Riley Wyant

Riley Wyant is an Emmy Award-winning anchor for 12 On Your Side and a reporter for the On Your Side Safety Team. She also anchors Fox Richmond’s News at 10.

Riley recently led 12 On Your Side’s coverage of the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., serving as the live field anchor from the scene. The station’s coverage received a Capital Emmy Award for Best Daytime Newscast and an Edward R. Murrow Award for its breaking news coverage.

Riley also received a Capital Emmy Award for her anchoring on Election Night in 2024. She was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2023 for her reporting on the tragic University of Virginia shooting.

Since joining the team in October 2021, Riley has taken on a variety of roles. She began as a Weekend Anchor and Reporter, served as the Henrico County beat reporter in 2023, and became a full-time weekday anchor on the 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts in January 2024.

In addition to her traditional broadcast roles, Riley launched 12 On Your Side’s first-ever streaming newscast, a nightly digital newscast airing at 6:30 p.m. She serves as the sole anchor, helping develop a new format and expand the station’s coverage beyond traditional television newscasts.

Riley has also anchored Olympic Zone coverage during the 2024 Paris Olympics and created and hosted “The Riley Rundown,” a weekly sports segment that aired before Sunday Night Football during football season.

Before moving to Richmond, Riley was an Anchor/Reporter at NBC29 in Charlottesville, where she also contributed to weather and sports coverage.

A proud Virginia Tech Hokie, Riley graduated with a degree in Multimedia Journalism, a minor in Political Science, and a concentration in Sports Media and Analytics. While in college, she interned with WFXR Sports in Roanoke and worked as a sideline reporter for ESPN3 and ACC Network Extra.

Her favorite quote:

“I don’t know the secret to happiness, but I’ll tell you what… I’ve never been sad at a Mexican restaurant.”