Blair Miller Joining FOX 25 as Anchor

Blair Miller will be joining the FOX25 team as weekend evening anchor and a reporter, from WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC. WFXT and WSOC-TV are both owned by Cox Media Group. 

 

“Blair is a terrific journalist with a strong commitment to the community where he lives and works,” said WFXT Vice President and General Manager, Tom Raponi.  “He has a keen ability to connect with the people in his stories and with the viewers.”

 

Blair will co-anchor weekend evening newscasts with Elizabeth Hopkins and serve as a reporter during the week. 

 

Blair joined WSOC’s Eyewitness News team in June of 2002. He was named main anchor of the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts in 2010, before that he was the stations weekend evening anchor.

 

Blair was instrumental in WSOC-TV’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers play-off coverage, and numerous exclusive interviews.  He has received many honors for his reporting and anchoring including two Emmy awards in 2014 and 2015. Miller was also named 2013 Anchor of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.

  

“We are glad to have Blair expand his role in our company and provide strong investigative reports to the viewers in the Boston area,” said WSOC Television, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Joe Pomilla.

 

Blair is the third journalist from WSOC to join FOX 25 this year. Kathryn Burcham joined as a reporter in January, and Stephanie Coueignoux is set to join the station as a reporter at the end of the month.

 

Prior to joining WSOC, Blair was a reporter and anchor at WCBD-TV NBC 2 in Charleston, SC. 

 

A native of Ohio, Blair is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, where he studied interpersonal communication and broadcast journalism.

 

His last day at WSOC is September 4, and he joins FOX 25 in mid-September.