jumped back into the broadcast news business when he accepted a position as an anchor for MSNBC in 2001. The following year, he returned to local news when he joined KTNV-TV in Las Vegas as its evening anchor. Becker left KTNV in December 2004 to pursue other opportunities. He returned to Los Angeles in 2005 as a freelance reporter for KNBC before being hired full-time. He left KNBC at the end of 2006 to join KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, as an evening anchor. He left the station on December 31, 2009, and joined KUSI-TV in San Diego. At KUSI, he was a featured reporter and co-anchor of the 11 p.m. newscast. At the end of 2016, Becker left KUSI to become the news director for KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, California. Becker left KMIR in January 2018. He became the lead anchor for KAAL in Rochester, Minnesota, in January 2019, before announcing his departure in August 2021. Becker is the past president of the Board of Directors of APTRA, the Associated Press TV and Radio Association which serves 12 western states as a liaison with the Associated Press. References External links Ross Becker's web site Ross Becker's KTVX biography American television journalists Television anchors from Los Angeles Television anchors from Salt Lake City Television anchors from Indianapolis Television anchors from Las Vegas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male journalists