Tom Randles anchors Channel 4 News at 5:00 with Demetria Kalodimos and Channel 4 News at Noon and Channel 4 News at 6:30 p.m. weekdays with Jennifer Johnson.

He is a 30-year veteran broadcaster, having held positions of photographer, assignment manager, editor, reporter and anchor at several television stations around the country. Tom's broadcasting career began at WETL-Radio while he was a sophomore in high school in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana. In 1980, two days after graduating from Ball State University with a B.S. degree in Radio and Television, he began working as a news photographer/editor at WNDU-TV in South Bend. Two years later, he was promoted to general assignment reporter and weekend anchor/assignment manager at the same station.

In 1984, Tom was hired as a general assignment reporter for KRON-TV in San Francisco, where he was also a substitute anchor. In 1986, he was hired as weekend anchor/reporter for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. Tom was the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchor for WTVJ-TV in Miami, Fla., from 1990 to 1992. Tom has received industry recognition for his broadcast accomplishments. His anchoring skills were showcased in a National Geographic special featuring WTVJ-TV news coverage of Hurricane Andrew.

Prior to joining WSMV-TV, Tom spent more than 12 years as main anchor at WTKR-TV in Norfolk, Virginia.

He received an EMMY in 1994 for Best News Anchor from the Washington, D.C., chapter of NATAS, and, in 1999, received the Black Achievers In Industry Award from the Harlem YMCA in New York, and he has received numerous local awards, as well. He is a former member of the Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals, The Washington Area Music Association and the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences.

His hobbies include reading, traveling, photography, writing, fitness training and motorcycles. Tom is also an award-winning musician, playing a variety of instruments.

In 2003, Tom won Nine Volt Magazine's Jazz Musician Of The Year Award for his CD titled "Urban Escape."

He released his third album, "Starting From Scratch," in early 2006 and is currently producing his fourth, untitled CD.

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