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During his career he and his wife settled in San Ramon, California. [3] After forty years with KTVU—thirty-one as anchor—Richmond retired on May 26, 2008, his 65th birthday. [4] By the time of his retirement, Richmond had become the highly respected "dean" of Bay Area TV news anchors, the longest-serving anchor in the Bay Area's history.
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 ...
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.
Current and former television news anchors broadcasting in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California. Pages in category "Television anchors from San Francisco" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
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.
While working in radio at KCBS, McElhatton (along with Friendly Clyde) hosted TV Bingo, a daytime show on KTVU Channel 2. McElhatton became a television news anchor for KPIX-TV Channel 5, the first television station in San Francisco, [5] starting in 1977 upon leaving KCBS radio. The hiring of McElhatton, a radio broadcaster, was noted by some ...
Bob Wilkins (born Robert Gene Wilkins; [1] April 11, 1932 – January 7, 2009) was a television personality. [2]Wilkins was the creator and host of the popular television show Creature Features that ran on KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1971 to 1984.
Until 1952, the FCC had allocated only 6 television channels to the Bay Area, but in 1954 KSAN [2] began transmitting on UHF channel 32 and KQED began educational programming on channel 9. By 1956, the Sacramento area had KCRA , KBET KOVR , and KCCC on the air, the San Jose area had KSBW and KNTV , and San Francisco had KRON , KPIX , KGO , KQED ...