The assistant news director will now oversee journalism at Fox’s San Francisco O&O.
KGO, KPIX, KNTV, KTVU, KDTV and KRON are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
David DePape, the man caught on police body camera viciously attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer and who has been charged with attempted murder, called KTVU San Frandiscio’s reporter Amber Lee in the newsroom on Friday. “I want to apologize to everyone. I messed up. What I did was really bad. I’m so sorry I didn’t get more of them. It’s my own fault. No one else is to blame. I should have come better prepared,” DePape said in the taped five-minute conversation with Lee.
Exclusives
Fox-owned KTVU San Francisco has named Mike Mibach evening anchor. Effective May 2, he will serve as the station’s weeknight 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. anchor, alongside Julie Haener. […]
KTTV and KTVU, the Fox O&Os in Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, will co-host a Pulse of the People Town Hall with Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Monday, Aug. […]
As befits their Silicon Valley base, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose outlets are trying new things.
With most people staying home because of coronavirus lockdowns, the nation’s roads and highways have emptied. Instead, they are being taken over by an assortment of speeders, students, skateboarders and birds, leaving traffic reporters little to do.
As part of its effort to reach all students, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is partnering with Fox O&O KTVU San Francisco (DMA 6) to provide an hour-long […]
KTVU Rolls Out Set Inspired By Bay Area
Mellynda Hartel New Fox San Francisco GM
After serving as VP-sales director at KTVU-KICU for the past four years, she is tapped to succeed Gregg Kelley as leader of the Fox-independent duopoly.
Gregg Kelley To Retire As KTVU-KICU GM
The veteran Fox Television Stations exec will step down at the end of the month after 28 years with the company.
KTVU Collects And Gives Away 23,000 Coats
KTVU’s Hidden Cam Reveals Mental Hospital Hell
KTVU Parades Big Ratings For Warriors Celebration
The Golden State Warriors NBA Championship Celebration Parade that aired Thursday on most San Francisco stations from 10 a.m. to a little after 2:30 p.m. was a ratings winner for […]
KTVU Drives Facebook Traffic With 1870s Mystery
KTVU Story Gets 16.3M Facebook Hits
The Fox O&O in San Francisco posted a disturbing story about a preserved child found in a small glass, cast-iron casket from the 1870’s at San Francisco’s Odd Fellows Cemetery. The story was posted on the station site and social platforms. It was also shared across the Fox Television Stations group. It has since received an overall reach of 16.3 million on Facebook and 1.1 million article views on the station’s website.
KTVU Is No. 1 At 11 P.M. After April Debut
Amber Eikel Named KTVU News Director
She moves up from assistant ND to oversee news at the Fox San Francisco O&O.
KTVU News To Expand With 11 P.M. Newscast
Effective Monday, April 17, Fox-owned KTVU San Francisco (DMA 6)will add an 11 p.m. newscast. This Sunday-Friday half-hour will follow the station’s 10 p.m. News. In making the announcement, VP-GM […]
Newsroom Jobs In CA, TX And SC
Fox O&O KTVU is searching for a VP-news director in Oakland-San Francisco. Tegna ABC affiliate WFAA Dallas is looking for an assistant news director. Raycom’s CBS affiliate in Charleston, S.C., needs an executive producer. To see all job openings, visit our Media Job Center here.
Share Rocket recently released its Social Standouts. Here, it talks with four of the honorees for anchors and reporters and asks questions about what they think about when it comes to social media and how they have found success. The interviewees: Curt Autry with WWBT in Richmond, Va.; Nick Beres with WTVF in Nashville; John Gray with WTEN in Albany, N.Y.; and Frank Somerville with KTVU in San Francisco.
News Director Dana Hahn Leaves KTVU
Dana Hahn, news director at Fox O&O KTVU San Francisco (DMA 6) has resigned. Hahn joined KTVU in 2014. Fox spokesperson Erica Keane said Hahn resigned for personal reasons and added: “We want to thank Dana for all her contributions with FTS and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors.”
KTVU Adds Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen
KTVU’s Somerville Dominates Bay Area Social
KTVU San Francisco anchor Frank Somerville is so effective at social media that his share number, according to Share Rocket, is better than three local stations combined — KPIX, KSTS and KDTV..
KTVU News Adds Alyana Gomez On Weekends
Fox-owned KTVU San Francisco (DMA 6) has hired Alyana Gomez as a weekend anchor and reporter, Effective Oct. 10, she will anchor weekend evenings and report for various newscasts on […]
