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Fred Lozano dies at 67

February 25, 2016 by Veronica Villafañe

Fred LozanoLongtime San Antonio anchor Fred Lozano has lost his battle with leukemia. He died yesterday morning at the age of 67.

A multi-Emmy award winning journalist, Fred retired from KENS Channel 5 in 2012. He had been an anchor/reporter at the station for 35 years.

A San Antonio native, with the exception of a 2-year period working as a reporter for for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles from 1975 to 1977, Fred spent his entire career in his hometown.

Starting as a radio reporter for KONO in 1970, he made his move to television in 1972 when he was hired at NBC affiliate WOAI. During his time at the station, he was a daytime reporter and co-anchored the 6 and 10 pm weekday newscasts.

In 2012, he told the San Antonio Express News he decided to retire at 63 because he didn’t “want to be a slave to the clock anymore,” having to get up early enough to make his 4:30 to 7 am newscast.

At the time, he had been anchoring the KENS morning news show for 15 years and “felt it was a good time to do other things,” like spend more time with his three sons and travel.

Fred had been battling leukemia for over a year.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Fred Lozano, KENS

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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