GARTH KEMP

ABC7 "EYEWITNESS NEWS"
WEEKEND WEATHERCASTER/REPORTER

Garth Kemp joined ABC7's Eyewitness News team in August of l998. He currently provides weather reports for ABC7's weekend evening newscasts. Garth also is a feature reporter for the Eyewitness News Morning Show, and the host of "Eye on L.A."

Garth grew up in the San Fernando Valley. In 1978, while attending Metro State University in Denver, Garth stopped at a local radio station promotion and on a whim, asked for a job. Hearing his booming voice, the station manager hired him on the spot for weekends and fill-in!

Within 2 years he was offered the evening show on WAPP-FM New York, which at the time, was the most listened to Rock station in the country. After 2 years in The Big Apple, (and winding up on top of the ratings!), he set out to fulfill his dream of living everywhere around this country and experiencing all it has to offer.

In 1992, after stints in Miami, Houston, and Denver, he wound up at KQRS-FM in Minneapolis, where the cold winters started him thinking more and more about going home.

And so, in October 1997, after nineteen years away, Garth grabbed the brass ring, afternoon drivetime at our sister station 95.5 KLOS-FM, and came home. This show, his charity work in the community, and various on-air appearances in Los Angeles brought him to the attention of ABC7, and the opportunity to present the weather on Eyewitness News.

His other interests include working out, mountain biking, body surfing, and spending time with his 3 dogs.