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| occupation = Television news anchor
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| known_for = KTLA Morning News
| notable_works = 22 Emmys
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'''Carlos Amezcua''' is an Emmy award winning journalist best known for his sixteen years as the original co-anchor for the ''[[KTLA Morning News]]'',<ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2015"/> with Barbara Beck as his co-anchor,<ref name="Herbert 1991"/> 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".<ref name="Luther 2005"/><ref name="Variety 1993"/> In September 2007, Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV anchoring the 10:00pm newscast,<ref name="Los Angeles Times 2007"/> and then founding his own media company, Carlos Media Corp in 2013.<ref name="Braxton 2013"/> From 2015 to 2019, he served as a co-anchor at KSUI San Diego.<ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2015"/><ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2019"/><ref name="laprensa-sandiego.org" /> He is currently (2020) the co-host of the ''Carlos & Lisa'' show (Lisa Remillard) on BEONDTV,<ref name="BEOND 2020"/> and KDOC-TV Los Angeles.<ref name="Buzzsprout 2020"/>
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.<ref name="laprensa-sandiego.org"/> 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]]''.<ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2015"/><ref name="ptspeakers.com 2020"/> He served as a missionary in Guatemala/El Salvador from 1973-75 and attended [[Brigham Young University]] studying journalism (1975).<ref name="Famous Mormons 2016"/>
== Awards ==
* 22 Emmy Awards<ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2015"/>
* National Impact Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism<ref name="ptspeakers.com 2020"/>
* Radio Television News Association’s “Golden Mikes”<ref name="ptspeakers.com 2020"/>
* George Foster Peabody Award <small>(with his team)</small><ref name="ptspeakers.com 2020"/>
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Los Angeles Times 2007">{{cite web | title=KTLA morning news anchor jumps ship for slot at rival KTTV | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2007-09-05 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-05-me-anchorsaway5-story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017094028/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-05-me-anchorsaway5-story.html | archive-date=2020-10-17 | url-status=dead | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Braxton 2013">{{cite web | last=Braxton | first=Greg | title=KTTV anchor Carlos Amezcua leaves 10 p.m. news | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2013-12-02 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-kttv-anchor-carlos-amezcua-has-left-10-pm-news-20131202-story.html | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Buzzsprout 2020">{{cite web | title=Lisa Remillard and Carlos Amezcua - Sippin' The Tea | website=Buzzsprout | date=2020-05-12 | url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1030633/3734594-lisa-remillard-and-carlos-amezcua | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="ptspeakers.com 2020">{{cite web | title=Carlos Amezcua - Power Talks Speakers Bureau | website=ptspeakers.com | date=2020-08-09 | url=https://ptspeakers.com/speaker/carlos-amezcua/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809054908/https://ptspeakers.com/speaker/carlos-amezcua/ | archive-date=2020-08-09 | url-status=unfit | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Variety 1993">{{cite web | title=The Morning Show | website=Variety | date=1993-09-08 | url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/the-morning-show-1200433440/ | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="McKinnon Broadcasting 2019">{{cite web | title=KUSI says farewell to longtime Good Morning San Diego anchor Carlos Amezcua - | website=McKinnon Broadcasting | date=2019-05-23 | url=https://www.kusi.com/kusi-says-farewell-to-longtime-good-morning-san-diego-anchor-carlos-amezcua/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609122102/https://www.kusi.com/kusi-says-farewell-to-longtime-good-morning-san-diego-anchor-carlos-amezcua/ | archive-date=2019-06-09 | url-status=live | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="laprensa-sandiego.org">{{cite web | title=News anchor Carlos Amezcua returns to his roots – La Prensa San Diego | website=laprensa-sandiego.org | url=http://laprensa-sandiego.org/news-anchor-carlos-amezcua-returns-to-his-roots/ | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="BEOND 2020">{{cite web | title=About | website=BEOND | date=2020-04-20 | url=https://beond.tv/about/ | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Famous Mormons 2016">{{cite web | title=Carlos Amezcua | website=Famous Mormons | date=2016-08-10 | url=https://famousmormons.net/mormons-in-the-news/carlos-amezcua/ | access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref>
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==External Links==
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-amezcua-a9a9656/ Carlos Amezcua LinkedIn]
*{{AllMusic | id= carlos-amezcua-mn0003173356 | title= Carlos Amezcua}}