Andrea McDaniel spent more than 2 decades anchoring the morning newscast at WWBT in Richmond.

She began in 1985 and continued until 2006. After two decades as a primary anchor, McDaniel continued to appear on-air and represent the station on several community projects and even hosted our RVA today segments until just a few months ago.

Sadly, McDaniel has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Aaron Gilchrist shared the anchor desk with Andrea during her final years of the show. He remembers her compassion and the impact she had on him as a journalist.

“Andrea had so much heart. She was a great anchor and a wonderful storyteller,” Gilchrist said. “It’s because she felt so deeply and shared that with people. She taught me so much about being a good broadcaster.”

WWBT posted a video of a look back at McDaniel’s longtime run at the station. For some reason the station tacked an ad on the front end of the video.

Has it really come to the point that stations have become so greedy, they will try and make a few bucks of the death of one of their own?

So sad.