So there was some astonishment in 1961 when KNXT (now CBS2) introduced “The Big News,” billed as the first 45-minute newscast in the nation.

Bob Flick, a producer and writer at KNXT during The Big News era at KNXT Channel 2 in Los Angeles, died on December 31, according to his friend and former colleague Joe Saltzman on Facebook. Flick ...

Retired Los Angeles television news reporter Saul Halpert has died at age 93. Halpert reported for Channel 7 (KABC), Channel 2 (KNXT/KCBS) and Channel 4 (KNBC/NBC4) in Los Angeles over a 40-year ...

Bob Flick, news producer and writer for KNXT Channel 2 in Los Angeles during the 1960s and later at NBC News and Entertainment Tonight, has died. He was 84.