Frank Mallicoat is the morning and noon anchor at KPIX-TV CBS 5 Eyewitness News in San Francisco, CA. Frank also hosts the stations public affairs program "Bay Sunday."
An Emmy Award winning journalist, Frank joined KPIX after spending 4 years at WFXT-TV FOX 25 in Boston as the weekend anchor and reporter. Before that, he spent 14 years at WLVI-TV CW 56 in Boston first as the weekend sports anchor. He left WLVI to join WJBK-TV in Detroit as sports director, and returned to WLVI that same year to become their sports director. He also spent time anchoring mornings, then weekends, before he was promoted to main anchor at the station. Frank has also been the sports director at WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH; KKIQ-FM in Livermore, CA; and KIEM-TV in Eureka, CA.
A native of Orinda, CA, Frank is a 1981 graduate of the University of California Berkeley where he studied communications.
1. What kind of phone do you have, and what are your favorite apps?
I am a certified “Apple” geek. I’ve got an iPhone 6 that’s always a breath. It’s linked to my ipad-mini and my new Mac Laptop. News and information... I guess like many I just gotta have it! I do have a one rule though. I’m in a “no-phone-zone” whenever I sit down for a meal with family or friends. We all need to turn it off at times!
2. Favorite and least favorite news topics to cover (besides violent crime)?
I was a sports guy for 16 years so I do have a big passion for any and all things sports. It’s like an oasis in a newscast when you can let it all go and pump up the volume. I also enjoy any breaking news... it’s why we do what we do! It’s always a joy to get off the teleprompter and just tell the viewers what’s going on. My least favorite story to cover are any stories that have to do with the injury or death of a child. Those door-knocks are palpable and so very difficult.
3. If you weren't working in TV news, what would you be doing?
I would be flipping houses or selling residential real estate! I get so much satisfaction out of doing work on my home. I bought a “fix-me-upper” on a lake in NH and spent a good 2000 man hours taking it down to the studs and turning it into something very special. It took a good ten years to complete but it’s a beauty. I learned a ton about home remodeling. I kind of surprised myself.
4. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?
Hands down the Flintstones. Fred, Wilma, Dino and the gang were always on. Still wondering how Fred’s feet never wore out!
5. When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?
I anchor a Morning Show for CBS in SF now. So when I get 30 minutes of downtime I snooze! I worked nights for 25 years so getting up at 2:30am every day is still an acquired taste. BTW I love Fridays! Sleep is not overrated!! I also love yard work... it relaxes me 
6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?
I’d love to travel through Italy. It’s a climate similar to the Bay Area with so much history... and the food!! Oh the food! I could eat Italian forever and a day. I hear their wines good too! If not Italy I’d settle for a week on my NH pond. Love it there and always will.
7. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
I would love to break bread with Abraham Lincoln. What an incredible man. Babe Ruth & Frank Sinatra would be at that dinner table too. Now that would be quite the conversation. Living today President Obama. I’d love to pick his brain and get a feel for what it’s like to have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Gee I thought my life was hectic.
8. Do you collect anything?
I collect Stamps and Coins. I started around age ten and have quite the collection. I am fascinated with American History.
9. What are the top 3 played songs on your iPod?
Don’t laugh but I like country. I just bought the latest Blackhawk CD. I’ll throw in a little Neil Young too (yep I’m old... ha) Jack Johnson, Lyle Lovett, Marshall Tucker and Eric Clapton.
10. What is one of your favorite quotes?
My mother was full of wisdom. She would always say... "You soon forget the price, but never the quality" - Margaret Wells Mallicoat
And my Dad would follow with this... "Kill ‘em with kindness" - Eugene Clifford Mallicoat.
I had awesome parents!
11. What was the last experience that made you a stronger person?
I would say the move back West in 2011. It wasn’t easy giving up a quarter century of my adult professional life in NE to return back home and start all over. I will admit I was tad “homesick” that first year, but it’s proved to be a very good move. I have gotten reacquainted with family and friends and rediscovered the beautiful Bay Area. I still love my New England though I really miss Dunkin Donuts. Please someone come West with a Medium Regular!
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