WBRC Birmingham Announces Anchor Changes

WBRC Birmingham, the Gray Television Fox affiliate serving Central Alabama, announced today several anchor changes to its lineup of early evening and late evening newscasts.

Brittany Dionne, who has been with the station for four years as a late evening news reporter and weekend evening anchor, will join Steve Crocker on the anchor desk weeknights on First at 9 and WBRC FOX6 News at 10.

Jonathan Hardison will transition from WBRC’s late evening newscast to the station’s early evening newscasts, Live at 5 and 6 On Your Side. With this role, Hardison will be able to focus more on investigative reporting, like his deep dive into Birmingham Water Works, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission and more.

Lauren Harksen, one of the station’s evening and weekend reporters, will serve as the sole anchor for the late evening newscasts on Saturdays and will join Josh Gauntt to co-anchor the late evening newscasts on Sundays.

“WBRC’s anchors serve as dynamic chief journalists. Each of them is passionate about journalism. I am proud of their steadfast commitment to impactful journalism and look forward to the new opportunities each will have to serve in their new positions,” said Shannon Isbell, WBRC News Director.

Brittany Dionne joined the WBRC news team in February 2019 as a weekend evening anchor after serving as a reporter and anchor for in Jacksonville, Fla. She began her journalism career in Columbus, Ga., at WTVM.

Jonathan Hardison worked in Bowling Green, Ky., and Evansville, Ind., before joining the WBRC in October 2007.

Lauren Harksen has been working with the WBRC news team since March 2022 as a multimedia journalist. She previously worked in Huntsville for over three years. While there, she was a weekend morning anchor, reporter/multimedia journalist, television producer and digital producer.

The transition of the anchor lineup changes will be complete by the end of August.