KFSN-TV
Encyclopedia
KFSN-TV, UHF channel 30, is an owned-and-operated
television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company
, located in Fresno, California
. The station's transmitter is located in Meadow Lakes, California
. Its signal covers the Central San Joaquin Valley
and the mountain ranges flanking either side, including the Sierra Nevada mountains and Yosemite National Park
. The station serves Fresno
, Madera
, Merced
, Mariposa
, Tulare
, and Kings
counties.
and FM 101.1, now KWYE
) and KFRE radio (AM 940, now KYNO
and FM 93.7, now KSKS
) competed for the channel 12 license, the sole VHF TV allocation in Fresno. KFRE won the license, and the station known today as KFSN-TV signed on the air for the first time on May 10, 1956 on channel 12 as KFRE-TV, taking the CBS
affiliation from KJEO-TV (channel 47, now KGPE
).
The KFRE stations were acquired by Triangle Publications
in 1959, and on February 17, 1961, KFRE-TV reluctantly moved to UHF channel 30 to make Fresno an all-UHF market under orders from the Federal Communications Commission
in order to level the playing field in the market. The term deintermixture was used to describe the act of creating all UHF markets in areas that few available VHF channels for allotment and thus creating unfair competition in markets such as Fresno and Bakersfield
. This move opened up channel 12 for an allocation in use by KCOY-TV
in Santa Maria
(Fresno is still a predominantly-UHF market to this day with all 12 full power analog signals operating on UHF channels; the exceptions are a few low-power and digital outlets).
Capital Cities Communications
acquired the KFRE stations from Triangle in 1971; the company sold off the AM and FM radio stations and kept the TV station, changing its calls from KFRE-TV to KFSN-TV (The KFRE-TV
calls are now used on Fresno's CW
affiliate on channel 59; that station is unrelated to the current KFSN-TV). The station became an ABC owned-and-operated station in September 9, 1985 following ABC's merger with CapCities, and ABC's first UHF O&O; CBS returned to KJEO. The merged company had not originally intended to keep KFSN, but only did so because it was not allowed to keep WTNH
(channel 8) in New Haven, Connecticut
.
The station is one of three network owned television stations in the Fresno television market; the other two are Univision's
KFTV
(channel 21) and Telemundo's
KNSO
(channel 51). However, the latter station is managed by a third party via a time brokerage agreement.
With the sale of WTVG
& WJRT-TV
to SJL Broadcasting, KFSN is now the smallest station in the country that is an O&O of any major network, not counting semi-satellites (this includes WOGX
in Ocala
/Gainesville, Florida
; which is a semi-satellite of WOFL
in Orlando
).
On April 27, 2009 the station added the Live Well Network to its digital subchannel
, Channel 30.2.
channel 30, on June 12, 2009 at noon, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over VHF
channel 9, but returned to channel 30 for its post-transition operations.
, nor does it use the Eyewitness News
music package, like several other ABC-owned stations. Instead, KFSN retains the Action News branding (ABC30 Action News
,) along with sister station WPVI (channel 6) in Philadelphia. In 2003, the station began pooling resources
with sister stations KABC-TV
(channel 7) in Los Angeles
and KGO-TV
(channel 7) in San Francisco to hire a full time reporter and photographer to staff a Sacramento bureau following Arnold Schwarzenegger
's election as Governor
during the 2003 California recall election.
KFSN's newscasts have used the Action News name and format made famous at sister station WPVI since the 1970s. The station has led the news ratings in the San Joaquin Valley
for more than 30 years. Its 5 PM newscast, "Live at Five," frequently attracts more viewers than all other local stations combined.
On April 23, 2007 starting with the 5 p.m. newscast, KFSN-TV became the sixth ABC owned-and-operated station to produce and broadcast their newscasts in High Definition
following their sister stations KABC-TV
, WPVI-TV
, WABC-TV
, WLS-TV
and KGO-TV
and update its branding to ABC 30 Action News HD.
Since 1994, KFSN has used the original version of 615 Music's
"News One" music package, also used at the time by sister-station, KGO-TV
.
KFSN has dominated the local news viewership ratings in the San Joaquin Valley for decades, dating back to its pre-ABC-merger years as a CBS affiliate.
On May 25, 2011, KFSN has announced that it will have a new 4 p.m. newscast starting September 12 (immediately following Oprah
reruns). This follows the trend of the four other sister-stations (WABC-TV, WPVI-TV, WTVD & KGO) that have started its new 4 p.m. newscast after Oprah's final first-run episode.
ABC30 AccuWeather Team
Sports team
Reporters
/KCAL
in Los Angeles)
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, located in Fresno, California
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
. The station's transmitter is located in Meadow Lakes, California
Meadow Lakes, California
Meadow Lakes is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located west-southwest of Shaver Lake Heights, at an elevation of 4452 feet .A post office operated at Meadow Lakes from 1930 to 1933, with a closure for a time in 1932....
. Its signal covers the Central San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...
and the mountain ranges flanking either side, including the Sierra Nevada mountains and Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
. The station serves Fresno
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...
, Madera
Madera County, California
Madera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County. It comprises the Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 150,865...
, Merced
Merced County, California
Merced County , is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose. As of the 2010 census, the population was 255,793, up from 210,554 at the 2000 census. The county seat is Merced...
, Mariposa
Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, east of Merced, and southeast of Stockton. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,251 up from 17,130 at the 2000 census...
, Tulare
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...
, and Kings
Kings County, California
Kings County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is located in a rich agricultural region. Kings County is also home to NAS Lemoore, which is the U.S. Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. The county seat is Hanford...
counties.
History
In the 1950s, KARM radio (AM 1430, now KFIGKFIG
KFIG is a sports talk station in Fresno, California, United States. The station broadcasts at 1430 kHz on AM.KFIG serves as the local affiliate for ESPN Radio. It is also an affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants and San Jose Sharks.-External links:*...
and FM 101.1, now KWYE
KWYE
KWYE is a radio station located in the Fresno, California, area that airs an Adult Top 40 music format. The station is owned by Peak Broadcasting.-History:...
) and KFRE radio (AM 940, now KYNO
KYNO
KYNO is a News/Talk radio station broadcasting at 940 kHz in Fresno, California, United States of America.-Station history:KYNO from 1957 and throughout the 1960s and 1970s, was a Top-40 station, and was the #1 "Hooper" rated station in Fresno under the ownership of Eugene Chenault...
and FM 93.7, now KSKS
KSKS
KSKS is a commercial radio station located in Fresno, California, broadcasting on 93.7 FM. KSKS airs a country music format branded as "Kiss Country"....
) competed for the channel 12 license, the sole VHF TV allocation in Fresno. KFRE won the license, and the station known today as KFSN-TV signed on the air for the first time on May 10, 1956 on channel 12 as KFRE-TV, taking the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliation from KJEO-TV (channel 47, now KGPE
KGPE
KGPE, virtual channel 47, is the CBS affiliated television station for the Fresno, California market. KGPE's digital signal is on UHF channel 34 from Auberry, California. It's currently owned by High Plains Broadcasting and operated by Newport Television, LLC....
).
The KFRE stations were acquired by Triangle Publications
Triangle Publications
Triangle Publications, Inc. was an American media group first based at 400 North Broad Street , Philadelphia, and later at its TV Guide headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Triangle Publications was a privately-held corporation with the majority of stock owned by Walter Annenberg and his sisters...
in 1959, and on February 17, 1961, KFRE-TV reluctantly moved to UHF channel 30 to make Fresno an all-UHF market under orders from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
in order to level the playing field in the market. The term deintermixture was used to describe the act of creating all UHF markets in areas that few available VHF channels for allotment and thus creating unfair competition in markets such as Fresno and Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....
. This move opened up channel 12 for an allocation in use by KCOY-TV
KCOY-TV
KCOY-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Central Coast of California that is licensed to Santa Maria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria. Owned by the Cowles...
in Santa Maria
Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county...
(Fresno is still a predominantly-UHF market to this day with all 12 full power analog signals operating on UHF channels; the exceptions are a few low-power and digital outlets).
Capital Cities Communications
Capital Cities Communications
Capital Cities redirects here. For the article about the seat of a government, see Capital .Capital Cities Communications was an American media company best known for its surprise purchase of the much larger American Broadcasting Company in 1985...
acquired the KFRE stations from Triangle in 1971; the company sold off the AM and FM radio stations and kept the TV station, changing its calls from KFRE-TV to KFSN-TV (The KFRE-TV
KFRE-TV
KFRE-TV is the CW affiliate for the Fresno, California market. It broadcasts on digital UHF channel 36. The station is a sister station of KMPH-TV. KFRE-TV is owned by Titan Broadcast Group. The station is licensed to Sanger, with studios in Fresno and a transmitter in Auberry.-History:KFRE-TV...
calls are now used on Fresno's CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
affiliate on channel 59; that station is unrelated to the current KFSN-TV). The station became an ABC owned-and-operated station in September 9, 1985 following ABC's merger with CapCities, and ABC's first UHF O&O; CBS returned to KJEO. The merged company had not originally intended to keep KFSN, but only did so because it was not allowed to keep WTNH
WTNH
WTNH is the ABC-affiliated television station for the state of Connecticut that is licensed to New Haven. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in Hamden. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX and the two...
(channel 8) in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
.
The station is one of three network owned television stations in the Fresno television market; the other two are Univision's
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
KFTV
KFTV
KFTV-DT, virtual channel 21, is a full-power television station in Hanford, California, serving the Fresno area as a Univisión-owned and operated station. KFTV broadcasts locally on digital channel 20, and airs Spanish-language entertainment programming....
(channel 21) and Telemundo's
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
KNSO
KNSO
KNSO is a television station in the Fresno, California area, and a station of the Telemundo network. The station is owned by NBCUniversal and operated by ZGS Communications. The station operates on digital VHF channel 11.1 -History:KNSO signed on the air in 1996 under the ownership of Sainte...
(channel 51). However, the latter station is managed by a third party via a time brokerage agreement.
With the sale of WTVG
WTVG
This is about the TV station in Toledo, Ohio for the former WTVG-TV in Newark, New Jersey see WFUT-DT.WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in...
& WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV, channel 12, is the ABC-affiliated station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market, owned by SJL Broadcasting. Its studios are located in Flint, Michigan, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities located in Saginaw...
to SJL Broadcasting, KFSN is now the smallest station in the country that is an O&O of any major network, not counting semi-satellites (this includes WOGX
WOGX
WOGX is the Fox owned-and-operated television station for North Central Florida that is licensed to Ocala. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter along CR 316 west of I-75/FL 93 and the Heijahs Town section of Reddick...
in Ocala
Ocala, Florida
Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...
/Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
; which is a semi-satellite of WOFL
WOFL
WOFL, channel 35, is the Fox owned-and-operated television station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. It is licensed to Orlando, with studios located in Lake Mary. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 22. On cable, WOFL-TV is currently seen on channel 3 for subscribers of...
in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
).
Digital programming
The station's digital signal is UHF 30, multiplexed:| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 30.1 | Main KFSN programming / ABC |
| 30.2 | Live Well Network HD |
| 30.3 | Live Well Network SD |
On April 27, 2009 the station added the Live Well Network to its digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, Channel 30.2.
Analog-to-digital conversion
KFSN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHFUltra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 30, on June 12, 2009 at noon, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 9, but returned to channel 30 for its post-transition operations.
News operation
The station's newscasts are not branded Eyewitness NewsEyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
, nor does it use the Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
music package, like several other ABC-owned stations. Instead, KFSN retains the Action News branding (ABC30 Action News
Action News
Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
,) along with sister station WPVI (channel 6) in Philadelphia. In 2003, the station began pooling resources
Common-pool resource
In economics, a common-pool resource , also called a common property resource, is a type of good consisting of a natural or human-made resource system , whose size or characteristics makes it costly, but not impossible, to exclude potential beneficiaries from obtaining benefits from its use...
with sister stations KABC-TV
KABC-TV
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale, California...
(channel 7) in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and KGO-TV
KGO-TV
KGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
(channel 7) in San Francisco to hire a full time reporter and photographer to staff a Sacramento bureau following Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
's election as Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
during the 2003 California recall election.
KFSN's newscasts have used the Action News name and format made famous at sister station WPVI since the 1970s. The station has led the news ratings in the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...
for more than 30 years. Its 5 PM newscast, "Live at Five," frequently attracts more viewers than all other local stations combined.
On April 23, 2007 starting with the 5 p.m. newscast, KFSN-TV became the sixth ABC owned-and-operated station to produce and broadcast their newscasts in High Definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
following their sister stations KABC-TV
KABC-TV
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale, California...
, WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV, channel 6, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. WPVI has its studios located on the border between Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd, and its transmitter is located in the...
, WABC-TV
WABC-TV
WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Disney-owned American Broadcasting Company located in New York City. The station's studios and offices are located on the Upper West Side section of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters, and its transmitter is atop the Empire State...
, WLS-TV
WLS-TV
WLS-TV, virtual channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The station operates their full power digital operations on UHF channel 44, with their digital fill-in translator on VHF channel...
and KGO-TV
KGO-TV
KGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
and update its branding to ABC 30 Action News HD.
Since 1994, KFSN has used the original version of 615 Music's
615 Music
615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in Nashville, Tennessee. 615 Music composes television news music packages and custom image campaigns for many television networks around the world. 615 Music also operates out of Los Angeles...
"News One" music package, also used at the time by sister-station, KGO-TV
KGO-TV
KGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
.
KFSN has dominated the local news viewership ratings in the San Joaquin Valley for decades, dating back to its pre-ABC-merger years as a CBS affiliate.
On May 25, 2011, KFSN has announced that it will have a new 4 p.m. newscast starting September 12 (immediately following Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
reruns). This follows the trend of the four other sister-stations (WABC-TV, WPVI-TV, WTVD & KGO) that have started its new 4 p.m. newscast after Oprah's final first-run episode.
Newscast titles
- Channel 30 Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(1976–1996) - ABC-30 Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(1996–present)
Station slogans
- The Valley's #1 Newscast (1986–1994)
- Stand Up and Tell'em Fresno's Great! (1985–1994; used during period station used Frank Gari's "Turn To News")
- You and Channel 30, We've Got the Touch (1983–1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- You'll Love It on Channel 30 (1985–1986; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Together on Channel 30 (1986–1987; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Something's Happening on Channel 30 (1987–1989; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Fresno's Watching Channel 30 (1989–1992; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- If It's Fresno, It Must Be Channel 30 (1992–1993; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Number One in Central California (1994–present)
- TV is Good, on Channel 30 (1997–1998; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- We Love TV, on Channel 30 (1998–1999; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Live. Local. Latebreaking. (2000–present)
Current on-air staff (as of June 2011)
Anchors- Warren Armstrong - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Liz Harrison - weeknights at 11 p.m.; also reporter
- Matt Keller - weekday mornings "ABC 30 Action News AM Live" (4:30-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
- Margot Kim - weekday mornings "ABC 30 Action News AM Live" (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Graciela Moreno - weeknights at 4, 6 and 6:30 p.m.
- Nancy Osborne - weeknights at 5 p.m.
- Christine Park - 11 a.m.& weeknights at 4 p.m.; also consumer reporter
- Amanda Perez - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Sara Sandrik - weekend mornings at 6 and 8 a.m.; also North Valley bureau chief
- Dale Yurong - weeknights at 6:30 p.m.; also reporter
ABC30 AccuWeather Team
- Angelo Stalis - chief weathercaster; weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m.
- Doug Collins (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Member; NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Member) - meteorologist; weekday mornings - Kevin Musso (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weeknights at 4 & 11 p.m.
- Reuben Contreras - meteorologist; weekends; also news producer
Sports team
- Jason Oliveira - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- David Bataller - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also sports reporter
Reporters
- Mariana Jacob - general assignment reporter
- Linda Mumma - AM Live morning reporter
- Tony Capozzi - legal and political consultant
- Gene Haagenson - general assignment reporter
- Shannon Handy - general assignment reporter
- Corin Hoggard - court reporter
- Nannette Miranda - Sacramento bureau chief
- Rick Montanez - general assignment reporter
- Jessica Peres - South Valley bureau chief
- Gaby Rodriguez - traffic reporter
- Sontaya Rose - investigative reporter
- Tommy Tran - general assignment reporter
Former on-air staff
Laura Diaz - anchor (1981–1983; now at KCBSKCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
/KCAL
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
in Los Angeles)