BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Michael Brownlee is joining NBC4 Los Angeles as Co-Anchor and General
Assignment reporter, starting November 7. Brownlee will co-anchor the
station?s new mid-day newscast alongside Lucy Noland and serve as a
General Assignment Reporter for the early morning newscast ?Today in LA.?

Michael Brownlee, NBC4 Los Angeles (Photo: Business Wire)

?Michael has the right combination of on-air vitality and journalism
experience that is well-known in the greater Los Angeles area,? said
Steve Carlston, the newly named President and General Manager at NBC4
Los Angeles. ?He is a dynamic Anchor who will further strengthen our
newscasts.?

Since 2003, Brownlee served as a general assignment reporter and weekend
anchor at KCOP?s My 13 News in Los Angeles, where he covered a variety
of feature, local and community news stories. Previously, he was a
Reporter at KCBS Los Angeles starting in 2000.

?NBC4 LA is home?to some of the most talented, respected and sought
after journalists in the market and to be part of this incredible team
is truly an honor for me,? said Brownlee, a San Diego native who started
his broadcasting career in radio. In 1995, he joined NBC?s KYMA in Yuma,
Arizona as General Assignment Reporter and quickly moved into an Anchor
post for the station?s evening newscast.?Later, he joined Real TV as
Correspondent and Producer from 1996 to 1999.

Brownlee?s connection to television and broadcasting stems from his
parents. His father worked three decades in programming at CBS? KFMB;
his mother had a long career as a film editor and director at KGTV and
KUSI. In addition to his news career, Brownlee has made appearances in
such shows as Everybody Hates Chris, Boston Legal, Charmed and Strong
Medicine. He?s also been cast in such big screen hits as Bruce Almighty
and most recently War of the Worlds.

Brownlee received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism with a Sociology
minor from San Diego State University. He is a member of the National
Association of Black Journalists.

Brownlee resides in Los Angeles with his wife and 22-month-old baby girl.

ABOUT NBC4 LOS ANGELES

NBC4 LA (KNBC) is the West Coast flagship of the 10 NBC owned television
stations. It produces more than 30 hours each week of local news and
information across its multiple platforms, including the main broadcast
channel 4, online at WWW.NBCLA.COM
and California Nonstop ? the 24/7 news and information channel that airs
on NBC4 LA?s digital channel 4.2. Serving the Los Angeles community
since 1949, NBC4 LA?s news operation has received nearly every industry
award bestowed on local news, including numerous Los Angeles Emmy and
Golden Mike Awards, as well as two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and
a Peabody Award.

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