
And, whether viewers see him as one of their favorite Bay Area television news personalities, or as an everyman who is approachable, friendly and quite down-to-earth if they ever spotted him in the grocery store or at the gym working out, Somerville takes it all in with a genuine modesty that is second to none. 1 anchorman, a lot of people would beg to differ with him that his life is anything but ordinary. He is still the same as he was back in 1992, when we first met at KTVU.īut, beyond being the Oakland station’s No. He has been this way for these 23 years that I’ve known him as a good friend and colleague.

One of the most modest, most humble human beings I know, Somerville is dead serious. He says there’s really nothing special about it.Īctually, he’s not. newscasts, will be the first to tell you that he leads a rather ordinary life. KTVU’s ever-popular Frank Somerville, who anchors the station’s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts as well as its flagship 10 p.m. Since 2008, he has been anchoring KTVU’s 5 and 6 p.m. Somerville eventually worked a split schedule so that he could anchor the morning show, then return in the afternoon to anchor the station’s 5 p.m. His first 16 years at the station revolved around an early morning schedule, when he co-anchored “Mornings On 2”. He’s been with the Oakland FOX O&O since 1992. Or, even a news anchor, such as who we are featuring this month in KTVU’s Frank Somerville.


It could be a news producer, a photographer, a news director, or a reporter. From time to time, we will introduce you to someone within our Chapter with the hope of giving you an intriguing glimpse at what an average day is like for them.
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New “Off Camera” series: This is the first in a recurring “Off Camera” series we call “Day in the Life”.
