Carlos Amezcua | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Diego, CA |
| Occupation | Television news anchor |
| Years active | 45 |
| Known for | KTLA Morning News |
Notable work | 22 Emmys |
| Website | Template:Official beond.tv |
Carlos Amezcua is an Emmy award winning journalist best known for his sixteen years as the original co-anchor for the KTLA Morning News,[1] with Barbara Beck as his co-anchor,[2] Mark Kriski handling weather and Sam Rubin reporting on the entertainment industry. Airing at 5:00 am, the crew became comfortable and humor crept into the newscasts. Managing executive Steve Bell described the show as, “the first one with the crazy anchors".[3][4] In September 2007, Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV anchoring the 10:00pm newscast,[5] and then founding his own media company, Carlos Media Corp in 2013.[6] From 2015 to 2019, he served as a co-anchor at KSUI San Diego.[1][7][8] He is currently (2020) the co-host of the Carlos & Lisa show (Lisa Remillard) on BEONDTV,[9] and KDOC-TV Los Angeles.[10]
Born in San Diego, Amezcua is the son of Don Oscar Amezcua, a member of the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and founder of Mariachi Guadalajara.[8] Amezcua has lent his voice to the Latin Grammy Awards and has a gold record for his translation of "Let it Snow" for Chicago's Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album.[1][11] He served as a missionary in Guatemala/El Salvador from 1973-75 and attended Brigham Young University studying journalism (1975).[12]
Awards
- 22 Emmy Awards[1]
- National Impact Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism[11]
- Radio Television News Association’s “Golden Mikes”[11]
- George Foster Peabody Award (with his team)[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Carlos Amezcua". McKinnon Broadcasting. 2015-07-06. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ Herbert, Steven (1991-08-31). "KTLA's Amezcua Is Positive About Changing Latino Males' TV Image". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ Luther, Claudia (2005-06-30). "Steve Bell, 66; Executive at KTLA-TV Launched Brash Morning News Show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "The Morning Show". Variety. 1993-09-08. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "KTLA morning news anchor jumps ship for slot at rival KTTV". Los Angeles Times. 2007-09-05. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ Braxton, Greg (2013-12-02). "KTTV anchor Carlos Amezcua leaves 10 p.m. news". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "KUSI says farewell to longtime Good Morning San Diego anchor Carlos Amezcua -". McKinnon Broadcasting. 2019-05-23. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "News anchor Carlos Amezcua returns to his roots – La Prensa San Diego". laprensa-sandiego.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "About". BEOND. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "Lisa Remillard and Carlos Amezcua - Sippin' The Tea". Buzzsprout. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Carlos Amezcua - Power Talks Speakers Bureau". ptspeakers.com. 2020-08-09. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-10-17.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Carlos Amezcua". Famous Mormons. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-10-17.