Jan Jeffcoat

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Jan Jeffcoat (born 1978) is the morning anchor at WFLD-TV in Chicago. Jeffcoat started anchoring in Chicago on June 25, 2007. Before she took up this position, Jeffcoat was a morning anchor at KRIV-TV in Houston, TX. She worked at KRIV-TV from November 2004 to June 2007. During her time at KRIV-TV the morning show became Houston's fastest growing morning news. Before coming to Houston, Jeffcoat worked at WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., and WCSC in Charleston, S.C.

Jeffcoat was once the only Texas television personality to anchor 4 hours of news each day. She was named “Top Houston Professional who's on the fast track" by H-Texas Magazine. During her first month in Houston she covered a collision on the Sam Houston Tollway that resulted in her nomination for a Regional Emmy. She also received an Emmy nomination for Best Anchor in Texas in 2006 and 2007 as well as two AP awards for anchoring. In 2005 and 2006 Jeffcoat was nominated for a Star Award by the American Women of Radio and Television for Best On-Air Personality in Houston.

Jeffcoat resides in Chicago.

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The bride might look familiar in an upcoming A Wedding Story episode on cable's TLC. WBTV anchor Jan Jeffcoat's Charleston wedding was taped in August for the show. "It was very exciting," she tells me, "but very intrusive. There were two camera crews, two producers, the whole thing." No airdate yet for the show. . . [http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A3740 ]

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They were exactly what the other needed at exactly the right time. Jan, an aspiring on-air talent looking to make the next big step in television news and Matthew, a talent agent, eager to get a jump-start in television. He was the perfect coach for Jan.[ http://tlc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=2.14624.54425.8978.x]