The King of Fresno is leaving….

KMPH Sports Reporter/Anchor Nick King is leaving the Sinclair station and headed to Phoenix.

King is moving to Meredith’s KPHO/KTVK in the Valley of the Sun.

King spent 6 years in Fresno and was anchoring the weekend sportscast.

Before coming to Fresno, he’d been in Joplin, Missouri.

“I knew one person in Fresno,” he says of arriving to the central San Joaquin Valley.

Over his years here, he got to meet many of his viewers, along with the athletes he profiled in his stories. Those are the things he appreciates the most about the job, he says.

As part of his reporting duties with the Fox affiliate, King created a series of outdoor travel segments called “In Your Backyard.” He produced 30 episodes of the series, each 4 to 5 minutes long.

“I always wanted my stories and my sportscasts to be memorable,” he says.

“I cared a lot about what I was doing, providing the best local sports coverage we possibly could.”

H/T Fresno Bee