Ken Bastida (born December 30, 1956) is a former

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who most recently anchored at

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, the

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station in

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. Bastida holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication Arts from

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and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in May 2008. Bastida began his career as a

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host in 1978. Since then, he held on-air positions at numerous

radio stations, including KFRC, KGO,

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, K101,

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and KCBS. For a time, Bastida hosted ''Landscape Smart'', a landscaping show on

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. He joined KPIX as a reporter in 1990 and retired from television news after his final broadcast at the station on October 29, 2021.

Awards

Public and industry awards

*1989

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

for coverage of the

Loma Prieta earthquake The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of t ...

*2004

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

for outstanding achievement in continuing coverage for his series "Inside the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

" *2007

for Best Newscast Large Market

References

1956 births Living people People from South San Francisco, California Television anchors from San Francisco San Francisco State University alumni {{US-journalist-1950s-stub