9News anchor-reporter Mark Koebrich recently announced his retirement early next year after nearly 40 years at the Denver station.
Koebrich, the get-along guy who has worked on every newscast time slot at KUSA, will continue to co-anchor the 4 p.m. show until he signs off the air.
According to The Denver Post, Denver’s veteran newsman “has outlasted nine station managers, seven news directors and 30 co-anchors.”
When he broke the news on his retirement on the air, Koebrich said, “I have spent my entire adult working life in television newsrooms, a lot of time with people I have come to love, but not enough time with the one I loved first and most,” Koebrich said, referring to his wife, Cathy. “And it is time for Cathy and me to embark on our next chapter.”
On Saturday, Koebrich, a class act who has avoided controversy during his storied career, graciously posted this on his Facebook page:
“So I’ve wanted to post this since it was taken last Saturday at “Pink Tie”- many of you may not know that my colleague @kim9news (Kim Christiansen) has given up hundreds of Saturday nights to support causes of every description and she has done it with grace and elegance and passion – and as I end my career at 9News – I’d like to say for the record – we should all wish we could make an impact amounting to even a fraction of the good she has done in our community.”
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