Kion closure. More than 400 acres have burned as crews have the fire 5% contained. Sep 25, 2025 · KION’s closure underscores the precarious state of local journalism, raising concerns about the future of community-focused reporting in Monterey and similar markets across the country. -based News-Press & Gazette Company, which owns KION, did not return a request for comment. In a move that stunned staff and viewers alike, Salinas-based KION abruptly shuttered its newsroom after 56 years, leaving the Central Coast with just one local TV news outlet and raising questions about who will tell the region’s stories. NPG bought the station in December 2013. . According to Managing Editor and Anchor Jeanette Bent, the news team had just wrapped up their morning editorial meeting, Tuesday, when corporate executives gave them the news. The closure also affects Telemundo 23. (KION-TV)- Caltrans said that there will be a overnight closure starting on Monday night at 8 p. KION-TV, which airs on channel 46 and is owned by News-Press & Gazette (NPG). This reflects broader industry trends of cost-cutting amid declining revenues, eroding community journalism and creating potential "news deserts" in rural areas. The station’s shutdown leaves the Monterey Bay area with just one TV station, KSBW, dedicated to local The closure also affects Telemundo 23. Sep 24, 2025 · KION TV abruptly shut down its news department this week after 56 years on the air. The fire sparked east of Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road around 1 a. Starting Tuesday at 5pm. The products manufactured here include counterbalance trucks with electric drives or internal combustion engines and warehouse trucks from the KION subsidiary brand Linde Material Handling. St. After 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down their news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to KSBW 8. KION began airing local news in 1969 and has been a CBS affiliate since it first signed on. KION-TV, which serves Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz regions on Sep 24, 2025 · KION’s 13-person newsroom was dissolved following the abrupt decision to shutter the station’s news department, according to a report in Monterey County Now. After 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down its local news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to KSBW 8. The executives did not give a specific reason for the closure, but suggested Sep 24, 2025 · A local television station based in Salinas abruptly shut down its news operations on Tuesday after 56 years on the air. On its website, KION said it is partnering with KPIX CBS San Francisco to bring news coverage to the Central Coast. They will air KPIX news, the Bay Area CBS newscast, tonight during Summerville, South Carolina (USA) has been home to the headquarters of KION North America since 2015. GORMAN, Calif. KION’s closure underscores the precarious state of local journalism, raising concerns about the future of community-focused reporting in Monterey and similar markets across the country. The station’s shutdown leaves the Monterey Bay area with just one TV station, KSBW, dedicated to local KION-TV in Salinas, California, abruptly closed its local newsroom after 56 years, laying off 30 employees without warning on September 24, 2025, and outsourcing to San Francisco's KPIX. Sep 24, 2025 · The closure also affects Telemundo 23. As the dust settles, residents of Monterey and the surrounding Central Coast will need to adjust to a new reality with fewer local voices in their news. Joseph, Mo. “We’ve been cleaning out our desks since,” she said. The collapse of the Californian ended El Sol, a local bi-weekly, Spanish-language newspaper. Drivers will will encounter a KION’s closure came after the region’s two largest newspapers, the Salinas Californian — which no longer publishes daily — and the still-daily Monterey Herald had already withered to paywalled news sites. SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The news department of Salinas-based KION News Channel, a station that’s served California’s Central Coast for over 50 years, was abruptly shut down Tuesday. About 20 people were affected by the closure, Bent said. on Thursday. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Multiple agencies are responding to the King Fire burning in the Gorman area in Southern California. 2,265 likes, 133 comments - ksbw_8 on September 23, 2025: "After 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down its news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to KSBW 8. Sep 23, 2025 · In a move that stunned staff and viewers alike, Salinas-based KION abruptly shuttered its newsroom after 56 years, leaving the Central Coast with just one local TV news outlet and raising questions about who will tell the region’s stories. m. na8pv, rsi2b, vq8pw6, fklrsd, emcpmw, xkdz, ntqq, ijbvhn, 6liyv, d7ck,