Frank Somerville says he's done at KTVU, disciplined after requests to speak out for women of color.
Frank Somerville said Tuesday that he expects he has anchored his last newscast at KTVU, given that management hasn’t contacted him since he was suspended in September for an off-air dispute about coverage of the Gabby Petito case.
“All indications are that I’m never going to anchor at Channel 2 again,” the longtime anchor said in an interview with the Bay Area News Group. Somerville said he also wanted to apologize “to all the people in the station for all the drama” that ensued because of his suspension.
“All this drama isn’t good,” said Somerville, long a fixture of Bay Area TV news. “I wish I could apologize to all of them in person. They’re the backbone of Channel 2. I appreciate and admire what they do every day.”
Somerville was suspended the day after a reported dispute on Sept. 21 over his push to add a brief commentary on racial inequity to the end of a news story about the disappearance of social media influencer Gabby Petito, whose case had attracted a firestorm of media coverage.
Frank Somerville said Tuesday that he expects he has anchored his last newscast at KTVU, given that management hasn’t contacted him since he was suspended in September for an off-air dispute about coverage of the Gabby Petito case.
“All indications are that I’m never going to anchor at Channel 2 again,” the longtime anchor said in an interview with the Bay Area News Group. Somerville said he also wanted to apologize “to all the people in the station for all the drama” that ensued because of his suspension.
“All this drama isn’t good,” said Somerville, long a fixture of Bay Area TV news. “I wish I could apologize to all of them in person. They’re the backbone of Channel 2. I appreciate and admire what they do every day.”
Somerville was suspended the day after a reported dispute on Sept. 21 over his push to add a brief commentary on racial inequity to the end of a news story about the disappearance of social media influencer Gabby Petito, whose case had attracted a firestorm of media coverage.
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