Some big personal news- after 11 years, I am leaving KTLA.
When my mom came to America 50 years ago, KTLA was the first station she watched. The fact that her daughter would end up working there was truly the realization of her American dream.
I first interned at KTLA around 19 for Sam Rubin, which he doesn’t remember. 😂 He will still take credit for any success I have though lololol.
I would go down into this dungeon-like basement to access the archive footage, right next to the haunted tunnels that have an eerie coldness and inscriptions from the 1930s. There is legendary history that unfolded here, within the walls of the first TV station west of the Mississippi.
A couple years later, after working in Reno and Palm Springs, I sat down with KTLA news director Jason Ball. I don’t think I realized the magnitude of that moment, or how my life was about to change. Thank you for believing in me, Jason. It was the beginning of the greatest, most rewarding adventure of my life to date.
While some of my favorite moments are in this compilation, both words and images are painfully insufficient to encapsulate the degree to which my KTLA family and our loyal viewers have enriched my life for over a decade. Thank you. I hope in some small way I’ve done the same for you.
As for what’s next, stay tuned…
All my love,
~Christina
18 сен 2024
