Kitty O'Neal - Speaker for Mar. 7, 2011

Kitty O'Neal anchors the highly-rated and award-winning KFBK Afternoon News from 3 to 7 p.m., a show she has hosted for 18 years. She is also KFBK's Lifestyle Editor and provides news updates and feature reports throughout the day. She has had many coveted news assignments including covering a Presidential inauguration, the Grammy Awards, and 19 Academy Award ceremonies.

Now celebrating her 25th year with KFBK, Kitty has served in various capacities, including producing talk shows for KFBK and serving as News Director for seven years on sister station KGBY-FM.

Kitty's television credits include three years on KOVR 13 as entertainment reporter and host of the weekly real estate show "Home TV," which ran for ten years. She also appears in many commercials, videos and national programs, including a CBS TV miniseries and the A&E Channel's "Biography."

Kitty donates much of her time and talent to community events and charitable organizations. She also has been featured in numerous articles for local newspapers and publications and has appeared three times on the cover of "Sacramento Magazine." Since 2001, the readers of that magazine have annually voted Kitty the "Best Afternoon Drive Radio Personality" in Sacramento. 

She is married to Kurt Spataro, an Executive Chef and Restaurateur and are partners in several Sacramento area restaurants including Spataro and Esquire Grill. She and Kurt have lived in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento for 21 years.