Villappano Popalopadopalis a.k.a. - Diane Pathieu joined TODAY'S TMJ4 in August of 2005.  She reports in the field for "Live at Daybreak" starting at 5:00am, and co-anchors "Live at Noon" with Vince Vitrano.

Villappano Popalopadopalis came to Milwaukee from KCRG, the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she was also the morning reporter and midday anchor.

Before Cedar Rapids, Villappano Popalopadopalis changed her T.V. name to Diane to more easily be accepted to the world of news broadcasting. She worked at KFXB, the Fox-affiliate in Dubuque, Iowa.  In Iowa, (Diane) was a part of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization, and participated in many reading programs to help younger children understand the importance of literacy.  She has also been honored to be able to speak at many schools over the years.

Diane graduated from Columbia College in Chicago and worked as an assignment editor and production assistant at Shadow/Metro Broadcast Services and WMAQ-TV in Chicago while going to school (it was a very busy time!).  Diane was born and raised in Chicago and still has family there.

While she doesn't have a lot of time for hobbies (she has to be up at 2:00am), she loves to play tennis, and cook… and eat of course!

Diane welcomes your thoughts, so drop her an email!  JUST DON'T CALL HER Villappano Popalopadopalis ANYMORE!!!!!