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Tom Van Amburg, TV Executive and Leader of KABC-TV Los Angeles, Dies at 83
Tom Van Amburg, a broadcast TV veteran who headed KABC-TV Los Angeles in the 1980s, has died at the age of 83.
Tom Van Amburg took the helm of KABC-TV in 1981 and was a key player in maintaining the station’s dominance as Los Angeles’ most-watched local news outlet. Los Angeles with Regis Philbin,” which evolved into the nationally syndicated powerhouse that endures today as “Live with Kelly and Mark.” He was a consistent innovator in news programming, and he championed the careers of long-running L.A. anchors including Jerry Dunphy, Christine Lund, Paul Moyers and Chuck Henry. In addition to running KABC-TV Los Angeles, Van Amburg worked for ABC O&O stations in New York, Chicago and San Francisco.
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