Video of Somerville slurring his speech went viral shortly after the newscast ended. KTVU, which airs on Channel 2 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, is owned by Fox Corporation.Įarlier in the year, Somerville was absent from the station after he appeared to have trouble reading a teleprompter during a newscast. The Bay Area News Group said sources at the television station did not feel like the commentary was appropriate for a local news broadcast. KTVU anchor Frank Somerville shared these photos of his car after it was broken into. 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. Frank Somerville, KTVU 5-6 and 10 pm news anchor. 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.” “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.

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. (Photo: KTVU/Fox Television Stations, Inc.

KTVU-TV news anchor Frank Somerville appears in an undated handout photograph.

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