KNX Team

Art Sanders

I grew up listening to KNX with my family in Los Angeles. Listening every day instilled a life long passion in me for broadcasting. I've been lucky enough to have worked with some of the top stations all across the country as an award winning DJ, News Anchor, Talk Show Host, Announcer, Program Director and, of course, some fun times as the Announcer and Emcee of TV's, The Price Is Right. I spent more than 22 years in the beautiful Northwest and Seattle and am now very happy to have returned home permanently to SoCal and KNX News. When I'm not at the station, I enjoy life with my wife, eternally remodeling our home, working on our cars, Rving, traveling and attending concerts. If you see me out and about, be sure to say hi. I never forget how privileged I am to be a part of the experienced, professional team serving you here at KNX News. I hope that you will continue to join us every day. Thank you for supporting KNX News 97.1 FM.

Bob Brill

Veteran News Anchor/Reporter Bob Brill has spent 18 years at KNX News Radio. An award winning journalist, author, broadcaster and film maker/documentarian, Bob grew up in the San Fernando Valley. At one point he even drove a truck doing route sales, which he attributes to his wide knowledge of the region. A graduate of Sylmar High School he went on to become a national correspondent and later L-A based bureau chief for the UPI Radio Network. He's traveled to 27 countries. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, as a sports fan he is a die hard follower of all teams Pittsburgh. Bob also hosts several podcasts and is an historian who believes you should be a student of history, rather than a victim of it.

Brandon Liebhaber

Brandon joined KNX as a writer and producer in March of 2021, and started anchoring for the station in 2022. He spent 6 years serving as the radio play-by-play voice for 3 different Minor League Baseball teams after graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism in 2014. He's also worked in the newsroom for CBS TV affiliates in Los Angeles and Chicago. Brandon was born and raised in West Los Angeles.

Brian Douglas

Brian Douglas joined KNX as traffic reporter/anchor/airborne in August of 2016. He currently reports and helps you avoid and get around some of the worst traffic in the world during morning and afternoon drive. He’s also used his experience getting those affected by the wildfires out of harm’s way.

A graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, he majored in communications focusing on radio and television journalism. This eventually lead him to finish his schooling in London England where he worked for CNN and the British news outlet ITN.

Radio turned out to be his calling and Brian has been telling stories on the radio now for about 27 years. Some of his many stops include Z-100 New York, 103.5 The Blaze Chicago, Power 92 Phoenix, Star 98.7 and Country 93.9 both here in LA. He also hosted a national afternoon radio show on the Westwood One Radio Network for seven years.

Television called as well and Brian has been seen on many shows like Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed, Chicago Hope and was a featured personality on CMT’s Greatest series.

Brian can be found doing just about everything he can outdoors. He’s also a certified soccer coach and likes to get his heart going by running a mile or two every day—it’s his morning coffee!

He also loves to travel and has been to over 30 counties on four continents. He’s married and has a 17year-old son.

Chris Sedens

Chris is host of the KNX Evening News from 7 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday.

Chris is the former co-host of "KNX In Depth," "Ask The Mayor," and "KNX On Your Corner," as well as numerous special programs on subjects ranging from California's drought, to aviation safety, to gender reassignment.

He was the first reporter at the scene of the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, the second most deadly train crash in U-S history, and was with Diane Thompson at the anchor desk on June 25th, 2009 leading team coverage of the death of pop star Michael Jackson.

Chris was also live on the air at KNX when Southern California was rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, describing in real-time how the studio shook and equipment swayed back and forth. Within seconds the phone lines lit up as listeners across the southland turned to the most reliable source for breaking news, KNX.

Prior to joining KNX, Chris was an anchor/reporter at all-news radio station KFWB and a reporter on CBS-2 and KCAL-9 Television. He came to Southern California from Southwest Florida where he was the primary weeknight news anchor on WFTX TV.

Chris' career began north of the border as a television anchor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and its cable news channel CBC News Network, as well as CTV in Montreal and for several years as a primary anchor on the Canadian sports network TSN.

An award winning journalist, Chris has won several Golden Mike Awards and Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards. He was part of the KNX news team that garnered an Edward R. Murrow Award and Associated Press Award for coverage of the Station Fire, the largest fire in Los Angeles County history.

Over the years, Chris has worked closely with several charities including Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes and The Missing Children’s Network. He’s served on the Board of Directors of the Starlight Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Florida.

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba "Go Jets and Blue Bombers," Chris lives in the Hollywood Hills and now cheers on the Kings, Ducks, Clippers and Chargers. While he loves traveling, he's so happy to call sunny Southern California home.

Emily Valdez

Emily Valdez is a true Angeleno who sometimes finds it weird to be reporting for a station she grew up listening to. She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in broadcast journalism. Emily has reported and anchored for TV stations in San Diego, Cleveland, Washington, D.C. and Bakersfield. She joined KNX in 2019. Emily is also a science nerd and has a master's degree in biology. She has won two regional Emmy Awards for her TV news reporting and a Gracie Award for her reporting at KNX.

Heather Jordan

Heather Jordan is the host and producer of KNX's long-running "Hero of the Week" feature. She also works for KNX News as an anchor, reporter and morning show writer.

Heather came to KNX after a short stint as the afternoon news anchor for KFI in Los Angeles, in 2016. Before that, Heather was a news anchor in Orlando, Florida at WDBO and in Des Moines, Iowa at WHO.

Some of the biggest stories Heather has covered include the two-day event in 2018 involving the deadly Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, and the next-day eruption of the Woolsey Fire in nearby Malibu. Heather was also live on-scene covering the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, in 2016.

Sports are big in Heather's world, as well. Breaking the barriers, Heather is one of only a few female public address announcers in the nation for college and professional sports. You can currently hear her voice over the PA system at stadiums and arenas around Southern California, with the Angel City Football Club, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, AU Pro Sports/AUX and more.

Heather's experience also includes television news, working for CBS at Dallas-Fort Worth's KTVT, Miami's WFOR and Chicago's WBBM.

Before jumping into the news industry, Heather was a radio personality and show host for a range of Top 40 and Urban stations around the nation.

Heather has been recognized for her work on and off air, including with the Golden Mic Awards, the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association, and regional Florida, Iowa and Missouri broadcasting associations.

Away from work, Heather loves to travel, paint, cycle and play volleyball. She's also very close with her family, especially her nieces and nephews.

Karen Adams

Karen Adams joined KNX in 2017 as a street reporter covering the 2017 presidential inauguration in Washington, several major wildfires and the 2017 Montecito mudslides. Before KNX, the Edward Murrow award-winning journalist lived in Washington DC, where she reported and anchored the news on WNEW 99-1 FM. Karen began her career in broadcast news in Philadelphia, PA, where she was an anchor/reporter at KYW Newsradio and CBS-3 TV. Karen is a Temple University alum and when she's not covering the news, Karen enjoys K-dramas, cooking, the arts, and exploring all that California has to offer.

Born in Staten Island, New York, Margaret Carrero has lived in California since she was 10 years old. Her career in radio began 30 years ago in Sacramento at KRAK AM/FM, a country music station. She went on to spend many years as a traffic reporter/producer before moving to the news side of radio at KMJ AM in Fresno in 2007. She landed at KNX in 2012 where she won a Gracie Award (as part of a group series on the LA Riots - 20 years later). In her spare time, Margaret enjoys spending time in nature, walking on the beach, hiking trails, meditating, reading, writing, cooking, and watching movies.

Mike Simpson

Mike Simpson came to KNX News in 2015. Before moving to mornings he co-anchored the afternoon news and KNX In-Depth.

Born and raised in Northern California, Mike previously worked KFBK in Sacramento and KGO in San Francisco.

He’s covered everything from the State Capitol to wildfires to courts and crime. And he’s passed out in the back of a fighter jet — on a couple of different occasions.

Mike enjoys reading, fitness classes and hiking. He has a love for old BMW’s and even older airplanes.

Nataly Tavidian

Nataly Tavidian is a proud Los Angeles native, passionate about telling stories that matter in the city she calls home. Raised in Pasadena, she has reported across California and beyond, bringing a well-rounded, compassionate perspective to every story she covers.

Nataly has covered a wide range of stories—from heartbreaking, life-changing natural disasters to high-energy red carpet events and deeply personal human interest pieces. No matter the assignment, her strength lies in her ability to connect with people allowing her to tell authentic stories that resonate with listeners.

She reports for KNX News (CBS Radio) in Los Angeles. Prior to that, she served as a general assignment reporter, multimedia journalist, and fill-in anchor for KEYT-KCOY-KKFX-TV, covering Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. She also reported and anchored for KHGI-TV in Central Nebraska and worked as a multimedia journalist covering the City of Pasadena for Crown City News—writing, producing, editing, and reporting her own stories.

Nataly began her broadcast journalism career as an intern at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. She also wrote and interned for Capital Public Radio and KPCC’s Sacramento bureau.

Her passion for journalism was sparked at age 12 while watching the news with her parents. She was drawn not just to current events, but to the deeper meaning behind stories and the lives affected by them.

When she’s not on assignment, Nataly enjoys exploring LA, teaching or taking yoga dance and aerobics classes, spending time in nature, camping, traveling, meditating, and practicing presence. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications (Mass Media and Cultural Studies) and Political Science, and is fluent in Armenian.

Pete Demetriou

Pete Demetriou is one of those voices Los Angeles has come to rely on when it comes to breaking news for the last 4 decades.

A native Angeleno, and UCLA Graduate....he has been on the streets his entire career, starting in 1978 at KLAC Radio, the ABC and AP Radio Networks before joining KFWB NEWS 980 in 1985 and has been with KNX 97-1 FM since 2008. From a stint as a Combat Correspondent in Gulf War I to the 1992 Riots, the 2000 DNC Protests, Occupy LA , the post 2016 Election Unrest, the George Floyd Demonstrations, earthquakes large and small...and more Brush Fires and Police Incidents than he can count, he views his work this way.."We're writing the first rough draft of history....every day."

Sabina Mora

Sabina Mora is a Golden Pylon award-winning traffic reporter with over 20 years of work experience in radio and television. She was born and raised in SoCal and acquired on-air experience working at stations across the country, including Chicago, Dallas and Phoenix before moving back home. She’s been behind a mic or in front of the camera for most of her career including afternoons on KABC-TV, Beat the Traffic on Spectrum, NPR’s KCRW and KFI AM.

Sabina is no stranger to drive-time traffic in the Southland!

She also taught Broadcast Journalism at OCSA, is a voiceover actor and a certified life coach/mentor. She enjoys dining out with family, spoiling her cat, kickboxing, writing poetry and watching sappy rom-coms!

Vicky Moore

I started in TV, but very quickly realized radio was a much better fit. It's like sitting down with friends each morning and having a conversation about what impacts our lives. I hope that I'm able to make complicated stories easier to understand, bring heart to tragedies and share in laughs when we can enjoy lighter moments.

Over the years I've worked as an editor, street reporter and news anchor. I've won a bunch of awards, from local to national. I'm a serious news person who doesn't take herself too seriously. Connections with people are most important.

I'm a foodie who's always ready to try something new and then try to cook it myself at home. Happy hours make me happy. I have two sons who call me "Bruh." At work, breakfast usually consists of coffee and candy. Don't judge.