{"id":7318,"date":"2025-02-13T04:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2025-02-13T04:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:47:47","slug":"longtime-ktvu-news-anchor-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/longtime-ktvu-news-anchor-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime KTVU popular &#038; beloved news anchor, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman and trailblazing Black journalist, died Wednesday, his former news channel,\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/legendary-ktvu-anchor-dennis-richmond-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/legendary-ktvu-anchor-dennis-richmond-dies\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|${u}\">KTVU announced<\/a>. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Dennis was a strong presence in the KTVU newsroom for decades, guiding the team and setting high standards for himself and his colleagues in everything they did,&#8221; the channel&#8217;s general manager Mellynda Hartel said.\u00a0&#8220;His impact is still felt in the KTVU newsroom today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Richmond sat behind the anchor&#8217;s desk at KTVU \u2212 a local Fox station serving San Francisco and the surrounding cities \u2212 for over 30 years. First rising to the post in 1976 after being hired as a clerk, he retired in 2008 just before he turned 65.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A rare story in the news business, he remained not only on one network but at one station for the entirety of his career, forming a unique dialogue with viewers who welcomed his voice into their living rooms each evening at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Among the country&#8217;s first Black anchors to work in a major market, Richmond broke down barriers for generations of journalists to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman and trailblazing Black journalist, died Wednesday, his former news channel,\u00a0KTVU announced. 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