Mike Friedrich joins KUTV Salt Lake City as news director

UPDATE
After three years in Annapolis, Maryland, Mike Friedrich joins KUTV Salt Lake City as news director in 2021 he announced on Facebook.

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Just as KPRC 2 claims May 2018 sweeps victory across the board (more on that later), we learn that assistant news director Mike Friedrich is moving on.

"I am moving to Annapolis, Maryland in a few weeks," Friedrich told mikemcguff.com. "I lived in the Mid-Atlantic region for nearly 15 years. I am looking forward to living 10 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay and having a four hour drive to see my family in Pittsburgh, where I am from originally."

Not only it is a geographic move for Friedrich, but he's moving on from the TV news life and changing careers.

"Houston is an amazing city, the friendships I made here have been phenomenal and KPRC is not only the best station to work for in Houston, if not the country, it's been one of the most rewarding experiences in my career," Friedrich told me. "Our staff has some of the most hard-working, creative, and innovative people, I have had the pleasure to work with and lead. Dave Strickland has been an amazing boss and mentor to me."

Rhonda Errer LaVelle's promotion from channel 2 assistant news director to the news director job brought Friedrich to Houston in 2014 to assume her then vacant role (LaVelle left KPRC for WXYZ Detroit in 2016).

The award winning Friedrich previously worked as an executive producer for WJLA Washington, DC. He's also worked at WJZ Baltimore and CNN Newsource.

Friedrich explains he did not take his decision to move lightly. This life-altering change is putting him where he wants to be in the next five to 10 years.

"For me, it's just time for me to blaze my own trail doing something else," he added. "After I complete my move and finish my 'summer school,' I plan on taking the rest of the summer off, and getting started after Labor Day."

So stay tuned right here to find out what Friedrich's career move will be when he is ready to make an official announcement.

KPRC 2 hires Mike Friedrich as assistant news director

WJLA's Mike Friedrich to become new KPRC assistant news director; WJBK's Steve Lulgjuraj moves into 10pm EP role

KPRC 2 announced two big hires to the staff today.

Once Rhonda Errer LaVelle moved up to news director, the NBC affiliate had an opening for an assistant news director.

The person taking the KPRC assistant news director gig is WJLA Washington, DC executive producer Mike Friedrich. In the past, Friedrich has been an executive producer at WJZ Baltimore and a CNN Newsource producer. He's won several Emmys, Murrows and AP awards for Best Newscasts. His first day is October 23rd.

Also announced to the KPRC newsroom is a new 10pm EP. WJBK Fox 2 News Detroit's Steve Lulgjuraj takes that job. Ljuljdjuraj is the 10pm senior producer at the Fox owned and operated station. He also produces a weekly public affairs program called Let It Rip. His first day is October 27th.

Texas TV and radio job moves May 2018

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Fox4 leads May "sweeps" with five firsts, including wall-to-wall wins in key 25-to-54-year-old news demographic

Kaley O’Kelley, co-anchor of CBS11’s weeknight newscasts since January 2015, announced she’s leaving the station.
- Here is her tearful goodbye

Reporter Saul Garza, a 19-year veteran of FOX4 KDFW, has opted to leave the station.

FOX4 KDFW meteorologist Jennifer Myers is leaving the station to become the weathercaster for North Texas-based ONCOR Electric.

FOX4 KDFW has named Hannah Battah to succeed Jenny Anchondo as anchor.

Jenn Marino Joins Alt 103.7 Dallas.

Mark Cuban, Mount Everest and lots of radio: The journey of Ben and Skin.

- WFAA 8 DFW reveals new #TEGNA graphics package
- VIDEO: Dale Hansen has very emotional moment on WFAA's newscast

HOUSTON

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Lisa Falkenberg taking helm of Chronicle editorial section.

The Latest Upheavals in Houston's Sports Talk Radio Ratings Tactics.

Steve Campion renews his agreement with KTRK in Houston as an MMJ.
- Napoli Management Group

Former Univision anchor and reporter Mariana Pineda returns to news at KIAH

Director of Marketing at Telemundo Dallas KXTX, Art Sobarzo, joins KTRK abc13 in the same role.

Former KHOU 11 producer, Mike O'Neill, has left Real Investment News to join MetroNational as Marketing and Communications Manager.

KPRC 2 producer Erin Jones leaves the station after 11 years to join the city of Houston Houston Public Works.

- CW 39 KIAH NewsFix's Natalie Hee joins FOX 26 KRIV as a reporter
- KHOU 11's investigative reporter Scott Noll leaves station for new job
- Dave Ward’s year since leaving channel 13
- Afternoon traffic anchor and reporter Rebecca Spera decides not to renew her abc13 KTRK contract
- Two Houston DJs And Two Precinct 1 Constables Spend Three Days Homeless On Streets of Houston
- Don Nelson recalls his Rockets head shave
- Is that Fox 26's Mike Iscovitz or Eddie Van Halen?
- 10pm newscast producer Sindy Espinoza moves up to Executive Producer
- Ken Hoffman #4 Houston Chronicle columnist?
- Crime Stoppers of Houston luncheon
- Telemundo Houston travelling to Russia for World Cup 2018
- Harris County jurors get Dave Ward appearance
- KPRC 2 meteorologist Eric Braate is runner up for Texas in 2018 HAIRRY Awards
- KHOU 11 demolition photos
- KPRC 2 assistant news director Mike Friedrich is making a career pivot
- A 101 KLOL video podcast by the mastermind behind the legendary Houston rock station

SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio Express-News lays off 14 journalists.

KSAT named Adam Caskey as new 10 pm weathercaster to replace veteran Steve Browne who is retiring after 26 years.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) will honor Bernice Kearney, News Director at KSAT12 News, with the NAHJ Presidential Award at the Hall of Fame Gala presented by Toyota on Saturday, July 21 at the InterContinental, in Miami, FL.

Photos: KENS-TV anchor weds in Caribbean paradise.

AUSTIN

May TV ratings: See how your favorite Austin news station fared.

Former KVUE anchor Olga Campos Benz announces new gig.

Former KVUE GM Patti Smith has been tapped to serve as interim executive director of Austin radio stations 90.5 KUT-FM and 98.9 KUTX-FM.

Lauren Due joins Spectrum News in Austin as MMJ.
- Due is represented by Steve Swienckowski at DCA Talent.

KVUE adds Leslie Adami and Luis de León to news team.

NewsRadio KLBJ making changes to weekday morning lineup

AROUND TEXAS

Telemundo 52 Los Angeles KVEA announces Tania Leal will serve as weekend weather anchor and will report about weather-related events during Telemundo 52’s weekday news. She will make her first on-air appearance on June 6. Leal joins Telemundo 52 from sister-station Telemundo 40 Rio Grande Valley / KTLM, where she worked as the weather anchor for the station’s weekday newscasts. Before this, Leal worked for Televisa Noreste. Leal earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology and has an associate’s degree in Law from the University of Brownsville in Texas. In addition Leal is expected to receive her degree in Meteorology in August of 2019.

KTLM Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen named Jasmina González a video journalist for Noticias Telemundo 40.

Brandon Ortega becomes the new sportscaster at KOB, in Albuquerque. He previously was a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KRGV in Harlingen, Texas.
- Napoli Management Group

KTLM Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen named Carlos Revelo weekend sports anchor for Noticias Telemundo 40.

Native Houstonian Chris Ramirez has joined the San Angelo KSAN Storm Team in January 2018 as the weekend weathercaster.

REMEMBERING

Remembering freelance photographer Don Hirsch.

Former KVET/Austin Personality Sammy Allred Dead At 84.

The changing faces of Houston TV news 2018

If you have the time...you can read through all of the Houston media job changes I tracked through 2018. And there are a lot of them. Ten years ago, I don't think I could have compiled a list anywhere near this size. There are so many changes, that even I can go through it and say, "Oh yeah, I forgot that happened this year!"

JANUARY 2018
- Taisha Walker joins KPRC

- Sofia Ojeda returns to KPRC weekend morning anchor desk

- Anoushah Rasta joins NBC Bay Area

- Janel Forte joins KHOU + new set

- Minerva Pérez Joins NHMC Board of Directors

- Josh Chapin exits KHOU 11

- Brian Collister leaving KXAN Austin

- Noel Ramos promoted to KTMD assistant news director

- Shelley Childers joins KTRK abc13

- Dave Ward named grand marshal of Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo parade

- Mayor names Mary Benton interim press secretary

- Wayne Dolcefino joins Quanell X on FOX 26's 'FOX Faceoff'

FEBRUARY 2018
- KENS 5 traffic anchor Chelsey Hernandez joins KTRK abc13 as a consumer reporter

- Houston TV journalists strike out on their own, and open up to mikemcguff.com about making money, including turning on a paywall

- WFMZ 69 News Lehigh Valley, PA reporter Maria Salazar joins FOX 26 as a general assignment reporter

- WCBS New York reporter Jessica Borg joins KHOU 11

- Former KPRC 2 reporter Jennifer Bauer reports from scene of horrible Florida high school shooting

- FOX 26 KRIV reporter Stephen Morgan filled-in as the meteorologist

- Rebecca Spera shows off baby #2

- Owen Conflenti announces baby

MARCH 2018
- Former KLOL Personality Dayna Steele Wins Texas Democratic Primary

- Kevin Quinn resigns from KTRK abc13

- Houston Mayor Sylvester appoints former KPRC 2 reporter Mary Benton press secretary

- Kitirik, 86, still in the hearts of Houston TV viewers

- KHOU GM Susan McEldoon announces retirement

- Levi Ismail joins KHOU 11

- KHOU 11's new station address will be 5718 Westheimer - between Chimney Rock and Bering

APRIL 2018
- David Gonzalez joins KHOU 11

- Natasha Barrett leaves KTRK 13

- Brittany Jeffers joins KPRC 2

- Branch Davidian standoff remembered by Texas TV journalists who were there

- Lisa Vaughn exits FOX 26 KRIV

- New KHOU 11 graphics 2018

- 2018 Texas RTDNA Regional Murrow Award winners

MAY 2018
- CW 39 KIAH NewsFix's Natalie Hee joins FOX 26 KRIV as a reporter

- KHOU 11's investigative reporter Scott Noll leaves station for new job

- Dave Ward’s year since leaving channel 13

-Rebecca Spera decides not to renew her abc13 KTRK contract

- Two Houston DJs And Two Precinct 1 Constables Spend Three Days Homeless On Streets of Houston

- Don Nelson recalls his Rockets head shave

- Is that Fox 26's Mike Iscovitz or Eddie Van Halen?

- 10pm newscast producer Sindy Espinoza moves up to Executive Producer

- Ken Hoffman #4 Houston Chronicle columnist?

- Telemundo Houston travelling to Russia for World Cup 2018

- Harris County jurors get Dave Ward appearance

- KPRC 2 meteorologist Eric Braate is runner up for Texas in 2018 HAIRRY Awards

- KHOU 11 demolition photos

- KPRC 2 assistant news director Mike Friedrich is making a career pivot

- A 101 KLOL video podcast by the mastermind behind the legendary Houston rock station

JUNE 2018
- Kevin Quinn leaves KTRK 13, joins Harris County Precinct 1

- KHOU 11's Melissa Correa opens up about her mental health

- Director of social media production

- Jake Reiner leaving KPRC 2

- Darby Douglas exits KHOU 11

- 2018 Lone Star Awards announced by Houston Press Club

- Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome

- KPRC's Sara Donchey is expecting

- KLOL would get ratted out by the Houston Chronicle in the 1970s

- Thanks to KPRC 2 for covering my mom's Alzheimer's story

- Jennifer Reyna is not leaving KPRC 2; has a new Facebook page

- KPRC 'Houston Life' changes coming

- Charly Edsitty joins abc13 KTRK

JULY 2018
- Tim Heller to leave abc13 KTRK in January 2019

- Where is Greg Bailey on abc13 KTRK?

- Sally Mamdooh joins KPRC 2

- Bobby Springer new KHOU 11 station manager

- TV talent fashion advice from the pros

- Former Houston journalists start “What’s Left America” podcast

- Aaron Wische named KPRC 2 Assistant News Director

- David Paul's new haircut was a happy accident

AUGUST 2018
- Doug Miller named Rice University director of news and media relations

- Telemundo Houston's Martín Berlanga to leave KTMD

- Butch Alsandor & Jorge Vargas to call TSU football on AT&T SportsNet

- Katherine Marchand joins abc13 KTRK

- 'Dave Ward's Houston' to launch on abc13 KTRK

- KPRC 2's new dog, Tex, joins Houston Life

- Sara Donchey has her baby

- Lina De Florias joins FOX 26

- Good news for Greg Bailey!

- abc13 KTRK to debut 3pm newscast

- KHOU 11 reveals what happened during Harvey evacuation

- Sherry Williams is leaving KHOU 11

- KHOU 11's Sherry Williams joins HISD


SEPTEMBER 2018
- Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 inductees

- Frank Billingsley diagnosed with prostate cancer

- Former KIAH GM Roger Bare to head Bayou City Art Festivals

- NewsFix and morning dose cancelled by Tribune

- Former Houston TV staffers land gigs in Florida

- Sara Donchey leaves KPRC 2

- NewsFix signs off, plus remembering the old 39 News

- KTRK photographer Jaime Zamora calls it a career after 38 years

- Former KHOU photographer lives "Life Below Zero"

- Tom Zizka moving to weekends

- KTXH bringing back that 20 Vision feeling

- 'Wake Up! With SallyMac & Lina' debuts Monday on FOX 26 KRIV

- Telemundo Houston and Entercom radio team up

- In 'Santa Fe Strong,' KHOU follows the high school football team after shooting tragedy

- KHOU Avenida Studio in downtown Houston debuts


OCTOBER 2018
- Leigh Frillici signs off from KPRC 2

- Greg Bailey returns to KTRK...again

- Erica Simon is pregnant

- Michelle Margaux will serve as in-game reporter for Houston Rockets games

- Foti Kallergis leaves abc13 KTRK for PR role

- Darby Douglas gets a new grandson

- Houston Chronicle editor Nancy Barnes named NPR's SVP of News and Editorial Director

- CW 39's Maggie Flecknoe is a survivor

- Alejandro Mendoza joins Telemundo Houston KTMD

- KHOU 11's Ron Trevino is married!

- Sharron Melton returns to Houston TV on CW 39 KIAH

- Adam Clanton and Theresa from The Buzz have a baby

- TJ Parker joins abc13 KTRK

NOVEMBER 2018
- Jerry Vazquez on the rise of Telemundo Houston

- Stefania Okolie joins abc13 KTRK

- Lindsey Day joins CW 39 KIAH Morning Dose

- Stephanie Simmons joins KHOU 11

- Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 highlight videos

- Why Ilona Carson is no longer on the 10pm news

- Don Kobos honored in Lone Star EMMY Chapter Silver Circle

- Samica Knight returns to abc13 KTRK

- Dave Ward announces new book 'Good Evening, Friends'

- iHeartMedia Houston and the Houston Astros extend partnership

- Telemundo Houston takes home 15 Lone Star EMMYS

- InnovationMap launches from Gow Media

- Natasha Barrett joins city of Baytown

- Christine Noël joins KPRC 2

- WFAA's Carolyn Mungo News Director of the Year 2018

- Univision 45 November 2018 sweeps victories

- Telemundo Houston releases November 2018 sweeps wins

- Lainie Fritz gets her ring

- Lance Roberts rejoins 700 KSEV

- VIDEO: KHOU 11 returns to air during Hurricane Harvey

- Craig Hlavaty leaves Houston Chronicle for HMNS


DECEMBER 2018
- Carlos Robles promoted to Telemundo Houston chief meteorologist

- Frank Billingsley announces he is cancer free

- Chelsey Hernandez appears in new movie

- Hannah Trippett joins CW39 KIAH's 'Morning Dose'

- KPRC 2 celebrates 70th anniversary as Houston's first station

- Rachel McNeill officially signs off KPRC 2

- The Brooks Garner baby is here

- Steve Simon returns to CW39 KIAH as news director

- Trey Serna returns to CW39 as senior producer and talent

- Rachel Briers joins abc13 KTRK

Former Houston TV reporter passes away plus more

MORE VIDEO
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- The F-Bombs were flying on CSN
- Sports Reporter Keeps Rolling As She’s Tackled On Sideline of H.S. Football Game
- Open-Mic Moment on News 12 The Bronx Sparks Outrage
- Snoop Dogg Interviews The “F-bomb It, I Quit” TV reporter
- Anchor falls over doing football drills on live TV
- GregO is Calling All Turkeys
- TV reporter is more scared of story DEADlines than haunted house

REMEMBERING
Former Eyewitness News reporter Thom Dickerson passes away
Former KTRK abc13 news reporter Thom Dickerson has died.

Lisa Villegas is CBS11's new weekend morn meteorologist
CBS11 has hired Lisa Villegas as its new weekend morning meteorologist.

DallasNews Mobilizes Ebola Coverage
The U.S.’s first Ebola patient in Dallas may have slipped through early screening, but The Dallas Morning News isn't allowing any holes in its digital coverage of the fast-moving story.

Celebrating the life of KDFW sports anchor Max Morgan
Friends and colleagues praised Max Morgan at a memorial service.

KLIF Rebrands As Top 40 'Hot 93.3'
CUMULUS Top 40 KLIF (i93)/DALLAS has re-branded as "HOT 93.3.

This is what the Top 40 KVIL sounded like for 34 minutes during the summer of 1967
Here is 34 minutes of KVIL recorded on July 27, 1967 — way back when the station flirted with the top-of-the-pops format essentially created by crosstown rival KLIF.

WBAP's Jim Rayn joins ABC Radio
Jim Ryan is leaving Cumulus' WBAP in Dallas to join the ABC Radio news network.

Gannett to Focus on Gainful Broadcasting & Digital Business
Gannett Co., Inc. has decided to split its business into two separate entities, one completely focusing on Broadcasting and Digital businesses and the other concentrating on Publishing.

#6 Houston-Galveston TX
September 2014 Portable People Meter (Updated: 09-29-14)

Photos: KHOU 11 News Anchor Lisa Hernandez's wedding
KHOU 11 News Anchor Lisa Hernandez is back from her honeymoon after a lovely September wedding at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Lisa was a beautiful bride when she married Joel Blank, Director of Broadcasting for the Houston Rockets.

The hottest bachelors and bachelorettes of all time
Even though the KTRK abc13's Rebecca Spera is officially off the market and planning a trip down the aisle, she stole the hearts of men all over town when her profile hit CultureMap.

Houston TV news stars dress up in crazy bad pants for a good cause
KTRK's Casey Curry and FOX 26's Melissa Wilson judge bad pants competition.

The Chron Takes a Coffee Break
The Houston Chronicle newsroom has run out of coffee.

New school bears name of iconic surgeon
Former KTRK medical correspondent Dr. James "Red" Duke gets an elementary school named after him.

CSN Houston headache could be reaching its end
Comcast SportsNet Houston could become Root Sports Houston, meaning Rockets and Astros games could be back in nearly every Houston household.
- McLane: End of broadcast network litigation will spell hope for Astros

Barry Warner Joins Yahoo! Sports Radio
Longtime HOUSTON sports radio host and commentator BARRY WARNER has joined YAHOO! SPORTS RADIO as a contributor and will also host a "BARRY WARNER CLASSIC MINUTE."

The Chron's Evan Drellich Does a Great Job With a Tough Beat
John Royal shares his love of Houston Chronicle Astros beat writer Evan Drellich.

Fox 26's Tom Zizka returns to marathons
Fox 26 KRIV'sTom Zizka is a cancer survivor and now back to doing triathlons. Recently he completed the Katy Triathlon at Firethorne, a 1400 acre master planned community selling new homes in Katy, TX. (Thanks to PR Fairy @farbulous)
- Fox 26 KRIV anchor Tom Zizka talks skin cancer scare

Gannett Taps Byron Wilkinson As KTHV GSM
Starting Oct. 15, he moves to the Little Rock CBS affiliate from KHOU Houston where he has been local sales manager.

KPRC’s Meteorologist Anthony Yanez Writes a Children’s Book
Anthony Yanez, a meteorologist at Houston NBC affiliate KPRC, has written a children’s book about the weather: A Wild Ride on the Water Cycle: A Jake & Alice Adventure.

S.A. TV couple suffers tragic loss
With a heavy heart, “San Antonio Living” co-host Claudia Garofalo revealed she and her TV anchor husband Michael Garofalo are no longer expecting a child.

S.A. TV anchor ‘blissful’ after tying the knot
A member of San Antonio TV news royalty, KENS' Deborah Knapp, is off to a week-long honeymoon with her new prince, Houston attorney Celso Gonzalez-Falla, after an intimate wedding Saturday at Mission San Juan.

San Antonio: KZEP Is 'Hot' As RhythmicAC
Cox Media Group has gained some significant traction in the classic rock radio business in San Antonio

New KLRN chief worked at KENS-TV
San Antonio public TV station KLRN has named a new president and chief executive officer who has a rich history with local commercial television.

New news director set to join KEYE
Rob Cartwright has been hired to serve as KEYE’s news director from WSYR.

KFOX-KDBC marriage will change El Paso TV market
It's almost show time for the new marriage of two El Paso TV stations — Channel 14- KFOX and Channel 4-KDBC.

El Paso Fox prepares to debut upgrade
A year in the making, KFOX-TV is preparing to debut a new set from Devlin Design Group.

El Paso news photographer helps rescue woman
KTSM Photographer Mike Wilburn heard frantic screams for help as he arrived at a washed-out roadway in El Paso.

Mike Landess back at work — in Texas TV
Apparently 50 years wasn’t enough for Mike Landess, the recently retired Denver TV anchor. Landess on Monday was back at work, not locally but at Tyler, Texas, CBS affiliate KYTX.
- Former Tylerite comes home to anchor CBS19 news

KWES Midland Finds Money In City’s Trash
Midland, Texas, is experiencing a growth spurt, according to Cristine Couldridge, general sales manager of KWES, the NBC affiliate there owned by the Drewry Communications Group.

Ruiz named assistant news director at KVII
Travis Ruiz is leaving KXRM Fox 21 in Colorado Springs to take a job as Assistant News Director at KVII.

12th Annual Lone Star EMMY Awards
The 12th Annual Lone Star EMMY Awards on October 25, 2014.
The chapter has worked out special rates for hotel guests at the The Magnolia, The Lancaster and The Sam Houston. They say make your reservations before October 10, 2014 - Limited Rooms Available.
- http://lonestaremmy.org/events/2014-lone-star-emmy-awards/hotel-and-transportation-2014/
- http://lonestaremmy.org/events/?utm_source=2014+Ticket+Sales

MOVING

1080 KRLD Dallas reporter Joe Gomez is now a national correspondent for iHeartMedia. He previously worked at 740 KTRH.

Houston Chronicle Harris County government reporter KIAH Collier is leaving the Bayou City to cover state politics for the Austin American-Statesman.

Just found out Jose Luis Jiménez was hired as the KUHF managing news editor a couple of months ago. He comes 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) where he was news editor.

Former Comcast Sportsnet Houston staffer Charlie Butera joins KTRK abc13 as Digital Media Coordinator.

- Houston TV & radio job moves
- DFW job moves
- San Antonio TV job moves
- Austin TV job moves

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Kaitlin McCulley joins KTRK 13
- Melissa Hawkes joins KPRC 2
- Steve Fixx rocks the energy world
- KHOU 11 rebroadcasts CBS Evening News at 6pm
- Haley Hernandez is new KPRC health MMJ
- KIAH & KDAF to lay off master control staffs
- Houston learns about itself from the Marketplace team
- November TV sweeps story ideas 2014
- KHOU 11 picks Tiffany Craig as new consumer reporter
- KPRC 2 hires Mike Friedrich as assistant news director
- Katherine Whaley joins KTRK abc13

Aaron Wische named KPRC 2 Assistant News Director

Back in May, I told you how KPRC 2 assistant news director Mike Friedrich was moving on.

So who is replacing him?

UPDATE OCTOBER 2023

Aaron Fernandez-Wische heads to FOX 26 Houston

We now know it is the Executive Producer of Special Projects for KPRC 2, Aaron Wische.

“I’m thrilled to be taking on this role at KPRC," Wische told mikemcguff.com. "Houston is my home and I hope to continue focusing our team on stories that truly have an impact in our community.”

Wische has a long relationship with the NBC affiliate.

He actually interned there in 1995.

The Syracuse University graduate has worked for the following stations before returning to Houston to work for channel 2 in 2012:

Executive Producer, Special Projects at KTVT-TV
Executive Producer, Special Projects at WTTG-TV
Executive Producer, Special Projects and Investigations at WFTS-TV
Special Projects Manager at WEWS-TV
Newscast Producer at KRIV-TV
Newscast Producer at KOTV

Sean Kelly joins KUTV 2 Salt Lake City

Sean Kelly left the KXAN Austin and CW Austin Morning weather department in January 2024 for KUTV 2 Salt Lake City.

KUTV tells me that Kelly will be its meteorologist for the 4pm newscast, 5:30pm 2 New Live streaming newscast, 7pm Gen Z news show ARC Salt Lake and KJZZ 14 9pm newscast.

"We are very excited to have Sean join our First Alert Weather team to help provide Utahns with the weather they need on their phones, tablets, and TVs," news director Mike Friedrich told mikemcguff.com.

Kelly joined KXAN in 2018 from KIII 3 News Corpus Christi, where he worked for three years.

The Rutgers School of Biological and Environmental Sciences grad interned with News 12 New Jersey.

* This post was updated with the news that Sean Kelly was joining KUTV 2 Salt Lake City after originally posing about his KXAN Austin departure.