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Groundbreaking KABC-TV Executive Tom Van Amburg Has Passed Away At Age 83

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Tom Van Amburg died yesterday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 83. Van Amburg is remembered as a trailblazing Los Angeles TV executive whose innovations drove KABC to the top and launched Regis Philbin as a morning talk show fixture.

He is also the father of Apple TV+ head of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and marketing executive Chris Van Amburg. Van Amburg was best known for his tenure as the General Manager of ABC’s flagship O&O television station KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

He took on that role in 1981 and under his stewardship KABC became the number one broadcast news station and a most trusted news source in Southern California.

Programming innovations included shepherding the era of local original programming in all day-parts, that included A.M. Los Angeles with Regis Philbin, as well as afternoon talk shows like 330 and early evening franchise hits such as Eye on L.A.

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