KTVU elevates Mike Mibach to main anchor role
KTVU says it has promoted long-time reporter and anchor Mike Mibach to serve as the channel’s main evening news anchor.
KTVU
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.
Frank Somerville to depart KTVU, report says
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. “I am done at Channel 2,” Somerville said in a phone interview with the Bay Area News Group, which broke the news of his departure on Friday. Somerville said a DUI incident and arrest that occurred in late December had “nothing to do with” his departure, adding that newsroom management had expressed a desire for him to leave “long before that.” In recent months, Somerville has clashed with newsroom executives over the direction of stories that have appeared on KTVU’s newscasts, including a September 21 incident in which he repeatedly pushed producers and others at the station to include a commentary on racial injustice. The Bay Area News Group said sources at the … Read more
Conflict pushes KTVU anchor Frank Somerville off air
KTVU’s veteran newsman Frank Somerville is once again absent — this time due to a conflict with newsroom management.
KTVU anchor Frank Somerville returns to air
After more than two months away from the anchor desk, KTVU anchor Frank Somerville returned to the air on Wednesday.
Technical issue forces Oakland TV station KTVU off air
A technical problem forced Oakland television station KTVU off the air for several hours early Monday morning.
KTVU anchor Frank Somerville on leave after broadcast incident
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 to acquire San Francisco’s KTVU from Cox Media
FOX will swap its Boston and Memphis stations in exchange for control of KTVU and KICU from Cox Broadcasting.
KTVU editor nearly stopped erroneous Asiana report from airing
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.
Report: Fake Asiana names sent to KTVU weren’t meant for air
An email sent by a local aviation expert to KTVU containing fake names of four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was an “internal joke” that wasn’t supposed to air, a new report revealed on Friday.
Exclusive: Aviation expert gave fake Asiana names to KTVU
A usually-reliable aviation expert provided San Francisco FOX affiliate KTVU-TV with four erroneous names thought to have belonged to pilots aboard an aircraft that crashed at a local airport.
