KTLA Morning Show
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The KTLA Morning News is a morning television
newscast airing on CW affiliate KTLA
(channel 5) in Los Angeles, California
. The program is broadcast weekday mornings from 4:30-10 a.m. The 4:30-7 a.m. portion is a general news/traffic/weather format; the 7-10 a.m. portion also features news, traffic and weather, but emphasizes entertainment and other light-hearted stories.
The 7-10 a.m. portion of the program was simulcast on its San Diego
sister station
KSWB-TV
(channel 69, owned by KTLA's parent company Tribune Broadcasting
) from March 2005 until July 29, 2008 (under the name The WB Morning Show, and then to The CW Morning Show upon becoming a CW affiliate); KSWB later relaunched an in-house news department on August 1, 2008, after switching its affiliation from The CW to Fox
and debuted its own locally-produced morning newscast on the date of the affiliation switch.
and Barbara Beck, with weathercaster Mark Kriski
, and Eric Spillman and Michele Ruiz reporting from remote locations. It was created under the direction of then-general manager Steve Bell and produced by Raymond J. Brune. The show's emphasis was mostly on news, with very little on lighter features. With the emphasis on hard news, the show received poor ratings and some negative reviews. Near the end of 1991, Joel Tator, a new executive producer, had been brought in to help revive the show, by giving the show a more relaxed atmosphere by spreading out newspapers on the desk. The anchors, feeling that the show was in its final weeks, also relaxed and they started joking around.
The critical moment for the Morning News came in February 1992, when a series of rain storms hit the Southland
, causing severe flooding in the San Fernando Valley
. At that time, the only other news programs on in the morning were the morning news shows on ABC
(Good Morning America
), NBC
(Today) and CBS
(CBS This Morning), which were all broadcast on a three-hour tape delay in the Pacific Time Zone, with limited live coverage during the local news segments. Filling a need, KTLA set aside its normal programming and provided extensive coverage of the flooding. That brought in large numbers of Southland viewers; once the flood crisis ended, the viewers stayed with the show. And as a result, ratings improved dramatically.
Another critical moment for the Morning News occurred on January 17, 1994, when the Northridge earthquake
rocked the area, causing widespread damage, collapsing freeways, sparked power outages, ruptured water and gas lines, prompted the stoppage of television and film production and altered public events and flight schedules, due to precaution closures in Hollywood and Los Angeles International Airport
. The quake almost trashed the KTLA newsroom when reporters Eric Spillman, Larry McCormick
, Stan Chambers
and Michele Ruiz were producing special reports throughout the morning.
With the new relaxed atmosphere and a need to provide live, local news when the other stations could not, the show survived. The program continued to succeed even as the newscast saw new competition with the debut of Good Day LA on Fox-owned KTTV
(channel 11) in July 1993. Around 1998, Michele Ruiz left for NBC-owned KNBC
(channel 4) and Jim Newman also left for ABC-owned KABC
(channel 7). On May 2, 2001 Barbara Beck resigned from KTLA, and Giselle Fernandez later became co-anchor. In 2003, Giselle Fernandez left and was replaced by Michaela Pereira. In September 2007, Carlos Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV
to replace John Beard on that station's 10 p.m. newscast.
On February 4, 2008, KTLA changed the titles of each portion of its morning newscasts. The 5 a.m. hour (called First Edition) was renamed KTLA Morning News @ 5. The 6 a.m. hour (called Early Edition) was renamed KTLA Morning News @ 6. The KTLA Morning Show reverted back to its original title as the KTLA Morning News, while the 9 a.m. hour became known as KTLA Morning News @ 9. In April 2011, KTLA added a weekend morning extension of the newscast, airing on Saturdays from 6-7 a.m. (airing in the early time slot due to The CW's Toonzai animation block), and on Sundays from 6-9 a.m.; it is currently anchored by Chris Burrous and Wendy Burch. The addition made KTLA the fourth Tribune-owned station to carry a weekend morning newscast (the others being fellow CW affiliate WGN-TV
in Chicago, and Fox affiliates WXIN
in Indianapolis and WTIC-TV
in Hartford).
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
newscast airing on CW affiliate KTLA
KTLA
KTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
(channel 5) in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. The program is broadcast weekday mornings from 4:30-10 a.m. The 4:30-7 a.m. portion is a general news/traffic/weather format; the 7-10 a.m. portion also features news, traffic and weather, but emphasizes entertainment and other light-hearted stories.
The 7-10 a.m. portion of the program was simulcast on its San Diego
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
KSWB-TV
KSWB-TV
KSWB-TV, virtual channel 69, is a Fox-affiliated television station in San Diego, California. It broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter southeast of Spring Valley...
(channel 69, owned by KTLA's parent company Tribune Broadcasting
Tribune Broadcasting
The Tribune Broadcasting Company is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois and named for the flagship Chicago Tribune newspaper.- History :Tribune Broadcasting...
) from March 2005 until July 29, 2008 (under the name The WB Morning Show, and then to The CW Morning Show upon becoming a CW affiliate); KSWB later relaunched an in-house news department on August 1, 2008, after switching its affiliation from The CW to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
and debuted its own locally-produced morning newscast on the date of the affiliation switch.
History
The program began on July 8, 1991 as The KTLA Morning News, anchored by Carlos AmezcuaCarlos Amezcua
Carlos Amezcua is the co-anchor of the KTTV FOX 11. newscast. Amezcua joined KTTV in September 2007.Amezcua, a Southern California native,studied at BYU and San Diego State College....
and Barbara Beck, with weathercaster Mark Kriski
Mark Kriski
Mark Kriski is a Canadian born in Nova Scotia of Polish descent. He served as a DJ on Victoria, British Columbia's Q-100 FM, and Montreal's 980 AM, known as CKGM, then later as weatherman on Canada's The Weather Network in the late 1980s. Kriski now works at KTLA in Los Angeles.Mark Kriski has...
, and Eric Spillman and Michele Ruiz reporting from remote locations. It was created under the direction of then-general manager Steve Bell and produced by Raymond J. Brune. The show's emphasis was mostly on news, with very little on lighter features. With the emphasis on hard news, the show received poor ratings and some negative reviews. Near the end of 1991, Joel Tator, a new executive producer, had been brought in to help revive the show, by giving the show a more relaxed atmosphere by spreading out newspapers on the desk. The anchors, feeling that the show was in its final weeks, also relaxed and they started joking around.
The critical moment for the Morning News came in February 1992, when a series of rain storms hit the Southland
Greater Los Angeles Area
The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is a term used for the Combined Statistical Area sprawled over five counties in the southern part of California, namely Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County and Ventura County...
, causing severe flooding in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
. At that time, the only other news programs on in the morning were the morning news shows on ABC
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...
(Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
), NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
(Today) and 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...
(CBS This Morning), which were all broadcast on a three-hour tape delay in the Pacific Time Zone, with limited live coverage during the local news segments. Filling a need, KTLA set aside its normal programming and provided extensive coverage of the flooding. That brought in large numbers of Southland viewers; once the flood crisis ended, the viewers stayed with the show. And as a result, ratings improved dramatically.
Another critical moment for the Morning News occurred on January 17, 1994, when the Northridge earthquake
Northridge earthquake
The Northridge earthquake was a massive earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 04:31 Pacific Standard Time in Reseda, a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, lasting for about 10–20 seconds...
rocked the area, causing widespread damage, collapsing freeways, sparked power outages, ruptured water and gas lines, prompted the stoppage of television and film production and altered public events and flight schedules, due to precaution closures in Hollywood and Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
. The quake almost trashed the KTLA newsroom when reporters Eric Spillman, Larry McCormick
Larry McCormick
Larry McCormick was a Canadian politician.McCormick was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington from 1993 to 2004...
, Stan Chambers
Stan Chambers
Stanley Holroyd Chambers is a retired American television reporter who worked for KTLA in Los Angeles from 1947 to 2010....
and Michele Ruiz were producing special reports throughout the morning.
With the new relaxed atmosphere and a need to provide live, local news when the other stations could not, the show survived. The program continued to succeed even as the newscast saw new competition with the debut of Good Day LA on Fox-owned KTTV
KTTV
KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP , Los Angeles' MyNetworkTV station...
(channel 11) in July 1993. Around 1998, Michele Ruiz left for NBC-owned KNBC
KNBC
KNBC, channel 4, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA. KNBC's studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California, and its transmitter is located on Mount Wilson...
(channel 4) and Jim Newman also left for ABC-owned KABC
KABC
KABC may refer to:* KABC , a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States* KABC-TV, a television station licensed to Los Angeles, California...
(channel 7). On May 2, 2001 Barbara Beck resigned from KTLA, and Giselle Fernandez later became co-anchor. In 2003, Giselle Fernandez left and was replaced by Michaela Pereira. In September 2007, Carlos Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV
KTTV
KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP , Los Angeles' MyNetworkTV station...
to replace John Beard on that station's 10 p.m. newscast.
On February 4, 2008, KTLA changed the titles of each portion of its morning newscasts. The 5 a.m. hour (called First Edition) was renamed KTLA Morning News @ 5. The 6 a.m. hour (called Early Edition) was renamed KTLA Morning News @ 6. The KTLA Morning Show reverted back to its original title as the KTLA Morning News, while the 9 a.m. hour became known as KTLA Morning News @ 9. In April 2011, KTLA added a weekend morning extension of the newscast, airing on Saturdays from 6-7 a.m. (airing in the early time slot due to The CW's Toonzai animation block), and on Sundays from 6-9 a.m.; it is currently anchored by Chris Burrous and Wendy Burch. The addition made KTLA the fourth Tribune-owned station to carry a weekend morning newscast (the others being fellow CW affiliate WGN-TV
WGN-TV
WGN-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the CW-affiliated television station in Chicago, Illinois built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WGN-TV's studios and offices are located at 2501 W...
in Chicago, and Fox affiliates WXIN
WXIN (TV)
WXIN, channel 59, is the Fox affiliated television station in Indianapolis, Indiana. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 45, using its former analog channel 59 as its virtual channel via PSIP...
in Indianapolis and WTIC-TV
WTIC-TV
WTIC-TV, channel 61, is a television station in Hartford, Connecticut. Owned by the Tribune Company, WTIC-TV is a charter affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company...
in Hartford).
KTLA Morning News at 4:30 (4:30-5 a.m.)
- Chris Schauble - co-anchor
- Megan Henderson - co-anchor
- Henry Dicarlo - meteorologist
- Ginger Chan - traffic reporter (KTLA Traffic Center)
KTLA Morning News at 5 (5-6 a.m.)
- Chris Schauble - co-anchor
- Megan HendersonMegan HendersonMegan Henderson is a journalist and weekday morning anchor of the 4:30am to 7am KTLA News in Los Angeles. Prior to joining KTLA in March 2009, Henderson hosted the #1 rated morning show Good Day at the Fox affiliate KDFW in Dallas and Fox's Good Day Utah at KSTU in Salt Lake City...
- co-anchor - Henry Dicarlo - meteorologist
- Ginger Chan - traffic reporter (KTLA Traffic Center)
KTLA Morning News at 6 (6-7 a.m.)
- Chris Schauble - co-anchor
- Megan Henderson - co-anchor
- Henry Dicarlo - meteorologist
- Sam Rubin - entertainment reporter
- Ginger Chan - traffic reporter (KTLA Traffic Center)
- Mark Kono - traffic reporter ("KTLA Telecopter HD")
KTLA Morning News at 7 (7-9 a.m.)
- Michaela PereiraMichaela PereiraMichaela Pereira is a Canadian television personality best known as being an anchor for KTLA in Los Angeles.- Biography :...
- co-anchor - Frank Buckley - co-anchor
- Mark KriskiMark KriskiMark Kriski is a Canadian born in Nova Scotia of Polish descent. He served as a DJ on Victoria, British Columbia's Q-100 FM, and Montreal's 980 AM, known as CKGM, then later as weatherman on Canada's The Weather Network in the late 1980s. Kriski now works at KTLA in Los Angeles.Mark Kriski has...
- weather anchor - Sam Rubin - entertainment reporter
- Ginger Chan - traffic reporter (KTLA Traffic Center)
- Mark Kono - traffic reporter ("KTLA Telecopter HD")
KTLA Morning News at 9 (9-10 a.m.)
- Michaela Pereira - co-host
- Jessica HolmesJessica Holmes (television presenter)Jessica Renee Holmes is an American television personality best known as the former co-host of the popular Nickelodeon TV series Slime Time Live. She currently serves as an anchor for KTLA 5 The CW in Los Angeles.- Biography :...
- co-host - Frank Buckley - news updates
- Mark Kriski - weather anchor
- Sam Rubin - entertainment reporter
KTLA Weekend Morning News
- Chris Burrous - Co-anchor, Weather Anchor, and Traffic Reporter
- Wendy Burch - Co-anchor
Reporters
- Gayle AndersonGayle AndersonGayle Anderson is a reporter for KTLA Morning News, whose participation in unique human interest stories has become a favorite among viewers....
- 7-9 a.m. field reporter and "Watercooler Buzz" contributor (9-10 a.m.) - Wendy Burch - 7-9 a.m. field reporter and "Watercooler Buzz" contributor (9-10 a.m.)
- Rich Demuro - technology reporter
- Jennifer Gould - 7-9 a.m. field reporter
- Mark Kriski - "Watercooler Buzz" contributor (9-10 a.m.)
- Roger LodgeRoger LodgeRoger Lodge is an American game show host, sports radio host, and actor.-Life and career:Lodge was born as Rogelio Chavez in Fontana, California and raised in Cerritos, California. Lodge currently serves as Executive Producer and host of HDNET's "CELEBRIDATE", scheduled to debut in October of 2011...
- sports talk 6 and 7 a.m. - Allie MacKay - 7-9 a.m. field reporter
- Lynnete Romero 7-9 a.m. field reporter
- Sam Rubin - 7-9 a.m. entertainment reporter and "Watercooler Buzz" contributor (9-10 a.m.)
- Eric Spillman - 7-9 a.m. field reporter
- Note: Sam Rubin, Mark Kriski and Eric Spillman are the only holdovers left from the original team of the show.
Notable former staff
- Carlos AmezcuaCarlos AmezcuaCarlos Amezcua is the co-anchor of the KTTV FOX 11. newscast. Amezcua joined KTTV in September 2007.Amezcua, a Southern California native,studied at BYU and San Diego State College....
- original anchor (now with KTTVKTTVKTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP , Los Angeles' MyNetworkTV station...
) - Barbara Beck - original anchor
- Asha BlakeAsha BlakeAsha Blake is an Emmy award-winning journalist who anchored KTLA-TV News @ 1PM with Frank Buckley in Los Angeles. She previously was the anchor of the 9:00 p.m. news on Denver's CW affiliate, KWGN-TV before leaving KWGN in 2007 to return to Los Angeles...
- Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
(now weeknight anchor at KTLA) - Elizabeth EspinosaElizabeth Espinosa- Biography :Prior to KTLA, she was one of the correspondents for Good Day L.A. on KTTV. She also reported for KMEX and for XETV San Diego, and has presented weekly movie review segment on the "Fox Morning Show"....
(now reporter for the 1 and 6:30 p.m. newscasts on KTLA) - Giselle FernandezGiselle Fernández-External links:...
- Lu ParkerLu ParkerFrances Louise "Lu" Parker is a broadcast journalist and former Miss USA from South Carolina.- Early life :Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Parker attended the College of Charleston, where she was a sister of Alpha Delta Pi and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She then went on to...
- Michele RuizMichele RuizMichele Ruiz is a former news anchor and President/CEO and founder of SaberHacer.com, a bilingual expert based “how-to” educational broadband site for US Hispanics online.-Biography:...
(now founder and CEO of SaberHacer.com) - Sharon TaySharon TaySharon Tay is an Asian American journalist and former host of two programs on the MSNBC network.-Life and career:Tay was born in Singapore and emigrated to the United States at the age of seven. Her family settled in Connecticut for several years before relocating to the Philippines...
(now with KCBS-TVKCBS-TVKCBS-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...
and KCAL-TVKCAL-TVKCAL-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...
)
See also
- WGN Morning NewsWGN Morning NewsThe WGN Morning News is a popular morning television news program airing on CW affiliate and national cable superstation WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois. The newscast airs Monday through Friday mornings from 4:00-9 a.m...
- a morning news and entertainment program on sister station WGN-TVWGN-TVWGN-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the CW-affiliated television station in Chicago, Illinois built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WGN-TV's studios and offices are located at 2501 W...
in Chicago, Illinois.