Diane Kalas, the first female reporter for KPNX in Phoenix, has died.
“She passed peacefully, surrounded by love. Diane’s strength, warmth, and unwavering love profoundly shaped our lives, and her memory will be cherished by all who had the joy of knowing her,” her family posted to Facebook.
She joined the station in 1970. The Phoenix NBC affiliate said that “even though Kalas was the only female in a newsroom full of men, she said she was never treated any less just because she was a woman.”
“The men I worked with all treated me like their little sister. They were helpful and welcoming,” she told the station in 2023.