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BREAKING: Frank Somerville says he’s ‘never going to anchor’ at KTVU
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“All indications are that I’m never going to anchor at Channel 2 again,” he told the newspaper group.
Somerville also expressed remorse over the “drama” that ensued over his desire to add a tagline regarding the media’s tendency to focus on missing white women over missing people of color, a phenomenon coined by broadcast journalist Gwen Ifill as “missing white woman syndrome.”
Somerville has a Black daughter, and wanted to add a note at the end of any news story on Petito about the rates of domestic violence Black women in America face, an unnamed source with knowledge of the situation told SFGATE in September. The request was denied by KTVU news director Amber Eikel, who called the tagline inappropriate, according to the source.
“I wish I could apologize to all of them in person,” Somerville said. “They’re the backbone of Channel 2. I appreciate and admire what they do every day.”
The tension reached a fever pitch when the Oakland chapter of the NAACP condemned KTVU’s decision to suspend Somerville, saying that the station should have been “elevating his example” instead of punishing him.
In Tuesday’s interview, Somerville also lamented the number of years he served at the station before his unceremonious exit. He became an anchor in 1992 and started co-anchoring the evening shows in 2008, succeeding longtime local newscaster Dennis Richmond.
His abrupt departure following the disagreement on coverage surrounding Petito came just a month after he returned to the airwaves in August. In a May broadcast of the Fox-owned station’s 10 p.m. show, Somerville was seen slurring his words. He left mid-broadcast, resulting in speculation over his health and well-being.
He also expressed openness to the possibility of returning to the airwaves, albeit at a different station during the interview.
“I would love to work at one of the other stations in the market,” he said. “If not, I’ll go to other stations outside of the market.”
A KTVU spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from SFGATE.
SFGATE homepage editor Brian Boyle contributed to this story.
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