On June 21, 2011, Meade released a country music album titled Brand New Day. A single, "Dirty Laundry," was released to country radio. Meade was featured on the cover of the January/February 2011 issue of Making Music magazine and in an article about her experiences with recreational music. Meade sang the "Star Spangled Banner" as part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-race activities for the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350, the 2012 Coke Zero 400 and the 2013 Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend. On December 1, 2022, Meade and the entire HLN Atlanta team were laid off as part of CNN President Chris Licht's restructuring of the network. Meade's timeslot was replaced with a simulcast of CNN This Morning. Awards and honors 1992 Miss Ohio winner 1995 regional Emmy Award (covering the 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision) 2002 Lycos Top 20 most popular TV news personalities In 2004, she was voted "Sexiest Newscaster" by a Playboy.com online poll, with 40% of the vote (16,145 votes over a total of 40,380). 2005 Ashland University Young Alumnus Award for her achievements in broadcasting and served as the commencement speaker for the university's 2005 graduation ceremonies. Discography Studio albums Singles Authored books Personal life Meade married Tim Yeager on November 6, 1993. On June 6, 2017, Meade revealed that Blake Shelton is a distant cousin. See also New Yorkers in journalism References External links Official Robin Meade Site Profile on CNN.com Morning Express blog with posts by Robin and the crew Robin's weekly podcast feed 1969 births Living people American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Ashland University alumni Television anchors from Chicago CNN people Malone University alumni Television anchors from Miami Miss America 1993 delegates People from New London, Ohio American women television journalists Methodists from Ohio Singer-songwriters from Ohio Journalists from Ohio Country musicians from Florida Country musicians from Ohio Singer-songwriters from Florida Regional Emmy Award winners