KCRA-TV - News Operation - News Team - Notable Past On-air Staff

Notable Past On-air Staff

• Miguel Almaguer - reporter (March 2003-May 2006; now works in Los Angeles as a West Coast Correspondent for NBC News)
• Stan Atkinson - anchor (1959-1963, 1976-1994; later moved to KOVR in Sacramento, now retired)
• Adrienne Bankert - anchor (2004-2012, now at KTVT in Dallas, Texas)
• Carol Bland - anchor/reporter (1982-1994; later moved to KGW in Portland as Carol Jensen, now retired and lives in San Diego)
• Joan Blunden (1970s as first television job; she later changed her surname to Lunden, moved to ABC's Good Morning America)
• Lisa Breckenridge - Anchor/Reporter (1991–1997; now at KTTV in Los Angeles and with Fox News)
• Angela Buchman - meteorologist (1998–2001; now at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis)
• Ryan Disch - traffic anchor (2005–2009)
• Maurice DuBois - anchor/reporter (now at WCBS-TV in New York, NY)
• Jim Finnerty - host of local talk show Finnerty and Company (later renamed Look Who's Talking)
• Sarah Gardner - 6 and 10 p.m. anchor (1993–2007; now a stay-at-home mother)
• Gary Gerould - sports anchor (now radio play-by-play for the Sacramento Kings)
• Walt Gray - weekdays at noon; also reporter (1988-October 2012; now works as radio host for The Walt Gray Show on 96.9 Eagle KSEG radio in Sacramento)
• Ron Hyde - Sports Director/Anchor (1992-2006, later News Anchor /Weather Anchor at KOVR 13), Now Anchor/Reporter "California Life" TV show of Los Angeles
• John Gibson - Bay Area correspondent (now at Fox News Channel)
• Marty Gonzalez - host/reporter/producer (1980–1987; now at KRON as weekend morning anchor in San Francisco)
• David Gregory (now moderator of Meet the Press)
• Kristine Hanson - sports anchor/weather anchor/entertainment reporter (1980s; former Playboy Playmate)
• Ethan Harp - reporter (2000–2003; later at KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco, now writer at CNN in New York)
• Lois Hart - 5 and 6:30 p.m. anchor (1990–2008; retired)
• Bob Hogue - sports director (early 1980s, former Hawaiian State Senator)
• Ron Jones - anchor/reporter (1998–2001; now anchor/reporter at KOVR/KMAX)
• Demany Lewis - weeknight reporter (2007-October 2012; now anchor/reporter at KXTV in Sacramento)
• Harry Martin - host/entertainment reporter (1957-1988); hosted 1960's children's program as "Captain Sacto". Passed in 2008.
• Rob Mayeda - meteorologist/anchor/reporter (1999–2000; now at KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco)
• Leyna Nguyen - anchor/reporter (now at KCAL in Los Angeles)
• Suzanne Phan - reporter (2000-2009; now a multimedia journalist at KXTV-News10)
• Jeff Ranieri - meteorologist (2000–2005; later at MSNBC/NBC Weather Plus, now chief meteorologist at KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco)
• Sam Shane - reporter (1996–1999; now anchor/reporter at KOVR/KMAX)
• Bianca Solorzano - weekend morning anchor/reporter (1999–2003; now a CBS News correspondent in New York City)
• Kaity Tong - anchor/reporter (1979–1981; now at WPIX in New York City)
• Roy Walkenhorst - anchor/reporter (1969–1980; now CEO of Lightbridge Media)
• David Walker - 5 and 6:30 p.m. anchor (1990–2008; retired)
• Julie Watts - weekend morning weather anchor (2005–2008; now fill-in weather anchor and Consumer Watch reporter at KPIX in San Francisco)
• Pamela Wu - weekend anchor/reporter (2001–2009; now director of marketing and communications at the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall)
• Joe Lizura - meteorologist (1997-1989, moved to WLWT in Cincinnati, then KNSD and KUSI in San Diego, now CEO at Allowance Media Group)

Susan Hirasuna - weekend anchor/overnight anchor/reporter (1988 - 1991) now weekend anchor KTTV and KCOP