Dayna Devon

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Dayna Devon (born February 21, 1970 in San Antonio, Texas) is an Emmy award-winning American journalist, is the co-anchor, with Mark McGrath, of the television show Extra. She joined Extra in 1999 as the weekend anchor;[1] then became the weekday anchor in 2003.

Devon spent over 10 years in television news before joining Extra. She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA-AM radio in San Antonio. She subsequently was an anchor for KMID-TV (ABC) in Midland, Texas, and KLST-TV (CBS) in San Angelo, Texas. In 1997, Devon joined the ABC's Memphis, Tennessee affiliate WPTY-TV as a reporter. The following year, she was promoted to anchor of the stations three news broadcasts. In 1998, Devon and her news team were awarded a "Best Live Broadcast" Emmy Award.

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Devon graduated from Alamo Heights High School in the suburb of Alamo Heights located in San Antonio, attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

She is married to plastic surgeon Dr. Brent Moelleken and live in Los Angeles. They have two children, a daughter Emmi-Reese born on September 2, 2005. A son Cole Brent born on January 5, 2007.

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  1. ^ ExtraTV profile.

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