Robin Meade Biography
Robin Meade is an Emmy Award-winning American anchor/reporter/correspondent who was best known for her time at CNN News where she served as a lead anchor for Morning Express with Robin Meade which aired on HLN. Meade also is the former Miss Ohio in 1992, and a Miss America pageant semi-finalist in 1993. Additionally, she is also a country music singer.
Robin Meade Age
Meade who originally was born Robin Michelle Meade is 53 years old as of 2022. She was born on April 21, 1969, in New London, Ohio, United States.
Robin Meade Height
Meade stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 3 inches.
Robin Meade Family
Meade was born to her loving parents Linro Meade and Sharon Meade and granddaughter to Robert and Myrtie Meade. Linro was the last child in a family of 14 kids born by Myrtie Meade and Robert and resided in Eastern Kentucky. Unfortunately, at the age of 9 years, Linro’s mother passed on due to cancer. Later at the age of 10, Linro’s father got married to Julie who was Linro’s stepmother. Linro is a UAW worker’s clay trap shooting tournament award winner in the area and worked at car rubber parts factory.
Robin Meade Husband
Meade got married to her loving husband Tim Yeager on 6th November 1993. Yeager previously tenured as an event chief organizer for the communist party. He also worked for UAW Local 2320 as the financial secretary and treasurer where he served till his resignation in 2013. Previously he tenured with Justice Concerns for Anglican International Peace and still is a proud member of the committee. He also served as the chief of the Peace and Justice Committee at Grace Church.
Robin Meade’s Net Worth
Meade has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a lead anchor.
Robin Meade Salary
Meade earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Robin Meade Education
Meade went to New London High School and later graduated. She later joined Ashland University and Malone University majoring in radio/television production, performance, and programming. Meade also minored in political science and later graduated in 1991.
Robin Meade Career
Meade is an Emmy Award-winning American journalist who was best known for her time at CNN News where she served as a lead anchor for Morning Express with Robin Meade which aired on HLN. Meade also is the former Miss Ohio in 1992, and a Miss America pageant semi-finalist in 1993. Additionally, she is also a country music singer.
Meade began her journalistic career at WMFD-TV as a reporter in Mansfield, Ohio. She then worked as an anchor and reporter at WJW-TV in Cleveland and at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. Later, she was employed at WSVN-TV’s Today morning show in Miami, Florida serving as the news anchor. She also served as the station’s health reporter and noon anchor.
Later she was tenured at WMAQ-TV an NBC Chicago affiliate where she served as an anchor for the morning newscasts and co-anchored the weekend newscasts. She also served as the network’s general assignment correspondent. There she featured the network’s specials covering the 1996 Olympics, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing special report.
She later joined CNN Headline News HLN anchoring the network’s coverage of Operation Enduring Freedom as well as the 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom. Meade was based at the network’s world headquarters in Atlanta.
She first went live on September 11, 2001, at HLN. There she hosted the network’s Morning Express with Robin Meade on weekday mornings, along with Jennifer Westhoven, Bob Van Dillen, Melissa Knowles, and Mike Galanos.
Robin Meade Books
Aside from her journalistic career, Meade has also authored her book Morning Sunshine!: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too which was released on September 10, 2009. Referring to it as a motivational/non-fiction/how-to/autobiographical/inspirational book.”
The book debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list at No. 12 in the “Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous” section. In 2011, Meade was the moderator on the Oprah Winfrey Network show Ask Oprah’s All Stars with Dr. Phil McGraw, Suze Orman, and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Robin Meade Country Music Songs
Meade released her country music album on June 21, 2011, which was titled Brand New Day. Her single, “Dirty Laundry,” was released to country radio. Featuring the Making Music magazine issue on the January/February cover.
She also featured her experiences with recreational music. As part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-race activities, Meade sang the “Star Spangled Banner” for the 2013 Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend, the 2012 Coke Zero 400, and the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350.
Robin Meade Leaving CNN/HLN
Later on December 1, 2022, Meade and the entire HLN Atlanta team were laid off as part of CNN President Chris Licht’s restructuring of the network. Meade’s timeslot was replaced with a simulcast of CNN This Morning.
Robin Meade CNN News
Meade is working at CNN News where she works alongside other famous CNN News meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Max Foster
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta
- Van Jones
- Brianna Keilar
- Lynda Kinkade
- John King
- Melissa Knowles
- Alison Kosik
- Don Lemon
- Christina Macfarlane
- Veronica Miracle
- Abby Phillip
- Richard Quest
- Don Riddell
- Christine Romans
Robin Meade Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 128K followers on Instagram, over 201K followers on Facebook, and over 233.7K followers on her Twitter accounts.
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