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Carlos Amezcua is an Emmy award winning journalist best known for his seventeen years as the original co-anchor for the KTLA Morning News,[1] with Barbara Beck as his anchor,[2] Mark Kriski handling weather and Sam Rubin reporting on the entertainment industry. Airing at 5:00am, the crew became more comfortable with each other and humor crept into the newscasts. Managing executive Steve Bell described the show as, “the first one with the crazy anchors".[3] In September 2007, Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV anchoring the 10:00pm newscast.[4]


  1. "Carlos Amezcua". McKinnon Broadcasting. 2015-07-06. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  2. Herbert, Steven (1991-08-31). "KTLA's Amezcua Is Positive About Changing Latino Males' TV Image". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  3. Luther, Claudia (2005-06-30). "Steve Bell, 66; Executive at KTLA-TV Launched Brash Morning News Show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  4. "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.