Wade Phillips bio
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Name: Wade Phillips
 Title: 5pm Anchor and Reporter
Email Address: wade.phillips@wtok.com
Wade isn't from Meridian, originally, but it has become his home over the last few years. Wade has worked at WTOK for 10 of the last 12 years, with a brief stint as a reporter at WJBF-TV in Augusta, Georgia, sandwiched in between.

During his first six years at the station, Wade worked in a variety of positions: as a photographer, reporter and producer, in addition to anchoring news, sports and weather on every show at one time or another. He left in 2003 and came back in 2005. Since he's been back, he's been the anchor and producer for Live at Five, in addition to occasional reporting duties. He also serves as Executive Producer for the news department, overseeing the look and content of all of the shows.

Wade and his wife Crystal, have two children: Nicklaus Reed, born July 28, 2005, and Lydia Jewel, born April 3, 2009. They are members of Northcrest Baptist Church, where he serves as a deacon and teaches an adult Sunday School class. He is a native of Sebastopol, Mississippi, graduating from high school there. He also holds degrees from East Central Community College in Decatur and the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
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