Channel 11 KHOU has layoffs

First of all I have to say there are lots of rumors flying around about layoffs at Belo in Houston and around Texas. There are so many that I have not posted them because who knows what is fact from fiction at this point? I've heard people are gone, then found out they were on spring break vacation.

We now know that a large part of KHOU's sports staff has been let go, or will be let go:

Thursday was scarcely festive at KHOU (Channel 11), where more than a half-dozen employees were laid off among 150 positions eliminated nationwide by Belo Corp.

Among the casualties were sports producers Carleton Cole, who has been at Channel 11 for 26 years, and Ava Smith. Also departing is Don Graham, the station's director of local programming and production. READ MORE

Don Graham was the man behind Great Day Houston. Who will take control of that show? Graham's bio says he was director of the Charlie Rose show on KXAS Channel 5 in Dallas. That's pretty cool.
UPDATE: Barron reports Graham’s duties will be assumed by Lisa Trapani Shumate with Peggy Murphy joining Great Day Houston as executive producer.

Rumors of a reporter being let go are surfacing, but that person is still on khou.com.  We'll see...
UPDATE: Reporter Leticia Juarez has posted on her Facebook that she was apart of the KHOU layoffs.

Good luck to everyone who has been affected by this. It's just a tough time right now unfortunately. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here