Blaine Stewart
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Career
Blaine Stewart is currently a morning and noon news anchor and fill-in weather anchor at WTKRWTKR
WTKR is the CBS affiliate television station serving the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, officially known as the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News DMA. The station is licensed to Norfolk and broadcasts on channel 40 . Its transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia...
"NewsChannel 3" in Norfolk, VA, the city's CBS
CBS
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television affiliate. He joined the station in January 2007. He is known for his dry wit and shaved head.
Stewart began his career in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, at WDSU
WDSU
WDSU, virtual channel 6, is the NBC-affiliated television station for the New Orleans, Louisiana television market. It is owned by Hearst Television, which in turn is wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 43...
and WWL-TV
WWL-TV
WWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36...
, serving as an associate producer for the station's morning newscasts. During that time, Stewart also hosted the 10am - 3pm shift on then Top 40 formatted radio station KUMX, "Mix 104.1", (now KOBW).
In 1999, Stewart left his hometown to anchor and produce newscasts at WHLT
WHLT
WHLT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southeastern Mississippi's Pine Belt. Licensed to Hattiesburg, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in unincorporated Northeastern Forrest County. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 10 and...
in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
.
In 2001, Stewart moved to WRBL
WRBL
WRBL, virtual channel 3 , is the CBS-affiliated television station in Columbus, Georgia. The station is owned by Media General, with studios in Columbus...
in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
to anchor that station's weekend newscasts. He was soon promoted to anchor of the 5 and 5:30pm weekday newscasts and served as that station's senior producer. Stewart won several awards for his reporting while at that station. During his time in Georgia, Stewart also hosted various music radio programs on WCGQ
WCGQ
WCGQ is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio music format. WCGQ is licensed to serve the community of Columbus, Georgia, USA.-Current:...
Q 107.3 and WRLD-FM Boomer 95.3, under the air name Kris Kennedy. Stewart left WRBL in 2006.
Stewart is a former member of the NLGJA, a U.S. based organization of lesbian and gay journalists.
Charity work
Stewart is a vocal supporter of local music artists. He also publicly supports Hope House, a Norfolk area non-profit agency which helps adults with developmental disabilities lead independent lives. He also participates in the annual Special Olympics Virginia's Polar Plunge.Personal life
Stewart was born in 1977, in Marrero, LouisianaMarrero, Louisiana
Marrero is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Marrero is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. He was graduated from L.W. Higgins High School in 1994. He is divorced and currently lives in Norfolk, Virginia. He has a pet monkey named Bernard.