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The NBC-owned affiliates in New York and Los Angeles are launching 7 p.m. local newscasts on Monday, bumping Access Hollywood to 7:30 p.m. and going up against Jeopardy! and Inside Edition. The addition of the newscasts is unusual for the time period, which typically has been reserved for syndicated magazines and game…

Fritz Coleman, the face of weather forecasts on NBC4 Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, is retiring, the station said Wednesday. His last day on-air will be Friday, June 26. Coleman, who works on the side as a stand-up comic, is known for mixing humor with his forecasts, as well as for his philanthropic work. Coleman…

Spanish-language outlet KMEX leads with the field with 22 nominations for the 71st annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, topping KCET’s 19. Read the full list below, and check out the nominations by network here. It’s the first time since 2015 that KMEX has led the noms list outright. Last year it tied with KCET for…

Former PBS outlet and now-noncommercial indie KCET led the field with 10 wins tonight as the Los Angeles Area Emmys were handed out at the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. The 69th annual trophy show saw Spanish-language outlets KVEA and KMEX follow with eight and seven wins, respectively, followed…

In a rerun of last year, Spanish-language station KMEX and network affiliate NBC4 again lead the nominees for the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, with 23 for the Spanish-language outlet and 18 for the NBC affiliate. The latter’s haul was matched by KCET, which had 13 in 2016. Another Spanish-language station, KVEA, is…

Saul Halpert, a legend in local Los Angeles broadcast news whose career spanned 40 years and included a stint hosting NBC4’s public affairs show NewsConference as well as teaching at USC has died. He was 93 and according to NBC4 had lived in an assisted facility. During his career, Halpert worked at KNXT (now KCBS)…

NBC4 was the big winner at the 68th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards handed out today with eight nods. KMEX, KVEA and Time Warner Cable SportsNet L.A. followed with five wins each and KTLA5 snagged four. NBC4’s eight wins included Live Coverage of an Unscheduled News Event for the San Bernardino Shooting…