Bumped Up In Raleigh

WRAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced today that Michelle Mackonochie has been promoted to the station’s evening anchor lineup. The change is scheduled to take effect on Monday, January 5.

Mackonochie, who has been with WRAL for five years, will join the anchor desk for several key evening broadcasts. Her new schedule will pair her with two of the station’s veteran anchors:

• Dan Haggerty for the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts.

• Gerald Owens for the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.

Mackonochie is known to WRAL viewers for her work covering breaking news from the station's Live Center.

"There’s something truly special about seeing the right person for a role come from within your own newsroom,” said Heather Gray, VP and General Manager of WRAL and FOX50. “Michelle’s professionalism, warmth, and commitment to journalistic excellence represent the very best of WRAL."