Ross McGowan Signing Off “Mornings on Two"

Ross McGowan, Host of “Mornings on Two” on KTVU Channel 2 News, announced today that he will be signing off from KTVU for the last time on Friday October 2, 2009. McGowan joined “Mornings on Two” in 1993; two years after the program debuted, and has always provided a steady presence to the often freewheeling two-hour format.

“I’ve had a great run at KTVU, and getting up at two o’clock in the morning for the past 17 years hasn’t been as difficult as you might think, although I’m looking forward to tossing out the alarm clock,” said McGowan. “Every morning, Bay Area viewers have allowed me into their homes. That’s an invite I’ve never taken for granted.”

“Ross McGowan is the master of the live TV interview. He’s the best I’ve ever seen.
His easy-going style puts people at ease, but he always asks tough questions,” said Tim McVay, Vice President and General Manager of KTVU. McVay added “Ross is very intuitive. He knows the questions the audience wants him to ask. He’s quick to follow-up and he knows when to just let people talk.”

McGowan has conducted more than 10,000 live interviews on KTVU’s “Mornings on Two,” going one-on-one with the likes of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, then Presidential candidate Barack Obama, and Senators Orrin Hatch and Dianne Feinstein. He has covered political conventions and news events of the day that touched everyone’s lives; from the disappearance of Polly Klaas, to the famous O.J. Simpson trial, to the aftermath of September 11, 2001, to the current economic crisis.