Longtime airborne traffic reporter Jeff Baugh, who helped Southern California drivers navigate through countless sig alerts, freeway tie-ups and massive brush fires on KFWB, KNX, and KFI, died Tuesday evening.
At the time of his death, Baugh was working for KFI. Starting in 1986, he reported for KFWB. Former program director Andy Ludlum said Baugh served as an integral part of KFWB’s news coverage and was the station’s “secret weapon.”
From 2008 to 2017, Baugh worked for KNX News, where he’s fondly remembered by many co-workers.
Reporter Pete Demetriou remembered Baugh’s “encyclopedic knowledge” of the road system.
“He could actually paint word pictures that would make a difference to a person who was actually driving in their car,” he said. “It’s one thing when you say there’s a problem on the 101, (but) Jeff would explain where it was and more importantly, how to get around it in such a language that you could sit there, make up your mind (and say) ‘you know what? I better listen to this guy and I better turn or I’d better get off here right now.’”
To Jennifer York, traffic anchor for ‘LA’s Morning News,’ Baugh was a “warm hug.”
“Whenever I was grounded when I was flying for Channel Five, he would come over and give me a hug at the airport and we’d eat doughnuts together,” she recalled.
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