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Thursday, October 01, 2020

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH 

NBC 5 KXAS anchor/reporter Katy Blakey returns to work after her daughter, Harper Jane, was born in May.

A Big D Upgrade In Play For WFAA 8.

'Kidd Kraddick Morning Show' Co-Host Big Al Mack Launches 'Let's Be Single... Together!' Podcast.

Dallas Weekly’s Best of Black Dallas 2020 media.

Former ‘Bachelorette’ and Dallas native Rachel Lindsay named ‘Extra’ correspondent.

From its origins airing the banter of bored firefighters to its robust classical programming today, Dallas’s WRR-FM has filled an unusual niche on the airwaves for nearly a century.


HOUSTON 

94.5 The Buzz KTBZ Rally’s Around Former Rod Ryan Show Cast Member Dinah Powers And Her Fight Against Cancer.

After 30 years, Marilyn Marshall retires as the Houston Defender editor. (Thanks Susan Farb Morris)

100.3 The Bull KILT's Erin Austin was let go from Entercom Radio in a nationwide restructuring of the company.

KPRC 2’s Frank Billingsley honored with Admiral’s Commission in Texas Navy.

VYPE/KPRC Local 2 Sports enter content partnership.

KPRC 2's Houston Life executive producer Katie Rae Meyers leaves for a new job at WPIX New York. 

SportsTalk 790 KBME morning host Sean Salisbury starts new evening show on 95.7 The Game KGMZ San Francisco.

Emily Foxhall takes over the environment beat at the Houston Chronicle. 

Former Houston TV reporter/personality Roseann Rogers has moved to Nashville, TN and is joining the sales team for iHeart Media-Nashville. 

Former KPRC 2 reporter Brendan Keefe is profiled in this TVNewsCheck profile showing his leadership of the investigative team at WXIA Atlanta, and his work as a corporate trainer for all 60 Tegna stations.

John McClain is closing in on 4 1/2 decades covering the NFL for the Houston Chronicle. 

Freddy Cruz celebrates my 15 years at 104.1 KRBE.

Comedian Chinedu Ogu marks three years at KHOU 11.

Lauren Gilley moves from directing at CW39 KIAH to KHOU 11. (Thanks Susan Farb Morris)


SAN ANTONIO 

MMJ Holly Stouffer announced she is officially a KENS 5 traffic anchor now.

KENS 5's Bill Taylor voted the San Antonio Current's Best Meteorologist 2020.

KABB Taps Blackmagic to Report Weather From Home.

WOAI's Martha Buchanan becomes 1st woman prime time TV news anchor in Texas back in 1972.


AUSTIN 

93.3 Austin Flips To CHR “New Music Now.”

Educational Media Foundation To Acquire KFMK Austin.

John Aielli, host of the iconic KUT turned KUTX program Eklektikos has temporarily signed off after suffering a stroke.


AROUND TEXAS 

FOX 44 KWKT Waco-Temple-Killeen's Loving Living Local Central Texas host Brian Glenn (formerly of WFAA 8 DFW) contacted me to say he was fired from the station after posting about COVID-19 numbers on social media. Nohely Mendoza takes his spot to host with Amanda Tatom.

KWTX 10 Waco-Temple-Killeen has parted ways with sports anchor Tyler Bouldin. 

KXXV 25 Waco-Temple-Killeen news director Josh Eure has left the station. 

Donnie Tuggle joins KBTX Bryan-College Station as a reporter/MMJ.

KEWL/Texarkana, TX Flips From Classic Hits To '90s Alternative.

On Texas Campuses, Student-Run Newspapers Have Become Crucial Sources of Coronavirus News.


REMEMBERING

Remembering Richard Connelly, Former Houston Press Staff Writer and Columnist.

Remembering Jan Reid, the longtime Texas Monthly contributor who introduced the Austin music scene to the rest of the world.

Remembering Wick Allison, Founder of D Magazine, a Fierce Critic and Champion of Dallas.





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