"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.
Jordan Williams, 5, 6, and 10 p.m. evening anchor and executive producer at 12News KBMT Beaumont, is departing the station after seven years to join Lamar University’s advancement office.
"For the past 22 years, I've dedicated myself to journalism and the communities we serve. I've worked tirelessly to share stories that matter, to uplift voices of the marginalized, and to fight for transparency," Williams said.
"Jordan Williams has been more than an anchor for 12News. He's been a steady, trusted voice for Southeast Texas through some of our most difficult days," 12News News Director Ginny Sweeney reflected. "While his departure is bittersweet, we're proud that he's found an opportunity that allows him to continue serving this community in a new way. The foundation he's helped build here is strong, and our team is ready to carry that forward."
In his new role as a major gifts officer, Williams will help secure funding to strengthen academic programs and ensure students continue to have access to higher education opportunities.
A Port Neches native, Williams returned home to Southeast Texas in 2018. Before becoming an evening anchor, Williams served as Assistant News Director at KBMT from 2018 to 2020. In that role, he oversaw nightside operations for the ABC and NBC affiliates.
Before returning to Texas, Williams spent more than five years as a news anchor and reporter at WIVB News 4 Buffalo, New York, where he co-anchored 3.5 hours of live morning newscasts and led overnight breaking news coverage for broadcast and digital platforms.
He previously worked for KRGV 5 Rio Grande Valley as an anchor and investigative reporter, producing award-winning coverage that exposed government corruption and tackled complex border and immigration issues. His investigative work earned national and regional recognition for its depth and public impact.
Before that, he was a reporter at KOCO 5 News in Oklahoma City.
Williams began his career at NewsWest 9, Midland, Texas, where he anchored the 4 p.m. newscast and led the top-rated morning show.
Throughout his 22-year journalism career, Williams has earned eleven regional Emmy Awards — including five Lone Star Emmys for his work on 12News at 10. Under his leadership, 12News captured the Lone Star Emmy for Evening Newscast (Market 61+) in five of the past six years.
In 2024, Williams received five Texas Broadcast News Awards, including Best Anchor Team and Best Breaking News for coverage of the historic Jasper County Wildfire — coverage that also earned a regional 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award. He previously received a regional Murrow Award in 2020 for reporting on the TPC Explosions and has been honored multiple times by the Press Club of Southeast Texas for excellence in anchoring, newscasts, and investigative reporting.
Williams graduated with honors from Trinity University in San Antonio in 2003, earning a Bachelor of Arts in both Communication and Music.
Karen Borta is taking over my blog this week, but it's not every day that the CBS News Texas KTVT Dallas-Fort Worth anchor celebrates 30 years on the air and becomes the first to broadcast the news from an Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) studio.
Make sure to watch the above video to see Borta talk to herself from 30 years ago! I think the KTVT creative services team was using a little AI for that one!
Borta joined CBS 11 back in 1995 (see, even as a former journalist, I can sometimes do math). Over the past three decades, she has anchored every newscast the station offers — from evenings to mornings — and currently co-anchors CBS News Texas at 4 p.m. alongside Ken Molestina, as well as CBS News Texas at 11 a.m.
Before joining CBS Texas, Borta built her career as an anchor and reporter FOX 13 WTVT Tampa Bay, KRBK 13 (now KMAX) Sacramento and KCEN 6 Waco.
Borta was born and raised in North Texas, graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), which honored her in 2003 with its Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
Throughout her career, Borta has received regional Emmy Awards, Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards, Press Club of Dallas Katie Awards, and the Association of Women Journalists’ Vivian J. Castleberry Award. In 2019, she was named a Legend of North Texas Journalism by the Press Club of Dallas — the organization’s highest lifetime achievement honor.
Beyond the newsroom, Borta is deeply committed to community service and advocacy. She has supported organizations such as Mi Escuelita, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Baylor Sammons Breast Center, and A.W.A.R.E. (Alzheimer’s Women’s Association for Resources and Education).
Her dedication to finding a cure for breast cancer is personal — the disease has affected her mother, both grandmothers, and several other relatives. As the mother of two daughters, Borta has been a tireless advocate for research and awareness, earning multiple honors for her efforts. She has served as Honorary Co-Chair for the 2000 Komen Dallas Race for the Cure, received a Macy’s Heart and Soul Award, and was the inaugural recipient of the Commitment to the Cure Award in 2005.
Borta’s advocacy also extends to Type 1 diabetes research, a cause she embraced after her youngest child’s diagnosis in 2015. She actively volunteers with both the Dallas and Greater Fort Worth-Arlington chapters of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
Among her many career highlights, Borta counts her exclusive one-on-one interview with President Barack Obama at the White House as one of the most memorable.
Borta and her husband, Jim, are proud parents of three Texas A&M graduates: Jake (Class of 2020), Katie (Class of 2022), and Kylie (Class of 2024).
CBS News Texas KTVT Dallas - Fort Worth is now producing its 11am newscast from its Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technology-driven studio starting this week.
Legendary anchor Karen Borta was the guinea pig on this one as she was tasked with being the first to deliver the news from the giant floor-to-ceiling green screen.
In a KTVT promotional social media video, when Borta was asked how she was feeling ahead of the debut, she said she was a little nervous:
Unnamed station staffer: When was the last time you were nervous? Before an 11 a.m.?
Karen Borta: Uh, probably 30 years ago.
Staffer: So this is the. So we could say this is the most nervous you've been in 30 years on the air.
Borta: Yeah. Even more than when I was interviewing the president. Yeah.
Looks like Borta knocked it out of Globe Life Field.
CBS News Texas has been using the new technology for the weather segments, but this marks the first time for news anchoring.
Did you catch today's 11 a.m. news on our new augmented reality/virtual reality set, making it the only station in the region to offer the groundbreaking technology.
The new set offers a new way to deliver weather and news, immersing audiences in the story. pic.twitter.com/3BVJbwdiZG
