NBC Bay Area Introduces 11:00 AM News

NBC Bay Area Introduces 11:00 AM News

Jon Kelley and Marla Tellez Anchor New Daytime Newscast

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC Bay Area today announced the launch of a new weekday newscast, "NBC Bay Area News at 11AM," debuting Monday, September 19. Broadcast veteran Jon Kelley, host of Today in the Bay, will anchor the new newscast with NBC Bay Area's Marla Tellez. The program will air following NBC's Today Show.

Jon Kelley has spent more than 15 years in television journalism, covering news, sports and entertainment in a variety of roles. He's won multiple awards for sports reporting, and played football for the University of Nebraska before beginning his broadcast journalism career.

Marla Tellez is a native San Franciscan who has covered news in Northern California for several years. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sonoma State University with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Communications, and has won multiple Emmys for producing and reporting.

"This expansion of NBC Bay Area news allows us to serve our Bay Area viewers with more of the high-quality international, national and local coverage they've come to expect from us," said Jonathan Mitchell, NBC Bay Area's Vice President of News. "We're excited that viewers will be able to join Jon and Marla in mid-day for an update on the day's most important stories."

About NBC Owned Television Stations

NBC Owned Television Stations is the division of NBCUniversal that includes 10 local television stations and their digital channels and websites, as well as a group of out-of-home properties and a production company. The 10 stations produce and deliver compelling and unique local news, information and entertainment programming to viewers in the communities they serve, which include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., Miami, San Diego and Connecticut, with a goal of connecting to their audiences anytime and anywhere.

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CONTACT: Jim Monroe of NBC Bay Area, +1-408-432-4301, jim.monroe@nbcuni.com

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