Warren Wilson, 90, veteran LA broadcast journalist, to be remembered Saturday at funeral service

A funeral service will be held Saturday for veteran journalist Warren G. Wilson, a groundbreaking news reporter who spent more than 40 years as a broadcast journalist, including 21 years at KTLA Channel 5, and was one of the first Black broadcasters in Los Angeles when he started in the market in the 1960s.

Wilson died Sept. 27 at the age of 90, his son, Stanley Wilson, said in a statement.

“His demeanor on the air as an iconic television journalist was just as authentic as he was a father ...