Longtime KTUU anchor and reporter Mike Ross is retiring after 47 years of broadcasting.
Ross joined the Anchorage, Alaska CBS and NBC station in 2006.
“Mike has served as an invaluable newsroom mentor and manager, while always a consummate professional and trusted on-air presence for viewers across the great state of Alaska,” director of news and content Tracy Sabo said. “Whether offering comfort following a destructive, large-magnitude earthquake or natural disaster, or reacting with pure joy as Alaskan Olympians reach the pinnacle of sporting achievement, Mike has been a trusted source of critical news and information our viewers have relied on for nearly 18 years.”
In the early eighties, Ross started in radio news in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He later moved to weekend anchor and environmental reporter at WBRZ-TV. He joined WWL in New Orleans in 1988.
“Mike’s retirement is so incredibly well-earned, but there are no words to adequately describe how much he will be missed here at Alaska’s News Source,” Sabo said.
His final broadcast is scheduled for August 29 on Alaska’s News Source.
