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Dennis Richmond Born May 26, 1943
Rossford, OhioEducation Journalism Occupation Anchor Employer KTVU Term April 23, 1968 — May 21, 2008 Website Official Website Dennis Richmond (born May 26 1943) is a retired American former news anchor who spent 40 years with Oakland, CA-based KTVU.
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Biography
Early life
A Vietnam War veteran, Richmond grew up in Rossford, Ohio and graduated from Rossford High School. He attended Wayne State University in Detroit. He then attended Columbia University on a journalism scholarship which he was offered while working at KTVU.
Career
He joined KTVU on April 23, 1968[1] 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-achor from 1986 to 1998, followed by Leslie Griffith through 2006. His last co-anchor was Julie Haener.
After 40 years with KTVU -- 31 as anchor -- Richmond retired on May 21, 2008, five days before his 65th birthday. 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. Richmond now lives with his wife Deborah in Grass Valley, California in Northern California. He has one daughter from a previous relationship and one grandchild.
Frank Somerville, a longtime anchor for KTVU's morning and afternoon newscasts, succeeded Richmond as anchor of the 10 O'Clock News. In addition, he anchors the 5 and 6pm newscasts.
Awards
He has won several awards including the Humanitarian Award of Oakland, the highest honor given in that city and the Black Media Coalition Journalist of the Year Award. He was honored as the Good Scout of the year by the San Francisco Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America in 2004.
With him leading the news team, KTVU has won several Emmys and Radio and Television News Directors Association awards.
Richmond also received an Award of Distinction from Rossford High School, as a distinguished graduate.[2]
Personal
Richmond is a member of the board of directors of the Child Abuse Consortium which is a Californian statewide government agency. In addition to that, he has also been the General Chairperson of the YMCA fundraising drive for Alameda County. He has also served in the Oakland: Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee to Save High School Sports. A long time resident of San Ramon, California, he now makes his home in Grass Valley, California.
References
- ^ Rubin, Sylvia (September 13, 2010). "KTVU Anchor Stays on Top". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/07/11/PK56618.DTL.
- ^ "Awards of Distinction". http://www.rossford.k12.oh.us/news/Oct_06/Awards%20of%20Distinction-06.pdf.
External links
- KTVU.com - Dennis Richmond
- Dennis Richmond at the Internet Movie Database
- Longtime anchor Dennis Richmond to leave KTVU in May
Categories:- 1943 births
- African American television personalities
- American television journalists
- American television personalities
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Wayne State University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Living people
- People from Detroit, Michigan
- People from Oakland, California
- People from Toledo, Ohio
- San Francisco, California television anchors
- American television journalist stubs
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