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Kent Shocknek Biography
Birth Name:Kent Shocknek
Birth Place:Berkeley, California, United States
Profession Actor
Fast Facts
- Studied journalism at the University of Southern California
- Began his journalism career with California area newspapers before landing his first on-air reporting job in Sioux City, Iowa
- Relocated back to his native California in the late '80s to anchor L․A․'s first morning news program, "Today in L․A․" with KNBC, where he would stay for 15 years before moving to KCBS in 2001
- Began reporting 60-second radio segments in 2003 with "Just A Minute with Kent Shocknek", which would help him launch "Premiere Magazine Live!", a weekly radio program broadcast across more than 50 markets