Angie Martinez has been named the news director for KRGV 5 Rio Grande Valley, overseeing both broadcast and digital.
"I am thrilled for the opportunity to lead the Valley’s News Channel," Martinez said on the Channel 5 website. "The RGV is home and I’m excited to continue to serve my community."
Working at KRGV since 2010, Martinez is being promoted from the assistant news director position.
"I am excited for Angie to lead the Channel 5 newsroom," KRGV’s general manager John Kittleman added. "She has a real passion for news and understands the important role Channel 5 News plays in our community."
As assistant ND, Martinez was instrumental in many KRGV news specials, including the hurricane specials and the launch of the station's first Vaqueros Game Day program.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) this evening celebrated the 2025 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, honoring excellence and performance in radio during a lively ceremony at the Edison Ballroom on the eve of NAB Show New York.
The 2025 Marconi Award Winners from Texas are:
Urban Station of the Year
Majic 102.1 KMJQ-FM, Houston, Texas.
Small Market Station of the Year
News Talk 1620 (94.5) WTAW-AM, College Station, Texas
Established in 1989 and named for inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards honor radio stations and on-air personalities demonstrating outstanding achievement and service to their communities.
Gray Media, which owns 10 stations around Texas, and more beyond that, just released a video and social message about its new AI Innovation Lab:
"Our new Innovation Lab is designed to push boundaries, explore emerging technologies, and create tools that empower our newsrooms, sales teams, and stations to work smarter and tell stronger stories.
By thoughtfully integrating AI and emerging technologies into our workflows with human oversight, we're removing administrative burdens and creating more time for the work our teams are passionate about.
Rest assured, every step forward is guided by updated policies and careful oversight, ensuring we're pushing boundaries while maintaining the highest standards.
We're excited for what's ahead, and we hope you are, too! #GrayProud"
Claire Ferguson, who is featured in the video, helps lead Gray’s AI efforts as vice president and assistant general counsel. She conducted an interview with TVTechnology about the company's use of Artificial Intelligence earlier this year, if you want to read more.
Gray is hardly the only TV company using AI.
Sinclair says it's the first in broadcast media to implement live AI-powered translation for local newscasts.
On its website, TEGNAwrites, "We apply technology, AI, and systems to be more effective and efficient."
As for the big one based out of Texas, Nexstarissued a statement on its website saying, "We recognize the importance of maintaining journalistic integrity and protecting our business with respect to the use of generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI” or “AI”). In order to manage risks related to AI we have established a Gen AI usage policy, which only permits use of Gen AI that has been approved by the Company’s Gen AI Committee. The Gen AI Committee is comprised of representatives of key management groups including information and digital technology, digital media, legal, and broadcasting. In addition, as part of its role providing independent oversight of the key risks facing Nexstar, the Audit Committee devotes regular and thorough attention to our AI risk."
"Mike...I am saddened and disappointed you left out two very seminal moments in cinema. My appearance as Frank the sportscaster in the ABC made-for-TV movie in 77 called 'Murder at the World Series.' I even remember my line. "There he is..Bill..Bill Virdon...who will you pitch on Friday?"
"Then there's the blockbuster 1989 theatrical juggernaut 'Night Game' with Roy Scheider, where I was the Astros play-by-play announcer, whose miscall of the winning pitcher got someone killed in Galveston."
While we're not watching the Houston Astros play in the World Series in 2025, that honor goes to the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, we can at least watch our team and Bob Allen in a film.
Mary Kate Hamilton is leaving First Alert 7 News (formerly CBS7), KOSA Midland-Odessa, to join Atlanta News First.
Hamilton, who joined the station in August 2020 as a weekend sports anchor and reporter, transitioned within a few years to the anchor desk, where she co-anchored the First Alert 7 Evening News at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. alongside Jay Hendricks.
A native of Indiana, Hamilton graduated from Indiana University in 2020 with a degree in Journalism. During her time at IU, she worked with Big Ten Student U and IU NewsNet and interned with WISH-TV in Indianapolis and WTIU Public Television. She was also recognized nationally, finishing fourth in the 2020 Jim Nantz Award rankings as one of the top collegiate sportscasters in the country by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America (STAA).
Victor Jacobo joined CBS Chicago WBBM, where he once interned, as a reporter from KHOU 11 Houston in August 2025.
"I’m beyond grateful to join this team in my hometown," Jacobo posted on X. "Wouldn’t be here today without the love and support of family and friends. Excited to tell Chicago’s stories!"
Admittedly, I missed Jacobo's channel 11 departure, so if anyone writes about it after me, then they really suck! We'll be keeping tally too.
Jacobo joined KHOU in July 2023 after several years in Wisconsin, where he worked for CBS 58 WDJT and Telemundo Wisconsin WYTU-LD in Milwaukee. There, he served as a bilingual general assignment and Capitol Bureau reporter.
Earlier in his career, Jacobo worked as a producer at News 3 Now WISC in Madison, Wisconsin, and as a field producer for WXYZ 7 Action News in Detroit.
In March 2023, he was named a finalist for the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s Young Professional of the Year Award.
A graduate of Marquette University and Libertyville High School, his passion for broadcasting first began through his high school’s TV club, where he called play-by-play for local sports events.
Life update: It’s a blessing and a dream come true to say today was my first day working at @cbschicago. I’m beyond grateful to join this team in my hometown. Wouldn’t be here today without the love and support of family and friends. Excited to tell Chicago’s stories! pic.twitter.com/ZsjqAAb0wI
Allan Gwyn joined the KAMR Local 4 News and FOX 14 News Amarillo weather team, making his on-air debut as weekend meteorologist on Saturday evening, September 6, 2025.
A familiar face is returning to the Amarillo viewers, since he worked for the cross-town rival NewsChannel 10 KFDA Amarillo many years before leaving in October 2021.
Gwyn was born and raised in the Amarillo area and graduated from Canyon High School before attending West Texas State University. He later earned his Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Gwyn’s passion for weather began early—he started storm chasing at age 16 and has witnessed nearly every kind of severe weather the Texas Panhandle can produce. Since 1980, his camera has captured close to 200 tornado occurrences, with his dramatic storm footage featured on The Weather Channel, Discovery Channel, and national network broadcasts.
His broadcast career began in 1992 as a news photographer at KFDA NewsChannel 10 in Amarillo. After a stint with KAMR from 1994 to 1998 as a news photog, he returned to KFDA as Chief News Photographer. Gwyn completed Mississippi State’s broadcast meteorology program in 2000 and transitioned to the StormTrack 10 weather team in 2002, working alongside “Doppler” Dave Oliver.
From 2007 to 2008, he served as Morning Meteorologist at KXXV 25 in Waco, Temple, and Killeen—then a sister station to KFDA under the Drewry Communications Group—before returning to Amarillo and continuing his on-air work at KFDA until October 2021.
Idolina “Ido” Peralez returns to CW39 Houston KIAH as chief meteorologist, taking over for Jonathan Novack.
"Ido is a trusted weather communicator who brings both scientific depth and on-air warmth to our coverage," said CW39 News Director Liz Roldán. "Her leadership and experience will further enhance our weather team and the value we deliver to viewers every day."
"Returning to CW39 is truly a full-circle moment," Peralez said. "Houston weather is powerful and unpredictable, and I’m honored to lead a team dedicated to keeping our community informed, prepared, and connected."
Now, when Peralez says "returns," that is true in a full-time sense, but she has never really been totally gone.
Back in the mass CW39 weather exodus of August 2024, Peralez left with the other two meteorologists. Within a month, she was back, filling in for the weather department. In fact, the station never entirely removed Peralez's bio from its website, as she continued to appear throughout the last year, helping out.
Already a familiar face to Houston TV viewers, she previously worked for KPRC 2 Houston around 2013 to 2014.
Peralez joined KPRC 2 from KIFI Local News 8/KIDK Idaho Falls, Idaho. Back then, she went by Idolina Walker on-air.
A native of the Rio Grande Valley, the Brigham Young University-Idaho graduate and Emmy nominee later completed her meteorology courses at Mississippi State University.
