George Sampson
 George Sampson Weekdays - 6am to 9am
George Sampson is the morning news anchor on 1590 KLIV. He is also the station’s News and Program Director. A 35+ year veteran of Bay Area radio and television, George has deep ties to the local community. A graduate of San Jose State University’s Journalism program, George’s first radio job came during his senior year at SJSU at the long gone all-news station KXRX. “They sat me in a little room...
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John McLeod
 John McLeod - Weekday Traffic from 6am to 10am & 3pm to 7pm
John McLeod gets you to and from work weekdays on 1590 KLIV with Silicon Valley Traffic...and he knows the roads! John’s 42-year radio career is the longest for any San Jose area radio personality. John began his radio career in 1965 at Foothill College radio station KFJC doing play by play for the school’s football, basketball and baseball teams and hosting a daily DJ show and news...
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John Kelly
John Kelly - Weekdays from 2pm to 4pm
Weekday afternoons, Silicon Valley starts its drive home with John Kelly. John strives to present news you might have missed while at work and adds a fresh perspective to the day's major events.
John is a Bay Area native who keeps in tune with local issues, people and places. He studied at both San Jose State University and Cal State Hayward and holds a degree in English Literature. He likes dogs, baseball and pays close...
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Jason Bennert
 Jason Bennert
Reporter
Jason Bennert was born at Good Samaritan Hospital and spent his childhood watching the orchards of the Valley of Heart's Delight being uprooted to make way for the subdivisions and office parks of Silicon Valley. Before coming to 1590 KLIV, Jason worked for Bay City News as the South Bay Bureau Chief for the last ten years. Full Bio
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Shawn Murphy
 Shawn Murphy - Weekday Morning Editor, Reporter
Shawn is the weekday morning news editor at 1590 KLIV. He has called the Silicon Valley home for the last 9 years.
Shawn graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Radio-Television and Film. Before joining 1590 KLIV Shawn served 4 years in the US Army, spending over 2 years in Iraq and Korea.
Shawn served as the Sports Director of 90.5 KSJS at San Jose State and worked as a sports...Full Bio
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Derrick Villa
 Derrick Villa is a familiar presence to most listeners of 1590 KLIV.
Besides serving on KLIV's reporting staff, Derrick is the All-Night Voice of 1590 KLIV, a familiar friend to people who are up early (or out late) in Silicon Valley. Derrick keeps our early-morning listeners up-to-date on overnight road construction, and any late-breaking news in the wee small hours. He’s been with 1590 KLIV since 1993.
Derrick’s ties to the community run deep. Full Bio...
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Gordon Matlock
 Gordon Matlock - Weekend Announcer
Gordon Matlock got his first experience in radio at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, NM, where he had a double major of Radio-TV Communications and Theatre. Before graduating, he was already working full-time at Top 40 station KZZO-FM in Clovis, NM. There, he became the only music director in the United States working the overnight shift. He then moved up to Denver and worked part-time at KHOW-AM/KSYY-FM for six months...
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David Jones
David Jones - Saturday and Sunday Nights
David Jones is the all-night traffic reporter for weekends on 1590 KLIV. David writes: “Hello KLIV listeners, my name is David Jones. I have lived in San Jose most of my life. Since 2002 I have been your source for traffic and weather reports through the overnight hours on the weekends and whenever else I can sneak on the air. So if you need help getting around Silicon Valley’s roads during the...
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Terri Smith
Terri Smith became interested in weather at the tender age of four, when she moved to Atlanta, Georgia during the spring thunderstorm season. Fear and fascination of thunderstorms and tornadoes pushed her to study meteorology at Florida State University where she also earned a minor in communications.
Her broadcast career includes working at WALB in Albany, Georgia and WXIA in Atlanta, before joining the On-Camera Meteorology department at The Weather Channel in...
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Sally Russell
Sally came to The Weather Channel in January of 2000, a wonderful way to start a brand new millennium. Her interest in meteorology started from her young upbringing in the United Kingdom, where she was fascinated with the local television weatherman.
She was able to watch him and repeat verbatim everything he reported. This interest in weather only grew when Sally moved to southwest Florida, where you can set your watch by the afternoon...
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Phil Cosentino
Phil Cosentino - Mr. Produce can be heard weekdays at :43 after the hour from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Phil Cosentino is known as Mr. Produce – for good reason. He’s one of the four Cosentino brothers who have managed three local stores carrying their name. For many years, Phil Cosentino was the produce director of the stores. He caused the Cosentino stores to be known throughout the are as the foremost purveyors of fruits and vegetables. For many of...
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George Bettisworth
George Bettisworth - Weekdays 7am to 7pm Since 1984 George has helped individual investors with their investment needs. He is a Portfolio Manager and First Vice President with Morgan Stanley, and has been awarded the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM Practitioner Certification in 2005. Starting in 1990 George has produced an hourly business report focusing on local stocks on KLIV. He was raised in Cupertino and served in the United States Air Force...
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