Vanessa Echols Biography

Vanessa Echols is an American television journalist and is the noon and 4pm news anchor at WFTV in Orlando, Florida. Echols was born in Auburn, Alabama as Vanessa Lorraine Echols. She was educated in Auburn High School and later joined University of Alabama majoring in broadcast journalism. Echols subsequently served for a radio station in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and television stations in Georgia as well as Tennessee, including WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia. In the year 1992, Echols started anchoring WFTV’s Eyewitness News Daybreak and Eyewitness News at Noon. In the year 2007, she was named anchor of a new morning news program, Eyewitness News This Morning, on WFTV’s sister station WRDQ. Echols is a breast cancer survivor, and has worked as honorary chairman for the Susan G. Komen Central Florida Race for the Cure and was also a keynote speaker for the University of Central Florida’s 2006 Breast Cancer Update conference.

Vanessa Echols Age

Echols was born on 8 November 1960 in Auburn Alabama.

Vanessa Echols Height

Echols height is not yet revealed to the public.

Vanessa Echols Husband

Echols has not currently revealed any information about her husband but she prefers to keep her personal life private.

Vanessa Echols Arm

Echols was in the fight of her life in the year 2004. Due to the number of lymph nodes Vanessa had removed, she developed a condition called lymphedema, which is why she always, unless she is sleeping wears a compression sleeve on her left arm, to control swelling. Echols was in the fight of her life in the year 2004. Echols was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Her treatment plan involved half a year of chemotherapy, three different cancer drugs, four surgeries (including a mastectomy and reconstruction) as well as 30 radiation treatments.

Vanessa Echols Breast Cancer

On 23 February 2004, Echols found out she had cancer and the course of treatment included six months of chemotherapy, four surgeries and 30 radiation treatments. From the moment, she was diagnosed her focus was winning the battle.

Vanessa WFTV

Echols began her broadcasting at a country music radio station in Tuscaloosa and has served at television stations in Georgia and Tennessee. She has been a member of the Eyewitness News team since the year 1992 and currently anchor Eyewitness News at Noon and 4 p.m. on Channel 9. She constantly served for a radio station in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and television stations in Georgia as well as Tennessee, including WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia. In the year 1992, Echols began anchoring WFTV’s Eyewitness News Daybreak and Eyewitness News at Noon. In the year 2007, she was named anchor of a new morning news program, Eyewitness News This Morning, on WFTV’s sister station WRDQ.

Vanessa Echols Salary

Echols receives an average salary of between $24,292 and $72,507 per year.

Vanessa Echols Net Worth

Echols has an estimated Net Worth of between $1 million to $4 million.