Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Los Angeles’ First Asian-American Newscaster Dies By Kevin Eck on May. 6, 2013 - 10:07 AM Mario Machado, longtime anchor and reporter in the Los Angeles market has died. Machado joined KHJ (now KCAL) in 1967 and moved to KNXT (now KCBS) in 1969. According to CBS owned stations KCBS and KCAL, Machado was the first promi ...