Tara Gray
Tara Tucker Gray (born February 8, 1979 in Birmingham) is an entertainment reporter for sister stations WABM MY68 and WTTO CW21. She serves as the spokesperson for WABM and hosts numerous locally-produced segments for both stations, including Teen Cuisine, That's My Jam in the Ham, and the local segments of the annual United Negro College Fund telethon.
Tara got her start in broadcasting as a student at Pelham High School. In 1997 competing as Tara Tucker, she was named Miss Alabama Teen USA and represented the state at the Miss Teen USA pageant. She worked as an anchor on Eagle Eye News at Auburn University, where she graduated in 2000 with a major in mass communication and minors in psychology and Spanish. In 2002, she won the Miss Alabama USA pageant and placed 9th overall at that year's Miss USA pageant in Gary, Indiana.
From there she began working as an associate producer for WBRC FOX 6. She moved to WABM in 2003 and hosts the entertainment news segment Tara Talk. She also provides daily news reports to 56 radio stations for Metro Networks/Westwood One.
In addition, Gray provides traffic reporting for FOX 6 News' Daybreak and Good Day Alabama programs as well as for WBHJ-FM, WBHK-FM and WAGG-AM.
Gray is married and volunteers for the March of Dimes, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Greater Alabama and the American Diabetes Association.
| Preceded by: Michelle Arnette |
Miss Alabama USA 2002 |
Succeeded by: Laura Hoffman |
External links
- Tara Gray bio at wabm68.com