Longtime Bay Area television news anchor Dennis Richmond has died at the age of 81, his former employer KTVU reported.

Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman died Wednesday, KTVU reports. A rarity in the business, he stayed at one station for his entire career.

Dennis Richmond became one of the first Black news anchors in America. He worked for KTVU for 40 years. Upon his death at the age of 81, he is remembered by his colleagues as someone who built the 10 o'clock News and made the station number 1.

Fond remembrances poured in Wednesday for the storied KTVU journalist, who was one of the nation’s first Black major-market news anchors and worked at the station for four decades.