The newscast remains on-air today as a half-hour newscast. Notable former on-air staff Miguel Almaguer – reporter (2003–2006; now Los Angeles-based correspondent for NBC News) Stan Atkinson – anchor (1959–1963, 1976–1994; later moved to KOVR in Sacramento, now retired) Maurice DuBois – anchor/reporter (now at WCBS-TV in New York City) Jim Finnerty – host of local talk show Finnerty and Company (later renamed Look Who's Talking) Gary Gerould – sports anchor (now radio play-by-play for the Sacramento Kings) John Gibson – Bay Area correspondent (now at Fox News Channel) David Gregory (moderator of Meet the Press from 2008–2014) Kristine Hanson – sports anchor/weather anchor/entertainment reporter (1980s; former Playboy Playmate) Lois Hart – 5 and 6:30 p.m. anchor (1990–2008; retired) Bob Hogue – sports director (early 1980s, former Hawaiian State Senator) Joe Lizura – meteorologist (1987–1989, moved to WLWT in Cincinnati, then KNSD and KUSI-TV in San Diego, now CEO at Allowance Media Group) Joan Lunden (1970s as first television job; she later changed her surname to Lunden, moved to ABC's Good Morning America) Rob Mayeda – meteorologist/anchor/reporter (1999–2000; now at KNTV in San Jose–San Francisco) Byron Miranda – Meteorologist (now with WPIX in New York) Leyna Nguyen – anchor/reporter (now at KCAL in Los Angeles) Jeff Ranieri – meteorologist (2000–2005; later at MSNBC/NBC Weather Plus, now chief meteorologist at KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco) 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) David Walker – 5 and 6:30 p.m. anchor (1990–2008; retired) Pamela Wu – weekend anchor/reporter (2001–2009; now director of marketing and communications at the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall) Notable incidents For years, residents in North Lake Tahoe and South Lake Tahoe received KCRA via cable, even though the latter community fell outside the Sacramento media market as defined by Nielsen. In 2018, Charter Communications stopped distributing KCRA to residents in South Lake Tahoe, opting to distribute Reno NBC affiliate KRNV on an exclusive basis. Charter said its decision was based on an FCC rule that required it to only carry programming from a network affiliate in a designated media market. The move angered residents of South Lake Tahoe, with many saying Charter's decision to drop KCRA left cable customers without access to local news and election information. Officials in El Dorado County petitioned