Dennis Richmond

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Dennis Richmond

Dennis Richmond is the current news co-anchor of Oakland, CA-based KTVU's flagship news program, The Ten O'Clock News.

He grew up in Toledo, Ohio and attended Wayne State University in Detroit. He attended Columbia on a journalism scholarship.

Richmond is a member of the board of directors of the Child Abuse Consortium which is a Californian statewide government agency. In addition to that, he has also been the General Chairperson of the YMCA fundraising drive for Alameda County. He has also served in the Oakland: Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee to Save High School Sports. He is a long time resident of San Ramon, California.

On camera he is very professional, however at times he has been reported to be flamboyant and flashy. He wears lots of jewelry, "more than Elaine [his co-anchor]"^[1] he once quipped.

1 Career
2 Awards
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Career

He joined KTVU in 1968^[1], and was elevated to the anchor position in 1976. At the time he was one of the few people of African ancestry to hold such a position, and also one of very few young people. He is characterized by his omnipresent mustache. He co-anchored alongside Barbara Simpson from 1978 to 1986 when Elaine Corral took her place. In March 1998, Leslie Griffith, a longtime reporter, took her place. This pairing lasted until November 2006.

Both he and Elaine play themselves in the movie, The Net.

He co-anchors The KTVU Channel 2 News at 6 with Julie Haener.

[edit] Awards

He has won several awards including the Humanitarian Award of Oakland, the highest honor given in that city and the Black Media Coalition Journalist of the Year Award.

With him leading the news team, KTVU has won several Emmys and Radio and Television News Directors Association awards.