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Paul Button
Paul Button
Paul Button has worked in the television industry for more than 30 years, the majority spent here in Los Angeles at KCBS/KCAL. Currently the stations' Managing Editor, Button began at KCAL in 1990, just after the station was purchased by the Walt Disney Company. He initially developed, launched and produced an early morning newscast, and then went on to produce KCAL 9-News at Noon, for which he won a Los Angeles Area Emmy in 1993. That was followed by a stint producing the acclaimed KCAL 9-News World Report.
Paul Button has worked in the television industry for more than 30 years, the majority spent here in Los Angeles at KCBS/KCAL. Currently the stations' Managing Editor, Button began at KCAL in 1990, just after the station was purchased by the Walt Disney Company. He initially developed, launched and produced an early morning newscast, and then went on to produce KCAL 9-News at Noon, for which he won a Los Angeles Area Emmy in 1993. That was followed by a stint producing the acclaimed KCAL 9-News World Report. He then moved into management ranks, where he has been for more than 20 years, serving as Supervising Producer, Executive Producer, Assistant News Director, and now Managing Editor.
Button helped oversee the merging of KCAL and KCBS when they were joined as a duopoly and was a key player in helping design and implement the move to a new broadcast facility in the San Fernando Valley, in addition to the day-to-day management of a 150-person newsroom. He also holds the distinction of being Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning KCAL 9 News at 10 in 1999, as well as Assistant News Director for the Emmy-winning entry in the Live Coverage of an Unscheduled News Event category in 2005 and 2006, and for Live Special Events-News Category in 2007.
Prior to arriving at KCAL, Button had been a newscast producer, writer and production assistant at WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.
Button has served as a member of the Television Academy's Los Angeles Area Awards Committee since 2005 and has been a member of the Academy's Los Angeles Peer Group Executive Committee since 2007. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California.
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Television Academy Executive Committee member Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic and Paul Button arrive at the 71st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Saban Media Center at Television Academy's North Hollywood, California headquarters on Saturday, July 27, 2019.
Los Angeles Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Brenda Brkusic and Paul Button arrive at the 70th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center, North Hollywood, California, Saturday, July 28, 2018.
Television Academy Governors Bob Bronow and Paul Button attend the Television Academy’s Music Peer Group Emmy Nominee Reception in the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy’s NoHo Arts District Campus on on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 in Los Angeles.
Television Academy governor Paul Button and Hannah Button attend the Television Academy's 2017 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 69th Emmy Awards at Montage Beverly Hills on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.
L. A. Area governors Paul Button and Beatriz Gomez and Vice Chair, L.A. Area, Academy Executive Committee Mitch Waldow at the L.A. Area Emmy Awards presented at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.