Kurtis Ming, the consumer reporter and news anchor best known for his consumer reporting series “Call Kurtis,” has left the CBS station in Sacramento after more than two decades.

His departure was announced during the 4 p.m. newscast on KOVR (Channel 13), the CBS-owned station that served as Ming’s television career for 22 years.

No reason was given for his departure, with the station’s anchors saying only that Ming had “decided to take a different path.” It was clear from Friday’s broadcast that Ming’s decision was his alone; His contract expired in February, according to two people familiar with the matter. The desk Ming emailed for more information.

Ming started at KOVR in 2003, when the station was still owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group. At the time, he was a general assignment reporter and weekend news anchor for the station, which typically ranked last among the four English-language news stations in the Sacramento market.

The turning point came when KOVR was purchased by CBS in 2005, forming a duopoly with KMAX-TV (channel 31), allowing the station to tap additional resources for its news coverage. Ming capitalized on this opportunity by launching a new consumer investigative series called “Call Kurtis,” which encouraged viewers to call or email to voice their consumer concerns.

The concept wasn’t unique to KOVR or Ming – other stations in the market had long covered and investigated consumer affairs – but the “Call Kurtis” moniker stuck, and Ming’s talent for using hidden cameras and Mike Wallace-like tactics, to pursue business dealings in fraud and misconduct quickly won over viewers in Northern California.

His work went beyond that of a consumer reporter, and Ming regularly took on assignments that took him traveling around the country and the world. He reported from the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was in New Zealand during a major earthquake in 2010, and traveled to Pakistan and South Korea to report on geopolitical issues of interest.

When the news broke back home, the station trusted Ming to break the story. He covered the Scott Peterson murder trial in 2003 and 2004, the recall of Gov. Gray Davis and the madness of the California gubernatorial race at the same time, wildfires, floods and earthquakes.

Ming began his television career as a behind-the-scenes contributor to the NBC News magazine show “Dateline” before moving to KCOP (Channel 13) in Los Angeles and later to KGO-TV (Channel 7, ABC) in San Francisco. His first on-air reporting job saw him move to Redding, where he worked at KRCR (Channel 7, ABC). Before joining KOVR, he worked at KTVN (Channel 2, CBS) in Nevada.

Ming’s work earned him 42 regional Emmy nominations, of which he won 11 awards. He also received the 2016 Consumer Journalist of the Year award from the Consumer Federation of California and remains a member of IRE, the consortium of investigative reporters and editors.