Kris Anderson Biography
Kris Anderson is a five-time Emmy® award-winning Weekday Morning Anchor at NBC6, WTVJ-TV Miami. He joined the station in February 2021. Previously, he was the Morning Anchor and Consumer Investigator at 7 NEWS, WHDH-TV in Boston, MA.
Kris Anderson Age
As of 2023, Anderson is around 46 years old. He celebrates his birthday on February 14th every year.
Kris Anderson Height
He is 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Kris Anderson Nationality
He is American by nationality.
Kris Anderson Education
Anderson is a graduate of Miami Central High School. He also received a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Florida International University. He was a high school athlete and is a brown belt in Goju-Ryu karate.
Kris Anderson Parents
There is no information about his parents. He hasn’t also shared with the public whether he has siblings or not.
Kris Anderson Wife
Kris is married to his wife Brooke Anderson. The couple met in Memphis and tied the knot on 11/12/13 in Boston.
He is a proud father of three boys Lucas, Dominic, and Michael, and a stepdaughter, Daisha Drake who will soon graduate from the University of New Hampshire in 2023. His older twin sons Lucas and Dominic were born in Memphis, and their youngest son Michael was born in Boston. Lucas and Dominic celebrated their 16th birthday on February 7th, 2023.
Kris and his family now reside in Broward with their rescue dog Tucker.
Kris Anderson NBC 6
Anderson is a five-time Emmy® award-winning journalist who currently anchors the station’s weekday morning newscasts, NBC 6 News Today at 5 am and 6 am, from the station’s Miramar-based studios. The Miami native, who started his career as an intern at NBC 6 more than 20 years ago, spent the past seven years as the morning anchor and consumer investigator in Boston, MA.
In 2020 and again in 2021, Anderson earned Emmy® awards for his anchor work when “7News Today in New England” won the “Most Outstanding Morning Newscast” award, and another Emmy® award in 2019 for “Outstanding Team Coverage.” He was also honored with two Emmy® awards in 2017 and 2018 for his “Solve it 7” investigative reports, which helped hundreds of people recover more than $100,000 combined.
Anderson landed his first on-air job in 2001 as a weekday sports anchor at WOAY in Oak Hill, WV, where he was then promoted to evening news anchor in 2003. He made the switch to mornings in 2004 by joining WREG in Memphis, TN as the weekday morning anchor, where he led the #1 rated “Daybreak” newscast for nine years and served as the station’s consumer investigator.
He is thrilled to be back in his hometown, close to family and friends, anchoring for the TV station he grew up watching! Anderson believes that everyone has a story to tell and loves that his job as a journalist allows him to help people tell theirs.
Kris Anderson Salary
His average annual salary is $71,728.
Kris Anderson Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million.
Kris Anderson Instagram
You can follow him on Instagram @krisandersontv
