Newsmax morning viewers will see a new face on the network’s Wake Up America program as the network announced that Sharla McBride has been named co-host, joining Rob Finnerty.
McBride comes to Newsmax from CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., where she was the news and sports anchor. Now, she’ll be the face of Wake Up, airing weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET on Newsmax.
“I am excited to join an incredibly talented team at Newsmax and look forward to bringing Americans the stories that matter each morning,” McBride said. “It has been my dream to work for network news, and I feel my 17 years of anchoring experience have prepared me for this new role of co-hosting Wake Up America. It’s an absolute honor!”
Along with her experience at WUSA-TV, McBride is a 17-year veteran of broadcast news, having worked as a main evening news anchor and sports anchor at the WNEP-TV ABC affiliate in Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was also a sports anchor for NBC Sports Philadelphia.
“Born and raised in Austin, Sharla began her broadcast journalism career in her home state, as a reporter at KTXS-TV,” Elliot Jacobson, executive vice president of programming, at Newsmax, said.
“Her experience working in markets throughout the U.S., leading to her reporting in the nation’s capital, brings a unique point of view to our audience on the stories important to them,”
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