Coming from an Air Force family Don York spent most of his early years moving around the country from the east coast to Northern California. Don studied Broadcast Journalism and Theatre Arts at Sacramento State.
Don began his broadcast career in Sacramento as an intern at a news talk radio station. Don has reported in New Mexico at two television stations where he won several journalism awards. He moved to Fresno in 1995 to help launch Valley Ag News at KMPH-TV. Don was honored by the Fresno County Farm Bureau for Journalism in 1996.
Starting in 1998 he worked as news reporter and producer at KGPE before going back to KMPH-TV to become a commercial producer. In 2012 Don was back on the air reporting California farm news on a statewide radio network.
Don is married and has a daughter. He likes to study military history, work on his cars and volunteer for various non-profit groups.