News Director/Anchor Hawkins Departs WCYB

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Steve Hawkins, the WCYB Tri-Cities news director and anchor, has departed the station, reports Kingsport Times-News.

WCYB VP/General Manager Jim McKernan said the station was beginning a nationwide search for his replacement.

Hawkins' career at WCYB began almost 35 years ago, reports the newspaper, when he was a junior in college. He was named news director in 1985 and served in that role until last week.

WCYB is owned by Bonten Media. The Tri-Cities DMA is situated around the Tennessee-Virginia border.

Hawkins anchored the 6 p.m. news, says the Kingsport Times-News, and had also anchored the 11 p.m. in the past. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.