Nexstar Lays Off KTLA Veterans in Cost Cuts

Several longtime on-air personalities at KTLA in Los Angeles were laid off on Wednesday as part of widespread cost-cutting measures by their parent company, Nexstar Media Group. The cuts affected veteran staff members including meteorologist Mark Kriski, anchors Glen Walker and Lu Parker, meteorologist Kacey Montoya, and reporter Ellina Abovian, amid a broader wave of reductions at Nexstar stations across the country.

Kriski, an eight-time Emmy winner, had been a fixture on KTLA since 1991, serving as the original weathercaster for the station's weekday morning news program. He returned to the air last year after suffering a stroke in May 2024. Walker joined KTLA in 2010 and anchored midday newscasts, contributing to the expansion of the station's late-morning programming into a three-hour block from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by an additional afternoon hour. He is also a multiple Emmy winner. Parker, a six-time Emmy winner and former Miss USA, had been with the station since 2005 and co-anchored those midday shows. Montoya, another multiple Emmy winner, handled weather and general interest segments on the weekend morning news since joining in 2013. Abovian, an Emmy-nominated...