Gary Brode

Gary Brode is an Emmy award-winning journalist with more than a decade of anchoring and reporting experience. Gary co-anchors WCCB NEWS @ TEN and reports on top stories in Charlotte.

Gary joins the WCCB Charlotte team after working as an anchor and reporter in Denver, where he was live on the scene for national stories such as the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting and local wildfires.

An Ohio native, Gary graduated with a telecommunications degree from Youngstown State University. He began his career in Minot, North Dakota, uncovering the impacts of the Bakken oil boom, before moving to Champaign, Illinois, to work as a weekend anchor.

Gary then moved south to Fort Myers, Florida. As a morning anchor, Gary covered national stories such as Hurricane Irma and the mass shooting at “Zombicon.” In Boston, he developed a passion for breaking news and won an Emmy for his coverage of a bank robbery in Sommerville, Massachusetts.

Gary is an avid dog lover. Diesel, his 7-year-old Mastiff, has traveled across the country with him. Diesel has hiked the Rocky Mountains, swam in the Gulf of Mexico, and visited many breweries, keeping his owner quite active.

In his free time, Gary is a Strongman competitor, a sports fanatic, and would never say no to an IPA. He is excited to call Charlotte his home.

Articles

Pineville Growth Evolves As Younger Population Moves In

Pineville grew at a 6.4% rate in the last three years. A town of just over 11,000 with a median age five years younger that the national average.

Indian Trail Planning To Take Control Of Town Roads

Town pride led officials to create a five year plan to take over residential streets. Paving and patching their own roads instead of waiting for the state.

7 Statesville Businesses Targeted In 2 Weeks

Statesville Nonprofit Broken Into For A Second Time

Iredell COAST Hidden Gem Variety Store has been broken into again, following a trend of seven Statesville businesses being broken into in recent weeks.

Cornelius PD Confirms Diana Cojocari “Appears” To Have Left America

An image, believed to be a screenshot of a Facebook post from Diana Cojocari, shows Diana taking a picture of herself and who is believed to be her mother, Rodica, on a plane.

Lake Wylie To Revisit Idea Of Incorporation

Lake Wylie is unincorporated. About eight years ago, there were discussions about becoming its own municipality. Ledford says those talks ended quickly. There's been a lot of growth since then. For that reason, there's now new plans to create a committee to weigh the pros and cons of going it alone.