Fred Hutton will join CBC Newfoundland and Labrador as the new host of the St. John's Morning Show.

Hutton will join cohost Krissy Holmes at a later date. He will first work with CBC Newfoundland and Labrador on some other assignments.

Hutton will be taking over from Anthony Germain, who is moving over to television, to co-host Here & Now with Debbie Cooper.

"I am looking forward to collaborating with the talented team of journalists at CBC NL and to help tell the stories of this province in fresh and innovative ways," Hutton said.

The veteran journalist is a familiar face and voice in the province, with more than 25 years' experience under his belt.

Over the course of his career, Hutton has anchored thousands of hours of content and conducted hundreds of interviews.

Hutton has spent the last four years as VOCM's news director, where he also co-hosted the VOCM Morning Show.

Prior to this role, Hutton spent more than 20 years as an anchor of the NTV Evening News, and also held positions of assistant news director and news director there.

The native Newfoundlander received his honours diploma in broadcast communications from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1990.

His first paid broadcasting job was a summer position with Here & Now in 1989.