Amanda Hara Biography|Profile
Amanda Hara is a skilled American journalist currently working at WSMV-TV. She is an Emmy, Edward R. Murrow, and Associated Press award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience reporting and anchoring across the state of Tennessee, both in Nashville and Knoxville.
Amanda Hara Age| Birthday
How old is Hara? She is 41 years old as of 2024. Hara was born on February 2, 1982, in Snoqualmie, Washington, in the United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 2nd of February every year.
Amanda Hara Education
Hara attended Washington State University where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
Amanda Hara Height|Weight
She stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Amanda Hara Family
Hara was born and raised in Snoqualmie, Washington, in the United States. Her family relocated to Middle Tennessee when she was studying at Washington State University. Following her graduation, she followed her family south, interned at WSMV and saw her brother off to college at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. However, he/she has not revealed information regarding his/her family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Amanda Hara Husband|Married
She is happily married to Audun Hansen since August 6, 2016, but she has not disclosed information about him. This information will be updated as soon as it is available. The family is most likely getting herded around by their two Welsh Corgis “Sparkle” and “Floki.”
Amanda Hara Children| kids
The couple is blessed with two sons namely Håkon and Hasle. Håkon was born on January 6, 2018, while Hasle was born on January 13, 2021.
Amanda Hara Career
Hara joined Holly Thompson as co-anchor of WSMV’s morning show in 2022. She serves as the station’s Digital Director, overseeing WSMV’s many digital platforms. Before moving back to Nashville, she spent ten years as the Evening Anchor and Executive Producer of Digital Content at WVLT in Knoxville. Hara got her first job in Evansville, Indiana where she covered a series of stories that prompted change at a local animal shelter, and filed reports for both CNN and the Weather Channel after a devastating tornado killed 25 people.
Hara’s career debuted when she moved back to Tennessee to work at WTVF in Nashville where she covered a variety of stories such as a Nashville firefighter who was sickened by hazardous materials while on the job, a homeless mother attending college, a therapy dog working in Vanderbilt’s pediatric cancer wing, and a massive horse rescue. Her very first job as a journalist came at the age of 8 when her parents allowed her to start a small neighborhood newspaper selling 25-cent copies. She realized there was much more to journalism and that television news was the path to follow after reporting on missing pet hamsters and a garbage pickup day.
Hara worked as a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sister of East Tennessee, a board member for Horse Haven of Tennessee, and an advisory board member for the American Cancer Society. Currently, she sits on the board of the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding.
Amanda Hara Awards
Hara has been honored with 13 regional Edward R. Murrow awards, two National Murrow Awards, and 10 Emmy awards, among more than dozens of Emmy Award nominations. Notably, she was twice named ‘Best Reporter’ and ‘Best Anchor’ by the Tennessee Associated Press.
Being a longtime equestrian, it was only fitting that Lexington, Kentucky was the next stop for Hara. Hara grew up showing Hunter/Jumpers, helped her mother breed, deliver and train three foals on their small horse farm, played on the Washington State University Polo Team, and then started competing in Eventing. During her tenure at WLEX in Lexington, she was awarded an Emmy for a report on the historic Keeneland racetrack. Also, she worked at a thoroughbred farm in the mornings, helping break horses for the track. It is also in Lexington where she picked up her first thoroughbred named Unafraid.
Amanda Hara WSMV-TV
WSMV-TV, also known as channel 4 is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. It is affiliated with NBC and is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD or channel 15. Both stations share studios on Knob Road in west Nashville, where WSMV-TV’s transmitter is also located. Channel 4 signed on the air as WSM-TV on September 30, 1950, at 1:10 p.m. CT. Notably, it was the first television station in Nashville and the second in Tennessee, behind fellow NBC affiliate WMCT in Memphis. Consequently, WMCT was forced to switch to channel 5 to avoid co-channel interference.
Channel 4 has been an NBC affiliate from its sign-on, although it carried some programming from CBS, DuMont, and ABC. Also, its secondary affiliation with CBS ended in 1953, when WSIX-TV or channel 8, now WKRN-TV on channel 2 signed on as a primary CBS affiliate. WSM-TV shared ABC programming with WSIX-TV for a year until WLAC-TV or channel 5, WTVF signed on in 1954 as the market’s new primary CBS affiliate. As a result, WSIX-TV was left to take the ABC affiliation.
WSMV-TV broadcasts 53 hours of locally produced newscasts each week; with nine hours each weekday and four hours each on Saturdays and Sundays. In regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among all broadcast television stations in the Nashville market. Its news department was the first in the United States to receive satellite photographs when it first used them in 1964. During the mid-1970s, the station developed a strong news division that, in the 1980s through the 1990s, won numerous regional and national awards for in-depth and investigative reporting.
Amanda Hara Salary|Net Worth
Hara has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earns from her broadcasting career.
Amanda Hara Social Media Platforms
She is active on all social media accounts and often posts on her platforms. She has over 7.3k followers on Twitter, 30k followers on Facebook, and 9.4 k followers on Instagram.
WSMV-TV Colleagues
- Tracy Kornet
- Marius Payton
- Lauren Lowrey
- Holly Thompson
- Amanda Hara
- Carley Gordon
- Carole Sullivan
- Lydia Fielder
- Lisa Spencer
- Dan Thomas
- Stefano DiPietro
- Melanie Layden
- Cruz Medina
- Chris Harris
- Niki Lattarulo
- Jeremy Finley
Frequently asked questions about Amanda Hara
Who is Amanda Hara?
Amanda Hara is a skilled American journalist currently working at WSMV-TV. She is an Emmy, Edward R. Murrow, and Associated Press award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience reporting and anchoring across the state of Tennessee, both in Nashville and Knoxville.
Is Amanda Hara Married?
She is happily married to Audun Hansen since August 6, 2016, but she has not disclosed information about him. This information will be updated as soon as it is available. The family is most likely getting herded around by their two Welsh Corgis “Sparkle” and “Floki.”
Where does Amanda Hara Live?
Hara resides with her family in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States.
