After 35 years on air, veteran KCBS reporter Doug Sovern is retiring from broadcasting to focus on family and writing, he announced Thursday on social media.
Sovern, who joined KCBS in 1990 after working at K-101 and KGO, began his Bay Area journey in 1985 as a bassist for Nice Boys From New York.
As KCBS’s political reporter, he covered major events like the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Tour de France, and every presidential campaign during his tenure, interviewing top candidates from both parties.
A 2017 Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame inductee, Sovern earned multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards. Since 2020, he has co-hosted KCBS’s “The State of California,” a weekday political talk show at 3:30 p.m.
An accomplished fiction writer, Sovern has Pushcart Prize-nominated short stories and is working on a novel, All Great and Precious Things, set for release in 2026.
His final “State of California” episode airs April 30.
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