Kate Merrill has been named anchor at Boston's WBZ CBS 4, effective immediately, the station has announced.
Kate Merrill has been named anchor at Boston's WBZ CBS 4, effective immediately, the station has announced.
Kate will join Chris McKinnon as co-anchor for WBZ This Morning and WBZ News at Noon.
“Kate’s experience and expertise, along with her passion and understanding of Boston and its people, makes her a fantastic anchor,” said Johnny Green, News Director, WBZ-TV. ”We are thrilled to have Kate assume the role as co-anchor.”
Kate has been with WBZ for nearly 13 years, joining the station in 2004 as a reporter. Before WBZ, She was a reporter for one year at WNBC 4, in New York.
Prior to that, Merrill was an anchor and reporter at WKRN ABC 2 in Nashville. During her time in Nashville, she received an Emmy Award for her role in covering the tornado that hit Tennessee in 1999.
Kate began her broadcasting career at Fox affiliate WICZ-TV in Binghamton, NY.
A native of Carlisle, Massachusetts, Kate is a graduate of Lafayette College where she earned a Bachelor's degree in government and law.
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