Former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville goes sober
Former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville says he is finally getting his alcohol addiction and mental health issues in order.
KTVU (Channel 2) is a local television station based in Oakland, California and broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area television market. The station has been affiliated with the Fox Broadcast Network since 1986 and owned by the Fox Corporation since 2014.
Former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville says he is finally getting his alcohol addiction and mental health issues in order.
The former Fox anchor was detained by police twice this week on charges of DUI and for assaulting his 91-year-old father.
KTVU says it has promoted long-time reporter and anchor Mike Mibach to serve as the channel’s main evening news anchor.
Long-time KTVU news anchor Frank Somerville says he will not be returning to the news station after his contract with the broadcast outlet lapsed with no renewal.
KTVU’s veteran newsman Frank Somerville is once again absent — this time due to a conflict with newsroom management.
After more than two months away from the anchor desk, KTVU anchor Frank Somerville returned to the air on Wednesday.
A technical problem forced Oakland television station KTVU off the air for several hours early Monday morning.
Television news anchor Frank Somerville is taking an extended leave of absence to focus on his health, his employer confirmed in a statement this week.
FOX will swap its Boston and Memphis stations in exchange for control of KTVU and KICU from Cox Broadcasting.
A veteran journalist with KTVU-TV nearly saved the station from embarrassment last month when she raised concern about the authenticity of four names purporting to belong to pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214.