Charlottesville Anchor is Dead

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The staff at WVIR are mourning the loss of morning and Noon Anchor Ken Jefferson.

 Ken Jefferson died over the weekend after a brief and unexpected illness.

Jefferson began his broadcasting career with a pirate radio station as a boy and pursued that dream as an Anchor and Reporter at WHIO in Dayton.

From there, he went on to WWSB in Sarasota Florida and returned to Virginia to join the WVIR team, in order to be closer to his family in Petersburg.

Ken is survived by his twin sister, his mother, his companion Michael, and their dog Lucy.

A memorial is being planned for the end of the month in Petersburg.

Jefferson was 65 years old.