Colleen Williams
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Colleen Williams is the primary co-anchor of KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles, currently serving on the 5 and 11 p.m. weekday broadcasts of The Channel 4 News. She also reports on occasion for NBC News. Williams is one of the most-recognized and well-regarded anchors in the Los Angeles area, the second-largest media market in the United States. Williams became widely known for her trademark hairstyle which until the late 1990s included a prominent silver streak.
Williams joined KNBC in 1984 from cross-town rival KCBS Channel 2 where she anchored the 5pm news for two years. Prior to her arrival in Los Angeles, Williams anchored at KPIX, the CBS station in San Francisco.
Williams was particularly visible during the O.J. Simpson Trial, which she covered for KNBC and MSNBC, co-anchoring a daily summary of the trial each evening with Manny Medrano. [1] It was after the Simpson trial concluded that Williams succeeded long-time 11pm anchor Kelly Lange. Lange left the station after 25 years to work briefly for KCBS before leaving television entirely in 2001.
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