Carlos Amezcua
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Carlos Amezcua is an American 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, where he replaced John Beard as anchor of the Fox 11 News at 10:00 pm; he left KTTV in 2013 to establish his own media company, Carlos Media Corporation.[5][6] From 2015 to 2019, he served as a co-anchor at KUSI-TV 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 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala/El Salvador from 1973 to 1975 and attended Brigham Young University studying journalism (1975).[12] He also read the Christmas story with Chuck Henry for a program associated with the lighting of the Los Angeles California Temple in 1998.[13]
Awards
- 22 Emmy Awards[1]
- National Impact Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism[11]
- Radio Television News Association Golden Mike Award[11]
- George Foster Peabody Award (with his team)[11]
References
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External links
- Carlos Amezcua LinkedIn
- Template:Trim/carlos-amezcua-mn0003173356 Carlos Amezcua at AllMusic