October 14, 2024

Tessa Spencer is our newest Veteran of the Week!

A Charleston native, Tessa Spencer is a 33-year media personality and Army Veteran. Spencer joined the Army Reserves while in college and served in the 3271st United States Army Hospital headquartered in Charleston. Her unit was called active duty and Spencer served in the first Gulf War.

Following her time in the military, Spencer's successful broadcast career includes stops across the Carolinas, Rhode Island, and Tennessee where she secured a spot on the NFL’s Tennessee Titans cheerleading team. Tessa has earned numerous industry recognitions for broadcast excellence and has been honored with a Certificate of Recognition from the office of SC Governor Henry McMaster, and proclamations from the South Carolina State Senate, State House and local government municipalities for her work in the community. She also received a proclamation from the City of Charleston proclaiming June 21st and “Tessa and Baby J Day” in honor of broadcast accomplishments and community service.

A seasoned voice over artist, Tessa has worked on nationally syndicated productions including Black Enterprise, Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade, The Trumpet Awards, and Black College Quiz. She is currently the narrator of syndicated television series Mentoring Queens and America’s Black Forum airing on the FOX Soul television network, and she is the longtime television announcer of the nationally syndicated gospel Stellar Awards show.

Currently an evening news anchor at ABC News 4, Tessa has earned two Emmy nominations and is a two-time Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas winner. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she also continues to work in radio weekdays as a midday radio personality on Cumulus radio station Magic 107.3.

Information in this article provided by ABC News 4 bio for Tessa Spencer.