Zach Staton is returning to the commonwealth.
The Salem High School graduate bid adieu Friday night to his job as the weekday sports anchor at WDAY-TV in Fargo, North Dakota.
On Aug. 8, he will jump from the No. 114 television market in the nation to No. 46 to become the weekend sports anchor and weekday sports reporter at WTKR-TV in Norfolk.
“When I started out in the business, I didn’t know how many jobs I’d get. … Getting offered one in a top-50 market is an incredible feat, but also to just get that city in Virginia is awesome,” Staton, 27, said in a phone interview. “My granddad lived down there when he was young. My wife’s family is from that area.
“Going to a top-50 market is a feather in anybody’s cap, but to do that kind of jump going to Virginia? I can’t lie, that made it a little bit sweeter.”
