WDBJ7 has announced that NEWS7 reporter Chris Hurst will become the new co-anchor of NEWS7 at Six and NEWS7 at Eleven when veteran anchor-reporter Keith Humphry retires later this month. “I’m incredibly honored by this opportunity to serve our viewers in this new role,” said Hurst. “I don’t think there is any replacing Keith Humphry, his experience and ability cannot be replaced. I’m going to try to bring a different energy and experience to our viewers in the years to come.”
Hurst will share the NEWS7 at Six anchor desk with long time co-anchor Jean Jadhon and with co-anchor Hollani Davis during the NEWS7 at Eleven broadcast.
“Chris has a real talent for storytelling and is a great communicator as well as a hard working journalist,” said WDBJ Television president and general manager Jeffrey A. Marks. Hurst came to NEWS7 last year from a station in eastern Washington State. He has a broadcast journalism degree from Emerson College in Boston.
