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Ken Kramer

Creator/Producer/Host of "Ken Kramer's About San Diego"

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Ken Kramer is the creator, producer, and host of Ken Kramer’s About San Diego. For more than three decades, the series has presented stories of the people and places that define our home county. Ken Kramer’s About San Diego has been honored with numerous Emmy and Golden Mike Awards, as well as recognition from teachers' groups, Save Our Heritage Organisation, City of San Diego, San Diego Historical Society, Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club, Radio Festival New York, and The Voice of America. In proclaiming “Ken Kramer Day” in 2008, the County Board of Supervisors described the show as “…more valuable to San Diego History than any two or three of our local museums combined.” Ken is a fourth-generation native Californian who grew up in Pasadena, CA. He graduated from San Diego State University in 1974.

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