Action News anchor Warren Armstrong dials back schedule, prepares for retirement

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Longtime Action News anchor Warren Armstrong announced Thursday that helium is dialing backmost his docket and plans to discontinue successful November 2026, capping much than 4 decades successful broadcasting.

Armstrong shared the quality with his ABC30 colleagues and viewers, saying helium volition proceed to anchor the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts but volition measurement distant from the 11 p.m. show. His last precocious newscast is acceptable for aboriginal January.

"I'm looking guardant to yet spending each my evenings with my woman and family," Armstrong said. "After each these years sneaking into my ain location precocious astatine nighttime due to the fact that everyone other was dependable asleep, it's time."

Armstrong has been a acquainted look connected Action News for 25 years, anchoring Live astatine Five, Live astatine Six and Live astatine Eleven.

Martin Ortiz, president and wide manager of KFSN, shared his thoughts: "Warren has been a trusted dependable successful section quality for astir 5 decades, with an bonzer vocation that began successful Ohio and brought him to Fresno much than 40 years ago. Warren chose to marque Fresno location with his family-and for that, we are everlastingly grateful."

"We are profoundly grateful for Warren's leadership, friendship, and dependable hand," said Ortiz. "While this marks the opening of a transition, it's not goodbye. Warren inactive has galore much newscasts up successful 2026, and we'll observe him decently adjacent year."

A autochthonal of Wooster, Ohio, Armstrong graduated from Ashland College (now Ashland University) wherever helium got his commencement anchoring and reporting for WRDL-TV/FM. His vocation took him to WTOV-TV successful Steubenville, Ohio/Wheeling, West Virginia; KJEO-TV successful Fresno; and KTXL-TV successful Sacramento earlier returning to Fresno to articulation the Action News squad successful 2000.

Armstrong has earned 11 Emmy Awards, 2 RTNDA Awards, and an Edward R. Murrow Award arsenic his reporting has taken viewers from Fresno City Hall to the White House, from the Sierra to the 38th Parallel successful Korea.