KCBS Los Angeles

The CBS O&O will air three preseason games plus a weekly half-hour show featuring Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher and KCBS Sports Director Jim Hill.

Anchor and reporter Jeff Vaughn will join the KCBS-KCAL Los Angeles (DMA 2) news team beginning Nov. 30.  Vaughn, who currently is an anchor at WXYZ Detroit, will primarily serve […]

The long-time TV newsman and Fox Sports 1 executive will succeed Scott Diener at CBS’s Los Angeles duopoly beginning next month.

Amber Lee has been promoted to meteorologist on weekend evening newscasts at CBS-owned KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles (DMA 2), effective immediately. Lee, a Southern California native who has […]

On Wednesday, the staff of CBS’s Los Angeles duopoly were told that Diener, who has been the VP and news director since January 2010 is leaving “to pursue other opportunities.”

Longtime KCBS (CBS) and KCAL (independent) Los Angeles anchor Kent Shocknek today announced his plans to retire at the end of September. A veteran of more than 36 years in […]

The signing of the two CBS Television Stations outlets marks the ratings service first clients in the No. 2 market.

Los Angeles stations were on-air when a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the region. Other than a whole lot of anchors grabbing their desks and saying “Whoa!” there were no reports of injuries or damage.

News anchors Sharon Tay and Rick Garcia and meteorologist Evelyn Taft, who currently appear on CBS-owned independent KCAL Los Angeles’ weeknight 8 and 10 p.m. newscasts, will move to co-owned […]

A KCBS/KCAL crew was attacked as riots broke out around the city in protest of the George Zimmerman acquittal, according to various reports. As the Los Angeles Police Department sought to get the situation under control, the news crew was attacked at near the corner of 43rd Street and Crenshaw Boulevard. Further details weren’t immediately available.

Sweeps periods aren’t what they used to be, back in the old days when networks loaded up May with big miniseries, and stations resorted to the trashiest of come-ons seeking to entice viewers to watch. Still, the remnants of the system haven’t been eradicated entirely, as demonstrated by the sleazy-as-dad-used-to-make-’em radio promo KCBS in Los Angeles ran on Tuesday, promoting its 11 o’clock news.

Fox-owned KTTV is entering into a helicopter sharing agreement in Los Angeles with CBS-owned KCBS-KCAL. The partnership, which officially begins Monday afternoon, is a pooling agreement on a non-exclusive basis.

A helicopter pilot for KCBS noticed smoke coming out of the KTLA chopper while both were covering breaking news.

The addition of three hours each Saturday and Sunday morning gives the CBS Los Angeles duopoly 74 hours of local news each week.

News-Press & Gazette Company and Journal Broadcast Corp. convinced the FCC to uphold their nonduplication claims against KNBC and KCBS Los Angeles in favor of their KESQ and KMIR, respectively.

Laura Diaz, anchor at CBS Los Angeles O&O KCBS, announced today that she will be leaving the station after nine years to produce projects under her own banner. Rick Garcia, […]

Judson Ferdon also joins KCBS-KCAL as new business account executive.

In the City of Angels, it’s the usual players — main daily the Los Angeles Times and the top TV stations — that dominate the local online media landscape. And while AOL’s Patch has made its presence felt, few other indie sites have had any impact in L.A.

Lisa Laky Palmer will succeed Marilyn Rangel at the CBS duopoly in Los Angeles.