Fox 29 names Dave Huddleston's replacement

New Jersey native

has been named co-anchor of Fox 29's News at Five and News at Ten. He'll start next week. Drayton will anchor alongside

on the 5 p.m. and

on the 10.

He replaces the well-liked

whom the station chose not to renew in May. Drayton comes to the station from Sacramento's Fox affiliate KTXL where he co-anchored the 10 p.m. newscast. He's also worked in Alaska, Wyoming, Colorado, but says he's happy to return to this area which he remembers from his Jersey youth.