 Everett had mutually agreed to switch his focus at the station from the daily demands of hard news to specialty stories on the newsmagazine.Like Peter Mehegan before him, Everett left a permanent anchor post at "NewsCenter 5".His position was filled by Ed Harding, who thus became WCVB's new lead anchor beside Natalie Jacobson and shortly after with Liz Brunner, who was promoted to female lead anchor when Jacobson retired in July 2007.