Mark Ibanez more than held serve on his first ever newscast; the KTVU veteran lead sports anchor was refreshingly steady and comfortable in his solo performance, Monday, on the Channel 2 noon news.
In fact, Ibanez looked as if he's been doing it for over thirty-two years; the time he's spent at the venerable Fox affiliate in Oakland. He might as well have been Dennis Richmond's twin.
Not that going from sports to news is such a big deal, but in fact it is. Writing and delivering roughly 22 minutes of content from the normal two-three doesn't require heavy lifting, but I'm sure Ibanez had a bit of early jitters. It certainly didn't show on Monday.
He opened the show with the day's storm news the top story in the Bay Area, with a concise and solid update, plus steady send to a KTVU field reporter. His weather banter with meteorologist Steve Paulson was also flawless. OK, so I'm a bit easy about the art of banter, but you try it. Not as easy as it looks.
All in all, if Ibanez were to suddenly tire of the usual sporting life, then I'd highly endorse his new venture into the non-toy dept. His news debut Monday was a virtual slam dunk.
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Ibanez is certainly tired of his "usual sporting life"..he's gone on to bigger and better things, like dating KTVU interns.
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