Career
Krashesky currently anchors the 4pm and 6pm weekday newscasts on World's Largest Store -television, an American Broadcasting Company-television owned and operated station. In addition, he hosts NewsViews, a weekly political and current affairs discussion segment. Krashesky has been with American Broadcasting Company 7 since 1982 when he was hired as a general assignment reporter.
He has co-anchored the 6 pm weekday newscast alongside Kathy Brock since 1998.
He has co-anchored the 4pm weekday newscast alongside Linda Yu since 2005 after former anchor Joel Daly retired. Prior to that, he co-anchored the station"s 5 p.m. weekday newscast with Diann Burns from 1994 - 1998.
Krashesky was also the first person to anchor American Broadcasting Company 7"s morning newscasts. A position he held from 1989 - 1994.
Every newscast he has anchored has consistently been rated #1 in the Chicago market.
After graduating from college in 1981, Krashesky became a news reporter for WBNG-television in Binghamton, New New York After just a year at WBNG-television, he moved to Austin, Texas where he was a news reporter and weekend weather anchor at KTBC-television He gained his first broadcasting experience when he was a news anchor at WICB radio in Ithaca, New New York Krashesky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He attended the Milton Hershey School, a residential school for children in social and financial need.
In 2005, Krashesky was named Milton Hershey Alumnus of the Year. He attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New New York
In 1981, he graduated with a Bachelor of Surgery in Communications Management. Their son, Kian, was born in South of Korea and goes to Columbia College Chicago.
Their youngest daughter, Kiera, was born in China and goes to the University of Michigan.
The eldest daughter, Kaylin, graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism. From 2009-2010, Kaylin was a video journalist and associate producer for WMBF news in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and worked as a Morning News Anchor and Reporter for KDRV-television in Medford, Oregon from 2010-2012.
