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In 1986 she became a weekend reporter and anchor at KTVU in Oakland, California; in March 1996 she became co-anchor of the Ten O'Clock News with Dennis Richmond. [2] [3] For nine years she was sole anchor of the weekend news; on her 25th birthday, she was in Moscow reporting on the Cold War. She resigned from the station in 2006, after 22 years ...
Richmond joined KTVU on April 23, 1968, [2] as a clerk typist, and became anchor in 1976—one of the first African-Americans to become chief anchor of a major-market TV newscast. He co-anchored alongside Barbara Simpson from 1978 to 1986. Elaine Corral served as co-anchor from 1986 to 1998, followed by Leslie Griffith through 2006. His last co ...
KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond (L) interviews California Governor Gray Davis at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, in Walnut Creek, California, on Sept. 3, 2003.
KTVU, along with Cox-owned WKBD-TV in Detroit and KDNL-TV in St. Louis, agreed to become charter affiliates of Fox upon their October 9, 1986, launch. [15] KTVU was a rarity among the new network's affiliate base as it broadcast on VHF and had an established news department; general manager Kevin O'Brien saw Fox's backing with the 20th Century Fox studio as an advantage, providing the station ...
He became co-anchor of KTVU's morning news program in 1992 and was the first anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast when it launched in 2005. In 2008, he was named co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, replacing 40-year veteran Dennis Richmond. [5]
At KDFW, she spent three years as a consumer reporter/anchor. [3] She also distinguished herself by reporting on the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. [3] In January 2004, Sidner joined KTVU in Oakland, California, where she served as a weekend co-anchor of KTVU Channel 2 News at 6 and The Ten O’Clock News. She also served as a weekday ...
Pat McCormick (born c. 1933) [1] is a retired American local television personality and puppeteer who worked for San Francisco's KGO-TV, and Oakland's KTVU channel 2, where among many jobs he was the nightly news' weatherman, hosted the midday movie Dialing for Dollars program, and co-hosted the local edition of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.
After their news program was cancelled in 1974, Tuck left KTVU and joined WCAU in Philadelphia to anchor their TV-10 News alongside Jack Jones. However, in 1976, both Tuck and Jones were replaced by Ralph Penza and Joan Dinerstein. [2] Jones left WCAU for KYW-TV and Tuck continued with WCAU as a weekend anchor until 1978.