KABC won a Peabody Award for their coverage of fires in Los Angeles.
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PivotSep 4, 2026
The Peabody Awards profile, KABC's own report, and trade coverage all confirm that 'Los Angeles Burning' by ABC News and KABC-TV won a 2026 Peabody Award for coverage of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. The award was shared with ABC News, which the claim does not mention, but KABC is a named co-recipient, so the core assertion holds.
What was said
… I don't know if you know them, but I would love to give them a shout out. LA Taco is a small independent media organization out here in L.A. Memo Torres, um, Izzy Ramirez, who is who is, um, almost on a daily basis track the ICE raids here. Uh uh K A B C won a Peabody Award because of their coverage during the fires. For their work, the work was amazing. You know, journalists do swing into action when there's a crisis. I thought the fire coverage, that's incredible, and and the coverage of the the ice rinks in Minnesota. …
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Supports. The Peabody Awards site lists 'Los Angeles Burning' as a Peabody award profile for ABC News and KABC-TV's on-the-scene coverage of the January 2025 fires.[1]
Supports. ABC7 (KABC) reported on April 23, 2026 that it, along with ABC News, was recognized with a Peabody Award for its coverage of the 2025 January wildfires.[2]
Supports. The Hollywood Reporter's list of 2026 Peabody winners names 'Los Angeles Burning' (ABC News and KABC, Los Angeles) among the winners.[3]
Supports. Disney's coverage of the 86th Peabody Awards lists 'Los Angeles Burning' (ABC News and KABC, Los Angeles) as a News winner, and a June 2026 report on the ceremony repeats the honor.[4][5]
Context. The extracted claim matches the passage, which says KABC won a Peabody Award for its coverage during the fires. The award was shared with ABC News, which the claim does not name.
Sources
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- 1Los Angeles Burning - The Peabody Awardspeabodyawards.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2ABC7 wins Peabody Award for coverage of 2025 January wildfiresabc7.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Peabody Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry,' ‘Pluribus, ‘The Pitt' Among Winnershollywoodreporter.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 486th Annual Peabody Awards: Disney Scores 8 Winslaughingplace.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Jimmy Kimmel, 'Andor,' ABC News and more honored at the 2026 Peabody ...abc7chicago.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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