Salinas Sports Hall of Fame

Dennis Lennen 

Lehnen was often referred to as “The Dean’’ of local sports and for good reason. Lehnen was the sports anchor for KSBW-TV Action News 8 for 35 years – the longest broadcast career in the station’s then 62-year history. His coverage of high school football – highlighted by his High School Playbook Blitz every Friday night during the season – was the most watched local high school sports show since it debuted in 1998. Lehnen covered all the bases during his time at KSBW including all five San Francisco 49er Super Bowls, the three San Francisco Giants World Series titles, 35 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournaments, Mario Andretti’s final IndyCar race at Laguna Seca and three decades of the California Rodeo Salinas.