6ABC anchor Brian Taff is the new 6 p.m. 'Nightly News' newscaster. Meet Brian Taff's wife and kids and how long he's been married.
In December 2022, Philadelphia’s cherished news anchor, Jim Gardner, aired his final newscast with 6abc Action News. The 74-year-old journalist spent over 46 years with the information station and gained a slew of well-wishes from lovers who will miss his nightly updates. Jim’s successor, 6abc’s Brian Taff, also honored the host’s legacy via social media.
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Brian, whom the station’s professionals tapped as Jim’s replacement in early December, shared a heartfelt Facebook post about his good friend and longtime colleague. However, Brian added that he was once excited to take the next step as the new 6 p.m. anchor while maintaining his four p.m. timeslot.
The new role can be a significant problem for Brian, but fortunately, he has a loving and supportive wife. Here’s what to find out about Brian Taff’s wife and circle of relatives!
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Who is Brian Taff’s wife? The couple celebrated their 10th marriage ceremony anniversary in 2022.
Brian’s occupation at 6abc started in 2009. When he got to work for the esteemed news station, he had issue finding his groove in a new town. However, he felt assured he had met the woman he would marry — a creative manufacturer named Mara Taff (née Webb).
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Mara has multiple years of manufacturing enjoy and is lately The Beauty Counter's executive director.
Brian and Mara met when she flashed a grin in his direction. He in an instant become entranced with her and advised a pal, “I think I met the woman I'm going to marry." The couple married in New Jersey three years after his declaration on Aug. 25, 2012.
“Beyond having a feeling about our shared future from the moment I met her, I vividly recall feeling as though we'd already shared the past,” Brian wrote of his wife on Facebook on their anniversary in August 2022. “We came from towns a short drive apart. We liked the same music, had the same interests, drove the same car, and shared the same values. But, despite what we had in common, she challenged me in ways that made me probe the differences — arriving at a better understanding, and ultimately a better version, of myself in the process.”
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Brian and Mara Taff have three children, including twins!
Brian and Mara began expanding their family shortly after they tied the knot. In 2014, the couple welcomed their twin sons — Brady Donavan and Sawyer Patrick (8). Then, in 2018, they had another bundle of joy, Charlie Thomas (4).
"As a dad, there is no larger feeling on Earth than that derived from swimming in the joy of family,” Brian wrote after pronouncing Charlie’s delivery. “Today, I'm in very deep waters."
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Brian often shows how happy he is to be a dad on his socials. Fans of the news anchor have likely seen posts about him and Mara exposing their children to many Philly rights of passage, such as the city’s baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies. Mara and Brian also shared their 10th anniversary with the kids in the Summer of 2022.
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In a Sept. 30 Facebook post, Brian posted several snaps of him and his wife’s vow renewal ceremony. They brought their kids along to the beach to watch their parents profess their love to each other for the second time.
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“Two weekends in the past, my three younger sons got to witness one thing that they weren’t alive to look when we first did it a decade ago: their mom and I announcing the words ‘I do,’” Brian wrote on Facebook. “Vows, after all, are ceaselessly – however what a blessing it used to be to face on that beautiful beach and reaffirm the guarantees we made to one another 10 (brief) years in the past.”
“And to have our 3 favorite little humans there to play a unique function,” he endured. “Despite so much uncertainty in the world, what is constant sustains and motivates. Thanks to those four people, I’m one very lucky man.”
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