Kingsley Smith Named KTTV News Director

Kingsley Smith has been named vice president and news director of Fox O&O KTTV Los Angeles. Starting June 20, Smith will be responsible for overseeing all editorial, business and administrative functions, reporting directly to station GM Kevin Hale. Smith replaces Jose Rios, who was promoted to VP of digital news applications for Fox Television Stations.

Smith comes to KTTV from Fox’s WTXF Philadelphia, where he has been news director for the last three-and-a-half years. Earlier in his career, Smith spent nearly two years at KTVI St. Louis as VP-news director.

Previously, Smith spent 15 years with KDFW Dallas where he began as a producer and executive producer of the station’s news division, and was later promoted to assistant news director. Prior to KDFW, he was a producer at WAVY Portsmouth-Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Va., and producer and executive producer at KETK Tyler, Texas.

A graduate of the University of the Texas in Tyler, Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism.