7NEWS Anchor Kim Khazei Announces Departure from WHDH-TV & WLVI-TV in Boston at the End of Year
NEWS anchor Kim Khazei will be signing off in December after years it was declared on November th by WHDH-TV WLVI-TV Vice President General Manager Jimmy Rogers in a announcement to the company In making this announcement Jimmy explained We are grateful for Kim s dedication and unwavering commitment Her presence on the anchor desk as a trusted reliable voice in Boston for more than two decades leaves an impact beyond her departure Kim was one of the original members of the NEWS band joining the station in soon after Sunbeam Television Corporation purchased WHDH In Sunbeam purchased WLVI forming a duopoly and adding NEWS at PM which Kim helped successfully launch and continues to co-anchor During Kim s tenure WHDH has remained a ratings leader after becoming an independent station in During her time at WHDH and WLVI Kim has spent countless hours on the anchor desk covering the most of essential local national and international stories She anchored live from New Hampshire to cover four impactful presidential primaries and traveled the world to be live at the selection of Pope Francis the funeral of Queen Elizabeth and two royal weddings She was live on the field minutes after Malcolm Butler s interception gave the Patriots another Super Bowl win and she anchored nine championship parades in Boston With her long-time co-anchor Adam Williams Kim presently anchors NEWS at and PM on WHDH and NEWS at p m on WLVI CW There hasn t been a major story in the last years that Kim hasn t shared with our viewers announced Linda Miele WHDH WLVI News Director She has anchored live from Vatican City London and the White House She brought viewers vital information in concerning times and connected us all in times of celebration She is an accomplished journalist and we wish her every happiness as she enters this new chapter of her life Kim had her three children while working at NEWS and left in to raise them full-time Six years later she returned to the WHDH newsroom Kim s first born just had her first child and she is relocating to be closer to her growing family Going back to this station has been my second home and our viewers have been like family declared Kim Khazei I m excited to take a breath spend time with loved ones and see what comes next I ll constantly be grateful to the Ansin family and the people at Sunbeam TV for the opportunity and for my a large number of colleagues who will be lifelong friends And I ll invariably be cheering on the incredible club at News
