Kent Ninomiya
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Kent Ninomiya has the distinction of being the first Asian American male to be primary news anchor for an American television station. He is a nationally known television news anchor, reporter and writer. Since the 1980's he appeared on the air for television stations across the United States.
Kent Ninomiya was named main news anchor for KSTP in Minneapolis-St Paul in 2003. He was paired with Harris Faulkner, an African American female. The team was heralded as a bold step forward by journalist organizations across the country. He also served as main anchor for WICD in Champaign.
Kent Ninomiya was born in San Francisco and raised in San Diego. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences with an emphasis in History, Political Science and Mass Communications.
Kent Ninomiya's career began behind the scenes working and interning for KTVU in Oakland, KGO in San Francisco, and the Washington D.C. bureau of CNN. His first appearance on the air was at WGGB, the ABC television station in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ninomiya worked there as an assignment editor/reporter. He then moved on to anchor the morning news and report for KIEM, the NBC television station in Eureka, California. Kent Ninomiya worked as a news reporter and fill-in anchor for KJEO the CBS television station in Fresno, KFSN the ABC owned and operated television station in Fresno, and KGTV the ABC television station in San Diego.
At the age of 26, Kent Ninomiya was hired by WLS the ABC owned and operated television station in Chicago. He was one of the youngest reporters ever hired in that news market. Over the next five years he became well known for his live breaking news reports from the streets of the Windy City. Kent Ninomiya was then promoted to full time anchoring assignments. He was the weekday 5am - 7am morning news anchor for KGO, the ABC owned and operated television station in San Francisco. While there he worked with several prominent co-anchors including Beth Spicuza, Carolyn Johnson and Elizabeth Bermudez. Ninomiya then moved down the California coast to Los Angeles where he anchored weekend evenings for KCOP in Los Angeles. His co-anchors in LA included Gina Silva, Jennifer Gould, Maria Quiban and Lauren Sanchez. While working at KCOP the station became part of a duopoly with LA's FOX station KTTV. Ninomiya filed live news reports for both stations.
Kent Ninomiya is a world traveler who ventured to 100 countries and regions on all seven continents. He is also a prolific writer who pens articles on a wide range of subjects.
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