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 The new lineup showcases familiar, trusted journalists producing 11 hours of local news each weekday in the Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville TV market.

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WRAL News announces anchor team changes

WRAL announces anchor team changes

Kathryn Brown will leave WRAL and the local news business to spend more time with family.

<p>you know, time flies. He really does. Gosh, um, you know, when this happened, when I started this virus pandemic and you started working from home, I kind of thought this might happen. Did you? I did. Is that when it really sunk in for you to be around them 24 7 and realized how difficult it would be to go back to not being around them? It iss like I told you, I didn't. I think I didn't really realize what I was missing until I was around it. And then I just thought, How can I not be around for these moments? Um, tucking them in at night, reading them a little story, things like that on Lee. And, you know, you get one shot three if you have three kids. But now there are only little once, and this is such a demanding job. You make a lot of sacrifices, and gladly. So you know that I know that anybody in it knows that. Um, but when push comes to shove and I'm faced with a choice of giving this job 150% like I know I should and being the mom that I wanna be. That's not a choice to me. You know that. You know, it's not. You have to families and the one at home is more important. That's the way it is for everybody. Yeah, it has to be. Yeah. So in that respect, we all understand that we're actually we're all very happy. I said, we're all you know by the time get rid of me What e said to get rid of me know that you have the chance to kind of be where you need to be. But we're sad because we don't want you to go. So we're selfish like that. It's really bittersweet, you know that. I mean, we have the best time, don't we? Every night. I mean, we just have a ball, and it's a lot of fun, and it's very bittersweet to see that come to an end. Although I don't think it's coming to an end, it's just will evolve in a different way. That's true. You're gonna be coming back on a part time basis. Talk about I'll come back. Eso The managers at WRL were kind enough to let me extend my relationship in a long term way, so I'll be coming back for vacation. Fill in and for, you know, breaking news When there's something you guys need need some extra hands on, deck on, dime available. I will be here happily on. And because it's a way to continue my relationship with WRL, which really is my family while also being able to dedicate the time I need to my actual family did the this decision kind of take a while to come to fruition? Or that's something just kind of hit you? No, You've been in this business more than 20 years. You don't make a decision lightly, you know? And it was it was definitely something that evolved over time. I mean, the first couple weeks of working at home waas so surreal. I mean, whoever thought we would be doing something like that And it was challenging in ways that I hadn't been challenged in a while, and I actually enjoyed that. Trying to figure things out, put puzzle pieces together. Okay, this needs to go here to make this work, to make this work. And it was interesting and challenging to me. Um, and and then I got sort of into a routine of All right, I'm around. I'm able to peek out and tell the kids Good night and I'm working. But I'm able Thio be here while also working. And it's not that I always need toe work at home. But to be accessible for those key moments is really important to me. I also thought the kids would be in school by now. Imagine that. Let's say they had gone to school. We're not in a pandemic. Do you think you still make this decision right now? Yeah. Absolutely. Because I mean, here's the thinking. In my mind, I really did think that they would be in school by now. When? When this was all coming together in my mind, when I was really making this decision. I thought in July and August, when my kids go to school with me working this position, which is this is what I've worked my whole career for, right? Yeah. Um, but with me being in this position, I give them a kiss at 8. 30 in the morning on Monday, put them on the bus and basically see them Saturday. I can't do that. I can't. And you guys, What's been What I've been so grateful for is you and David and Deborah. Ever since coming on this shift right in the beginning, you came to me and said, Your family is most important. Let us know what we can dio. And so when I've had to sneak away Thio baseball games and swim meets and ballet practices and this and that you guys have always every single time stepped up. Um, which means more to me than anything. I mean, it's it's easy to do that. It really is. I mean, that's more important than I told you. Don't ever do something or not do something with your family because you have a work commitment that someone else can do for you. And and we were, you know, And I think you know, that's what happens when you're around people that you really, truly like a lot. And you worked with them and you're just everything. There's a chemistry. Um, you know, I mean, it's been we went toe Iowa. You know that that work outing thing. Remember that tiny plane on that tiny little peanut pretzel? Pressel, Rest E Yeah. No. You know the one thing from Iowa that I remember the most. I was telling someone this the other day was when we were standing in a hallway upstairs, and this was right at the very beginning of us working together, right? We knew each other, but we hadn't worked together. Is when we were standing in a hallway and you looked at me and said, I will always have your back and you have always That's important. You're the best, you know. You are. You are. You are. What are you gonna miss about this place? Besides, May you I will miss our just jokes. And, you know, we've worked so closely together for for several years and just have that chemistry and even through the pandemic, I didn't feel like we lost that. Even not seeing you for seven months, right? We went seven months without seeing each other, and then I walked in, and it was like a weekend had passed, you know, Um, but yeah, I mean, the people for sure, and I won't even start naming them all. But you know, the people I work with in front of the camera, but also behind the camera, the photographers Richard and I went to South Korea. Um, just you know, this business, I think just because of the unusual circumstances and maybe the unusual hours that we're all in for just such a tight fraternity, if we're just such a tight bond between everyone and a really, really quick one that is not easily broken. When you had the conversation with management that you were leaving afterwards, how did you feel? I was in tears, um, one of those things where I knew it was the right decision, but it's really bittersweet. I have worked my whole life for this. What do you want the viewers to know? Because they've been a big part of this, too, for that amount of time you've been here and they're gonna say the first thing they're going to say is what you do, Gerald? Well, well, on my list, um, you know, it's it. It's sort of cliche to say it's not, you know, it's not you, it's may. Right. But this is a circumstance when it really is true. It I'm not leaving something so much as I'm going towards something which is time with my family. Um, we were just talking a minute ago. WRL is the best television station in the country. CBC is one of the best companies, if not the best company in the country. They have treated me so well for the time I've been here and our viewers have treated me so well. It's been very humbling and very special, and I will miss coming in here every single day I will.</p>

Kathryn Brown reflects on her time at WRAL

Kathryn Brown

WRAL News, the most watched news team in the Triangle, is proud to announce several internal anchor promotions and anchor team changes. 

WRAL News announces new anchor teams

WRAL News anchor Kathryn Brown will be leaving the station and leaving television news later this year. 

Kathryn Brown to leave WRAL: 'I'm going toward something, and that is time with family'

WRAL anchor Kathryn Brown has been broadcasting from her guest room for six weeks. 


WRAL anchor Kathryn Brown talks motherhood, working from home

WRAL's Kathryn Brown: 'I'm healthy'

This week we are launching a new series called WRAL at Home. Our anchors and reporters who are working from home will be highlighting some cool things for you to try with your family. Kathryn Brown and Mikaya Thurmond tell us what you won't want to miss.

DIRECTOR THAT IS FIGHTING >>> THIS WEEK, WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW SERIES CALLED JOHN AT HOME. REPORTERS AND ARE WORKING FROM HOME WILL HIGHLIGHT COOL THINGS FOR YOU TO TRY WITH YOUR FAMILY. >> I AM AUGUST AND IS WORKING AT HOME AND WE TEAMED UP FOR THIS  FIRST INSTALLMENT WITH THINGS HE WON'T WANT TO MISS. IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, IT HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE TO KEEP A NORMALLY BUSY FAMILY GOING SAFE AND HAPPY AND SAYING. WE ARE TRYING UNCONVENTIONAL THINGS AND LEARNING NEW THINGS AND FINDING OLDER TOYS FROM YEARS AGO THAT MY KIDS ARE FASCINATED BY. WE WILL BE SHARING WHAT SOME OF WHAT MY FAMILY IS DOING AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET SOME IDEAS THAT WILL HELP KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAYING AS WE ALL STAY SAFE AT HOME TOGETHER. >>  I AM WORKING FROM HOME JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU. WE WILL HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS OR NOT. MAYBE EVEN SOME RECIPES THAT WILL KEEP YOUR KITCHEN CREATIVE. TUNE IN FOR THIS BRAND-NEW SEGMENT,  WRAL AT HOME. IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY HEALTHY AND STAY ENTERTAINED.>>> WE HAVE MANY MORE WAYS TO KEEP YOU BUSY WITH RECIPES AND LESSONS AND TRIPS YOU CAN TAKE ON YOUR COUCH.

New series officially launches

WRAL's Kathyrn Brown is co-anchoring the news from her home, She shared this first-person account of how she must compartmentalize to keep working.

Kathryn Brown: From mommy to journalist with the close of a door

Kathryn Brown working from home

Kathryn Brown was asked to self-quarantine after traveling.

HE >>> YOU HAVE MAYBE YOU HAVE NOTICED THE WOMAN WHO NORMALLY STANDS NEXT TO ME DURING THIS HOUR, KATHRYN BROWN HAS BEEN ABSENT THE LAST WEEK OR SO. DEB HAS BEEN NICE ENOUGH. GREAT TO HAVE YOU,. >> ABSOLUTELY, VERY GOOD REASON AND A GOOD ENDING TO THIS ORDEAL, KATHRYN JOINS US LIVE IN WAKE COUNTY, KATHRYN, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU, TELL US WHERE YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'VE BEEN AT HOME. >> HI, DEB AND GERALD, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES. YEAH, FIRST THING IS I'M HEALTHY, I'M GOOD TO GO. I DEVELOPED A COUGH LAST WEEK, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOWN AND TRAVELING THE PREVIOUS THREE WEEKENDS BEFORE THAT, BEFORE ALL OF THIS VIRUS THING WAS A HUGE DEAL, BEFORE THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS NOT TO GO OUT OF TOWN, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING MY DOCTOR WANTED ME TO COME AND GET TESTED AND THEY WANTED ME TO SELF ISOLATE AND QUARANTINE. AND SO I HAVE BEEN HOME, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR MANAGERS EVERY DAY AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE. BUT, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WEEK. QUITE A WEEK, GUYS. >> KATHRYN, YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH BEING TESTED. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF MINUTES, YOU HAVE TO WAIT EVERY DAY TO FIND OUT OKAY, AM I POSITIVE? AM I NOT POSITIVE? HOW DO I DEAL WITH MY FAMILY, THAT KIND OF THING. >> YEAH, EXACTLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY WITH THAT. FIRMLY I WAS TESTED LAST WEDNESDAY, INITIALLY SAID IT WOULD BE 48 TO 72 HOURS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE. BUT THEN WHEN I SPOKE TO MY DOCTOR ON FRIDAY, SHE SAID NO IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 5 TO 7 BUSINESS DAYS. AND SO EVERY DAY, I MEAN I WAS LITERALLY ON THE APP ON MY PHONE LIKE EVERY 20 MINUTES REFRESHING AND CHECKING IT TO SEE, MAYBE MY RESULTS ARE IN, MAYBE THEY'VE COME IN AND I DO WANT TO MENTION I DID GET THOSE RESULTS YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE NEGATIVE WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. BUT, BECAUSE I HAD THAT COUGH AND THE TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST, SOME OF THE OTHER SYMPTOMS, YOU PLAY IT SAFE RATHER THAN SORRY THESE DAYS. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU DOING WELL, GOING TO CHECK IN WITH YOU MOREOVER THE COMING DAYS,

WRAL's Kathryn Brown and her family have been at Walt Disney World enjoying vacation. They found out the park will close at the end of business Sunday due to the coronavirus scare and updates us on the situation there.

WOULD EXPECT TO SEE MORE STORIES LIKE THIS HERE. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MARK. >>> THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK HAS CHANGED CANCELED A LOT OF PLANS, TRAVEL PLANS, INCLUDING FOR WRAL'S KATHRYN BROWN. SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE VACATIONING AT DISNEY WORLD AND DESCRIBED IT AS BEING IN A BUBBLE. >> Reporter:  WE ARE AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM WRAPPING UP A WEEK OF VACATION HERE THAT ENDED ON A VERY ODD NOTE. DISNEY WORLD IS SET TO CLOSE ON SUNDAY, AND WANTED TO SET THE SCENE HERE. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR FIREWORKS. MY SON MAXWELL IS BEHIND ME. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING JUST OBSERVING PEOPLE TODAY HERE IS WHAT I CALL THE DISNEY BUBBLE, BECAUSE THINGS ARE VERY MUCH BUSINESS AS USUAL HERE, EXCEPT THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. WE'VE BEEN AVERAGE BLAST. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON SANITIZING, HAND WASHING. JUST WASHED OUR HANDS. MY HUSBAND RAN TO GET SOME DINNER, AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED OBVIOUSLY AS A PARENT. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. WE PLANNED THIS TRIP A LONG TIME AGO, AND LEFT A WEEK AGO WHEN THINGS WERE MUCH DIFFERENT. BUT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE EMPLOYEES HERE AT DISNEY WORLD ARE GOING TO BE PAID. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, TOURISTS AND TRAVELERS. MOST OF WHOM SAY THEY ARE JUST FOCUSING ON HAND WASHING, AND THEY ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST, AND OBVIOUSLY IN UNCERTAIN

WRAL's Kathryn Brown at Walt Disney World days before it closes due to coronavirus outbreak

Anyone walking downtown Friday may have looked up to a strange sight on the Wells Fargo building. People were climbing down the side, including our own Kathryn Brown. It was all for a good cause, too.

Kathryn Brown rappels Wells Fargo building for charity

Kathryn Brown scales Wells Fargo building for charity

Brad Johansen discusses President George H.W. Bush with Kathryn Brown, who was in Washington, D.C., as the nation mourned his death, and Amanda Lamb, who interviewed him as a young reporter. 

On the Record: George H.W. Bush's life and legacy

12/8: George H.W. Bush's life and legacy

WRAL's Kathryn Brown and Amanda Lamb share memories of the legacy of George H.W. Bush.

On the Record preview: Bush memories, majestic national celebration of life

Who gets the sun? WRAL's Kathryn Brown's twin daughters find all kinds of reasons to squabble

Who owns the sun? 

We are so fortunate to live in an incredible community that is full of fun things to do with your kids. That said, if you are a busy mom like me, you tend to sometimes fall into the trap of "staying with what you know."

Kathryn Brown: The Great Wake Park Challenge

Playground at Harris Lake County Park

We've had a fun run the last few months, but, as I stare down the calendar at a long line of work days, school days, and regular old laundry days, I am pretty psyched.

Kathryn Brown: Back to a routine ... finally

Kathryn Brown, WRAL anchor/reporter, with one of her daughters

Kathryn did all she could to get her family ready before she left to cover the Winter Olympics. And then the (un)expected happened. One of them got sick.

Broadening horizons: Kathryn Brown gives her son Korean lessons from Pyeongchang

WRAL's Kathryn Brown at the 2018 Winter Olympics

I must learn how to say "thank you" in Korean.

Brown: 'Thank you' in English --  it just isn't the same!

Soon, I'll travel to South Korea for most of February to cover the Winter Olympics. What a fabulous opportunity!!!! Still, when my boss first approached me eight months ago, I had mixed feelings. As a mom - I am scared to death to leave.