She came to WPVI from KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she worked as a weather and news anchor for "Good Morning Las Vegas." Prior to that, she was the weekend weather anchor and a general assignment reporter for WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia.

At WPVI, she started out as a weekend weathercaster and general reporter. Then she became the weekday morning weathercaster. When Dave Roberts cut back his duties in 2003, she assumed her current position. After Lisa Thomas-Laury went on medical leave, Tynan took over as co-host of several locally produced specials, including: the 6 ABC Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 4th of July Parade, Philly on Wheels, and the Flower Show.

[edit] Personal

Her salary is rumored to be $600,000 a year. After divorcing her first husband, school teacher Michael Badger, she remarried to divorcee Greg Watson^[2] and gave birth to a baby boy named Luke on January 20, 2006, and a girl named Emma Grace on September 17, 2007.^[3][4]

Tynan is also an accomplished triathlete and frequently runs marathons.^[5] She was featured on the February 2001 cover of Runner's World magazine.

[edit] External links

• Cecily Tynan at the Internet Movie Database
• phillyist

[edit] References