It was a big hit for 2009, so I thought I would feature the top media moments in Houston for 2010, but this year I expanded it for all of Texas too! This goes in order and because of length, I had to cut stuff. I base this on post traffic, reader reaction, social media among other factors.
New Houston TV reporters and Chronicle staffers leaving
KPRC's Hasti Taghi has a famous name in Houston
KTVT CBS 11 expands 4pm news for DFW
VIDEO: Fox 26 KRIV anchor Jose Grinan's movie scene
New Steve Robison morning show on 103.7FM Houston’s Adult Alternative KHJK-FM
KTSU's Maurice Hope-Thompson dies at age 68
Mike McGuff talks to Pat Gray of the Glenn Beck Show
KENS 5 new anchor Jeff Vaughn hits San Antonio airwaves
Nefertiti Jaquez lands at KPRC 2 Houston
KKTVT news director Scott Diener now at KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles
KXAS 5 morning anchor Brendan Higgins exits
New weekend anchors for WFAA 8
Lex and Terry Show off 97.1 KEGL Dallas
Former KHOU 11 anchor Lisa Foronda overcomes demons
Fox 26 KRIV anchor Tom Zizka talks skin cancer scare
Lee McGuire exits KHOU 11 Houston
KHOU 11's Gene Norman has powerful TV biz connections
Calvin Murphy leaves 97.5 KFNC show and other sports radio news
New KIAH 39 assignments manager Joe Segura announced
KHOU 11 reporter Kevin Peters leaving TV news
KTRK 13's Adam Darsky heads to WCNC Charlotte as Executive Producer
Congrats to KTRK 13's Miya Shay
1080 KRLD gardening expert Neil Sperry to leave station
VIDEO: Fox 26 KRIV shares its helicopter because it cares
Maria Todd on Mix 96.5 KHMX, but where's Sam Malone?
NBC 5 KXAS anchor Jane McGarry gets shifted
Carson leaves night shift at 104.1 KRBE
Houston talk show host's son dies in accident
CBS 11 KTVT gets new man in charge
New KHOU 11 Houston assistant news director hired
VIDEO: Houston Mayor Annise Parker talks about Mike McGuff day
VIDEO: Houston Mayor Annise Parker talks social media strategy with Mike McGuff
VIDEO: The city of Houston social media architect
Maria Todd and Brad Booker team up for Mix 96.5 KHMX mornings
New KHOU 11 reporters on their way to Houston
Former KHOU 11 talent Darby Douglas gets new gig
Billy Madison leaves 102.1 The Edge KDGE mornings
KPRC 2 reporters Reyna and Jáquez caught in the act
Texas AP 2009-2010 Television Contest Winners
Sam Malone is back on KSEV 700
KTVT 11 and KTXA 21 get Adrienne Roark as news director
KENS 5 announces new 4pm newscast
KHOU 11 Wins 23 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards
Scott Friedman morning anchor for NBC 5 KXAS
740 KTRH's Will Sterrett leaves for Dallas' KRLD
Ralph Cooper honored by Houston Association of Black Journalists
New Fox 26 KRIV anchor/reporter is Natalie Bomke from Fox 40 KTXL
Hudson & Harrigan gone from 100.3 KILT
Texas winners at the 76th annual National Headliner Awards
740 KTRH turns 80 years old
The Fox 26 KRIV 4am anchor shuffle
WOAI 4 Meteorologist Jennifer Broome leaving station
Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh leaves the paper
2010 Texas APME Awards List
KHOU 11 does it again
Texas TV and radio stations win regional Murrow Awards
NBC 5 KXAS gets new meteorologist
VIDEO: KIAH 39 anchor proposed to live on air
39 KIAH news director KyAnn Lewis departs
Fox 26 KRIV layoffs today
KTRK 13 producer jumps in front of the camera
33 KDAF says goodbye to newscast
KIAH 39's newest reporter David Solano
KIII 3 in Corpus Christi to be sold to London Broadcasting
KPRC 2 meteorologist Jonathan Novack is leaving
570 KLIF program director found dead
Rapper Trae Tha Truth is suing 97.9 The Box KBXX
Houston TV meteorologist on ABC's The Bachelorette 2010?
950 KPRC-AM hits 85 years
Former KPRC 2 and current KDAF 33 talent turns off TV career
Houston Chronicle takes over Texas...sort of
KIAH 39 news is in HD with new set
KPRC Local 2 launches new Facebook pages!
Mary Lee storms onto KPRC 2's weather team
Jim Bell signs off 88.7 KUHF NPR Houston
KIAH 39's Hailey Frances leaves for main anchor gig
Houston Chronicle legal journalist Mary Flood moves on
KHOU 11 wins National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence
VIDEO: DJ Brandi Garcia discusses being fired from 97.9 The Box
Anchor Alan Hemberger no longer with KIAH 39
Houston traffic radio reporting pioneer Marty Ambrose dies
Erin Anthony's tearful goodbye from Fox 26 KRIV traffic beat
The Russ Martin Show lands at 97.1 The Eagle KEGL Dallas
VIDEO: NBC 5 KXAS Mike Snyder exit tribute
KENS 5 gets reporter Sarah Forgany and Adrienne Alvarez moves up at KDBC
Corpse Flower photos from HMNS
KIAH 39 dumps traditional newscasts
The 2010 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductees
KPRC 2 creative services director Gary Wann leaves for KXAS 5 DFW
Fox 26 KRIV steals Michelle Merhar from 740 KTRH
WFAA 8's Gary Cogill leaves TV to start film company
KIAH 39 assignments editor Anesha Evans loses cancer battle
Future of Houston Chronicle and chron.com
Gary Jaffe is new KIAH 39 Imaginator for NewsFix
KTRU Rice Radio to become 91.7 KUHC Classical
The recent San Antonio TV anchor arrivals and departures
Dallas weatherman quits, San Antonio anchor quits, KTBU 55 nixes HS football and more
KTVT 11 on air changes in DFW
KPRC 2 reporter Lisa Baldwin says goodbye
11 News I-Team launches on KHOU
The Retro Television Network (RTV) on air in Houston
Ken Hoffman replaced by former Jim Rome producer on 1560 The Game
KHOU 11 meteorologist Dan Meador loses cancer battle
KIAH 39 loses two reporters; familiar faces fill in
KTRK 13 gets Samica Knight as new reporter
Mike McGuff: From blogger to KIAH 39 reporter
KUBE-TV channel 57 Houston
It's KCBS 2 for Fox 26 KRIV's Sibila Vargas
KTRK 13 steals Alex Radow from KIAH 39
KHOU 11 makes TV history with Emmy win
KTVT hires Lisa Pineiro
KTRK 13 gets new state of the art newsroom (video)
Mark Stevens of Rock 101 KLOL's Stevens and Pruett has passed away
KPRC 2 hires Jennifer Bauer as new reporter
8th Annual Lone Star EMMY Awards winners
KHOU 11 news director Keith Connors leaving in November
TV anchors named Barajas taking over Houston and Texas
KTRK 13 investigative producer Steve Bivens leaves the Wayne Dolcefino world
Jerome Gray to leave KPRC 2; possible replacement
Hudson and Harrigan replaced by Corey Foley and Greg Thunder on 100.3 KILT
Fake KPRC 2 Twitter account takes Houston news to the extreme
Former KTRK 13 staffer becomes Houston Chronicle blogger
After Kristin Kane, how many anchors does Fox 26 KRIV need?
KPRC 2 general manager Larry Blackerby to leave station
Where is Chris Baker on 950 KPRC?
KPRC 2 alum gets CBS Early Show host gig
KTRK 13 reporter Gene Apodaca calls it quits
News 8 Austin’s news director Kevin Benz is gone
KIAH 39 news management change, KHOU 11 gets new executive producer
Former KTRK 13 Undercover photographer joins KIAH 39 News
Houston's Global Broadcasting Channel (GBC)
Former KTRK 13 meteorologist Heidi Jones arrested
KTRK 13 Undercover's Wayne Dolcefino says stop copying my work
KHOU 11's Mark Greenblatt recalls agency leaking his investigations to competitor
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