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John Brooks retiring after 34 years at KNX-KFWB

By Kevin Roderick | March 3, 2013 11:21 PM

john-brooks-fb.jpgAnother long-time Los Angeles broadcast presence is leaving the airwaves. John Brooks has put in 34 years at KFWB and KNX, 22 of those years as a street report and a dozen as news anchor. I'm told he will be retiring on March 15. The photo is from Facebook.

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