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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Fox 26 KRIV news director out, Belo to cut

Not a positive last few days for Texas broadcasting.

Rumors starting surfacing Tuesday that the Fox 26 News Director was out and the fact Belo was doing some cutting. Both appear to be true.

Kathy Williams is out at KRIV with managing editor and former Channel 11 KHOU reporter Carolyn Mungo filling in. Is Mungo the permanent choice? READ MORE

Plus Belo is reportedly cutting 150 jobs, not matching 401Ks and cutting management compensation by 5%. Belo owns KHOU Channel 11 Houston, WFAA Channel 8 Dallas-Fort Worth, KENS San Antonio and KVUE 24 Austin among others.  READ MORE.

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