NBC O&O KNSD San Diego (DMA 27) has named Mark Mullen as its primary anchor, succeeding Marty Levin who is retiring today.
Most recently a correspondent for ABC News, Mullen was also chief Asia correspondent for NBC News until leaving NBC in 2009.
As an NBC correspondent, Mullen assumed his post in Beijing in late 2006. Mullen produced a number of notable stories, including a weeklong series on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams called “China Rising”. In August 2007, Mullen reported from Tiananmen Square, the first live broadcast from the square since the Chinese government crackdown on student demonstrators in 1989.
Mullen has won numerous national and regional awards for anchoring and reporting, including a National Emmy Award for Outstanding News Coverage. His television career started at KDFW Dallas in 1987, took him to KRON San Francisco, ABC News in New York, KING Seattle and NBC News.
Mullen received a Bachelor of Arts, communications degree from Loyola University and studied Spanish language and history at the St. Louis University in Madrid.
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