Also he was the News Director and Producer at one point in the Santa Barbara TV market. RIP.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Former KEYT anchor and news director King Harris died at his Arroyo Grande home Tuesday night at the age of 75.
Harris was KEYT's main anchor from 1984 to 1997, while also briefly serving as news director for the station. He also went on to be the news producer at then-KCOY Channel 12.
Harris was a legendary Central Coast broadcaster who started his career at a television station in Monterey before coming to Santa Barbara to anchor at KEYT. He taught journalism at Cal Poly for two years before returning to the airwaves and becoming news director at KVEC radio in San Luis Obispo.