Milissa Rehberger joined the 24-hour

24-hour news cycle

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 cable news

United States cable news

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 television channel MSNBC

MSNBC

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 in December 2003 as a freelance anchor and reporter. In July 2004 she was named anchor of its primetime news updates. Most recently Rehberger spent some time anchoring NBC's Early Today

Early Today

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and MSNBC's First Look

First Look

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. Currently, Rehberger hosts prime time news breaks during MSNBC

MSNBC

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 weeknight and weekend programming. In addition, she fills-in as anchor on MSNBC Live

MSNBC Live

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Rehberger is a 1993 graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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, and previously served as co-anchor for WOFL-TV in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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. Further, she was the morning and noon anchor of KOCO-TV

KOCO-TV

KOCO-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the ABC affiliate in the Oklahoma City television market. The station is owned by Hearst Television, Inc., but uses "Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc." as their end tag during their newscasts, the same licensing purpose corporation as sister Cincinnati, Ohio...

 in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

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. Before that, she worked at CBS

CBS

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 affiliates WSPA-TV

WSPA-TV

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 in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina

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 and WDEF-TV

WDEF-TV

WDEF–TV channel 12 is the CBS affiliate television station for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. The station, whose call letters came from its former AM and FM sister stations, is owned by Morris Multimedia. Its transmitter is located in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. Syndicated programming on...

 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...

. She currently lives in New York City

New York City

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External links

• MSNBC bio