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'''Ronda Robinson-McKenzie''' is a former "[[On Your Side]]" host for [[WBRC 6]], part-time news anchor, and director of communications for the [[Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority]].
'''Ronda Robinson-McKenzie''' is a former "[[On Your Side]]" host for [[WBRC 6]], part-time news anchor, and director of communications for the [[Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority]].


Before coming to [[Birmingham]] in [[1999]], Robinson worked at television stations in North Carolina, Florida and South Carolina. She won awards from the Associated Press for her consumer news and for coverage of the prosecutions of [[Bobby Frank Cherry]] and [[Thomas Blanton]].
Robinson earned a bachelor's degree in English and media journalism at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in [[1994]]. As a student, she helped start the college's radio and television stations. After an internship at WRAL-5 in Raleigh, she took a job as host of a public affairs program on WNCN-17. After two years she moved to Gainesville, Florida to work as a news reporter for WCJB-16. In [[1997]] she relocated to Columbia, South Carolina as an on-air reporter for WLTX-19.
 
Robinson come to [[Birmingham]] in [[2000]] to succeed [[Shelia Smoot]] as host of the popular "On Your Side" program. She won awards from the Associated Press for her consumer news, as well as for coverage of the prosecutions of [[Bobby Frank Cherry]] and [[Thomas Blanton]].


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Revision as of 10:46, 9 March 2018

Ronda Robinson-McKenzie is a former "On Your Side" host for WBRC 6, part-time news anchor, and director of communications for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority.

Robinson earned a bachelor's degree in English and media journalism at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in 1994. As a student, she helped start the college's radio and television stations. After an internship at WRAL-5 in Raleigh, she took a job as host of a public affairs program on WNCN-17. After two years she moved to Gainesville, Florida to work as a news reporter for WCJB-16. In 1997 she relocated to Columbia, South Carolina as an on-air reporter for WLTX-19.

Robinson come to Birmingham in 2000 to succeed Shelia Smoot as host of the popular "On Your Side" program. She won awards from the Associated Press for her consumer news, as well as for coverage of the prosecutions of Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton.

References

  • Carlton, Bob (January 6, 2017) "Veteran TV journalist leaving Birmingham's Fox 6 after 17 years at the station." The Birmingham News
  • Johnson, Roy S. (March 9, 2018) "Ronda Robinson-McKenzie quits as BJCTA communications director." The Birmingham News