Chris Gailus

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Chris Gailus (right) and Jodi Applegate on WNYW's Good Day New York in 2005.

Chris Gailus is a Canadian television news anchor. Previously working on-air in the United States, he returned to Canada and joined CHAN-TV (Global BC) in Vancouver on May 1, 2006 as weekend anchor.

Gailus graduated from the Broadcast Journalism Program at Mount Royal College in Calgary in 1989, where he made the Dean's List and played basketball. He began his career in Lethbridge, Alberta, and stayed there for three years. He joined Calgary's CFCN-TV in 1992, then moved on to CICT-TV in 1997.

After marrying fellow anchor Jane Carrigan, Gailus took a post with WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas in 2000. He joined New York City's WNYW-TV in April 2003, and began serving as anchor on the station's morning program Good Day New York.

Gailus stands at 6'5", and was the tallest among staff members at WNYW-TV.