Newsmax today announced that Sharla McBride has been named co-host of “Wake Up America,” joining Rob Finnerty.
“Wake Up America” airs weekdays at 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., ET, on Newsmax.
McBride comes to Newsmax from CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in Washington D.C., where she excelled as a news and sports anchor.
“Born and raised in Austin, Sharla began her broadcast journalism career in her home state, as a reporter at KTXS-TV,” said Elliot Jacobson, executive vice president of programming, at Newsmax.
“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,” Jacobson said.
McBride is a 17-year veteran of broadcast news, having also worked as a main evening news anchor and sports anchor at the WNEP-TV ABC affiliate in Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, as well as a sports anchor for NBC Sports Philadelphia.
“I am excited to join an incredibly talented team at Newsmax and look forward to bringing Americans the stories that matter each morning,” said McBride.
She continued: “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!”
McBride studied international affairs and foreign policy, with a concentration in broadcast journalism, at the University of Georgia.
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