News Operation
The news department is one of the longest-running in the market. It began as NewsCenter 10 back when they were an NBC affiliate. The name NewsCenter was used by all NBC-owned and/or affiliated stations to identify their newscasts. After KTVL and KOBI switched NBC and CBS affiliations, the name of the newscast was changed to Channel 10 News.
The news department featued well-known news personalities such as Terry Miller, Hank Henry, George Warren, Leon Hunsaker (also previously of KOBI), Marvin Rhodes, Pete Belcastro, Fred Inglis (now of KTVU) and, most notably, Ann Curry (who went on to become host of NBC's The Today Show in 2011). The current news director is Rick Howard.
The newscasts are currently anchored by Trish Glose and Rick Tillery at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chief meteorologist is Kevin Lollis. David De Rurange and Katie Conner anchor the 5 a.m. newscast News 10 Good Morning (starts at 4:55 a.m., see below) with the weather anchored by Lindsey Matherly and Libby Dowsett anchors the region's only noon newscast.
KTVL does not currently have a fulltime local sportscast as it was dropped in 2009 by management. However, in 2012, hints of a possible return took place as the news team began covering local high school basketball highlights called Friday Night Fastbreaks. (KDRV is the only station in the market to continue airing a local sportscast and KOBI does not have a sports department.)
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