Saturday, July 05, 2025
Friday, July 04, 2025
Courtney Carpenter gives birth
Courtney Carpenter gave birth to a baby girl, Wynn Charlotte Carpenter, on June 23rd. She weighed 7lbs 4oz.
Her ABC13 KTRK Houston co-workers recently hosted a baby shower for the morning reporter.
Carpenter joined Channel 13 as a reporter after leaving CW39 KIAH's morning show in 2020.
The Dallas Baptist University graduate previously worked for KBTX in Bryan-College Station and KRBC in Abilene.
Marc Mullins joins KVUE Austin
Marc Mullins is joining KVUE Austin as an evening anchor with Ashley Goudeau at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Quita Culpepper at 6 & 10 p.m. starting July 14, 2025.
"Very excited to be joining the amazing news team at KVUE in Austin, down in the heart of Texas," Mullins posted. "I am also eager to learn everything I can about Austin in the same way I was hungry to learn the ins and outs of Indianapolis. After 12 1/2 great years in Indy, a new adventure awaits in the 'Live Music Capital of the World.'"
He takes over for Bryan Mays, who left evenings and returned to the morning "Daybreak" newscast with Yvonne Nava.
Most recently, Mullins anchored WRTV News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. in Indianapolis from July 2017 to April 2025, when the E. W. Scripps Company eliminated his position after he worked there for more than 12 years. Before that, Mullins anchored "Good Morning Indiana" and WRTV News at Noon from December 2012 to July 2017.
Before joining WRTV, Mullins served as an anchor, reporter, and managing editor at KMTR in Eugene, Oregon, from 2005 to 2012. This followed an earlier stint at KMTR from 2000 to 2003, where Mullins anchored multiple evening newscasts and coordinated the station’s internship program.
From 2003 to 2005, Mullins worked at WGCL/CBS46 Atlanta as a reporter and fill-in anchor.
The Emmy-award winning anchor/reporter began his career at KPAX in Missoula, Montana, in 1998, where he reported on the Crime & Justice beat.
A Connecticut native, Mullins earned his Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1998.
Very excited to be joining the amazing news team at KVUE in Austin, down in the heart of Texas. I am also eager to learn everything I can about Austin in the same way I was hungry to learn the ins and outs of Indianapolis. After 12 1/2 great years in Indy, a new adventure awaits… pic.twitter.com/2oNqeSLsIf
— Marc Mullins (@MarcMullins1) July 2, 2025
Enrique Teutelo leaves Telemundo 39 DFW
Enrique Teutelo has left Telemundo 39 KXTX Dallas-Fort Worth, where he has been an evening anchor since 2014.
I received viewer questions about Teutelo's whereabouts and found that he had noted on LinkedIn that his time with Telemundo DFW ended in June 2025.
Before joining Telemundo 39, Teutelo worked for 14 years at Univision, in markets such as Houston, San Antonio, and Miami, where he served as a local news reporter and anchor, national correspondent, community program host, and national anchor.
Prior to Univision, Teutelo wrote for Houston's El Día newspaper in 2000.
Teutelo has received four Emmy Awards, several Emmy nominations, and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award, among other local awards.
He is a member of Hispanic Communicators DFW, the local Metroplex chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).
Tan Radford leaves FOX 7 Austin
Tan Radford leaves FOX 7 Austin KTBC, where she has been a reporter since July 2023.
Also leaving FOX 7 is Lauren Rangel, who started the same day as Radford and shares her birthday!
Radford arrived in Central Texas from KFDM 6 News and FOX4 Beaumont KBTV, where she had worked since May 2018.
Before reporting, Radford worked for KHOU 11 Houston on its assignments desk.
The native Houstonian is a Texas Southern University grad who interned for ABC13 KTRK Houston.
Other recent FOX 7 departures include Rebecca Thomas and Casey Claiborne.
Today is our final day at @fox7austin!
— Tan Radford (@tanradfordfox7) July 4, 2025
What an amazing journey this has been.
Thank you so much, Central Texas 🎉
Lauren and I started the same day , have the same birthday and we are leaving on the same day.
The fireworks that you see tonight are in celebration of our success! pic.twitter.com/UMThfDU4Av
Lauren Rangel leaves FOX 7 Austin
Lauren Rangel is leaving FOX 7 Austin KTBC, where she has been the Williamson County reporter since July 2023.
Also leaving today is Tan Radford.
Rangel previously worked for KXII 12 Sherman as a multimedia journalist.
The Southern Methodist University grad, who is from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex's Farmers Branch, interned with KERA. Rangel won several awards with SMU-TV's "The Daily Update."
Rebecca Thomas and Casey Claiborne are other recent KTBC departures.
Darrell Franklin signs off as KFDX Wichita Falls anchor
Darrell Franklin signed off for the final time this week as the evening anchor for KFDX News 3 and KJTL in Wichita Falls, following his promotion to News Director for both KFDX and Texoma’s FOX, announced earlier this year in February.
Franklin steps away from the anchor desk, where he co-anchored KFDX News 3 and KJTL’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts alongside Carney Porter, to lead the newsroom at the Nexstar Media Group stations.
“I am just thrilled to have this opportunity to lead our newsroom into an exciting future that will be heavily impacted by our broadcast and digital commitments to our viewers,” Franklin said. “While my responsibilities as News Director will eventually shift away from delivering the news to our viewers on air, I won’t be far away. I’ll still be here working behind the scenes to bring the same accurate, local content that impacts those viewers. It’s what they’ve come to expect over so many years from this number one station, and the plan is to very much keep that tradition of excellence alive.”
With a 33-year career at KFDX, spanning 31 years in the news department, Franklin began his journey with the station in February 1992 as a studio camera operator. He moved to direct weekend newscasts within his first year.
By January 1994, Franklin transitioned to the newsroom as a reporter and producer. In 1996, he became the weekend anchor and producer while continuing to report.
His on-air presence grew further in October 2005 when he began anchoring Texoma’s FOX KJTL’s News @ 9.
In 2012, he became the full-time anchor for KFDX 3 News @ 10, adding the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts to his role in 2018.
A proud native of Iowa Park, Franklin graduated from Iowa Park High School in 1988 and earned his B.A. in Mass Communication from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
Thursday, July 03, 2025
Mariel Ruiz announces breast cancer diagnosis
WFAA 8 Dallas - Fort Worth meteorologist Mariel Ruiz shared the personal news of her recent diagnosis with an aggressive form of cancer called triple-negative breast cancer.
With no family history of breast cancer, Ruiz found the lump herself during a routine self-exam and emphasizes the importance of early detection, which is why her outlook is positive.
Ruiz explains that she has already begun intensive chemotherapy, which may lead to her on-air absence and noticeable physical changes.
Despite the challenges ahead, she expresses her determination to fight hard and remain hopeful.
Ruiz also thanks the community for their support, kindness, and encouragement, stating that it means more than they will ever know.
She concludes by asking for understanding if she looks different, reassuring viewers that she is still herself, just facing a different kind of storm.
Ruiz joined WFAA 8 in 2021 from TEGNA sister station KVUE Austin, where she had been since 2019.
The Arlington native previously worked for THV11 KTHV Little Rock, Arkansas.
Texas A&M University grad started her broadcasting career at Newswest 9 KWES Midland and interned at CW33 KDAF in DFW.
Wednesday, July 02, 2025
Daji Aswad is engaged
Daji Aswad is engaged, but the gift keeps on giving as her fiancé, Fenton, proposed on her birthday.
And it appears the birthday party was turned into a surprise engagement one.
KPRC 2 reports that its weekend meteorologist met Fenton, a native Houstonian who has served in the Houston Fire Department for over two decades, at the grocery store. The couple has already visited five countries in under a year.
Aswad returned to her hometown of Houston in 2023 to join KPRC.
The University of the Incarnate Word graduate previously worked at WISN 12 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she served as a weekend evening meteorologist and reporter. Before that, she worked for AccuWeather.
Emma Allen joins News 4 San Antonio and Fox SA
Emma Allen has joined the San Antonio duopoly of News 4 San Antonio WOAI and FOX SA KABB as the new Morning Live Desk Anchor.
Ashley Sutton was the live desk anchor before moving into the FOX SA morning anchor role.
Allen makes the move from KATV 7 Little Rock, Arkansas — a fellow Sinclair Broadcast Group station — where she served as a reporter and weekend producer since August 2022.
A native of Helena, Arkansas, Allen first discovered her passion for broadcasting in high school while working at KJIW 94.5 FM. She later completed her degree at Arkansas State University in just three years while interning with KATV.
Her work earned top honors from the Arkansas College Media Association in 2022, and she was named Miss Congeniality at the Miss Arkansas State University Scholarship Pageant that same year.
Currently, Allen is expanding her expertise by pursuing a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University.
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