KHOU 11 is going through major, major anchor changes. In fact, in my time blogging and before, I don't ever remember a change to this degree all around the same time at a Houston TV station.
Multiple sources are telling me that a meeting was held in the channel 11 newsroom this morning announcing the following anchor schedule changes.
Morning show:
Russ Lewis (incoming from KGW Portland) and Lisa Hernandez (moved from evening anchoring)
4pm:
Rekha Muddaraj will be added (from weekend night anchoring)
10pm:
Len Cannon and Mia Gradney (moved from and possibly still working evening newscasts)
Weekend mornings and nights:
Ron Trevino (moved from morning anchoring)
Sherry Williams will be moved from weekend morning anchoring to weekday morning reporting full-time.
At this point, we do not know when all of these changes are taking place. I assume Greg Hurst will remain on the evening shows.
I reached out to KHOU for comment and have not heard back. If/when I do, updates will be posted here.
What do you think of the new lineup?
From an outside perspective, KHOU does well in overall household viewing ratings-wise, but has been lacking in the younger demographics coveted by advertisers. The other Houston stations have been doing better in the 18 to 34, 25 to 54...etc. age ranges. I would imagine this is the reason for the big shakeup under new news director Sally Ramirez.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE JULY 29, 2016
VIDEO: KHOU 11's new morning show takes on viewer critics
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