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Monday, August 02, 2021

Texas TV news and radio job moves July 2021

Texas TV job moves July 2021

Best TV news bloopers July 2021

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

WFAA Reporter Lauren Zakalik leaves the station.

Samuel Gardner III joins CBS 11 KTVT as Content Manager from KYW Philadelphia.

Suzanne Brunner joins WFAA Daybreak as a morning news specialty anchor and reporter. She previously worked at KARK Little Rock as an anchor and reporter.

Lori Brown renews her contract with FOX 4 KDFW.

KXAS NBC 5 producer Poinesha Barnes to join ABC 7 Chicago WLS Eyewitness News team as a special projects producer.

KKDA (K104)/Dallas & The 'DeDe In The Morning' Show Want To Add One More Cast Member.

City Of Dallas Seeking Non-Profits To Operate WRR.

Dallas Morning News parent sees first year-over-year rise in subscription revenue in six years.

Joe Trahan named WFAA weeknight sports anchor


HOUSTON

Maria Reeve named top editor at Houston Chronicle.

Cox Media Group names Stephanie Callihan as Director of Sales for Country KKBQ (93Q), Classic Rock simulcast KHPT/KGLK (The Eagle 106.9/107.5) and Classic Country KTHT (Country Legends 97.1)

Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog celebrates 15 years of service at abc13 KTRK.

Michael Garfield celebrates 20 years with iHeartRadio Houston.

KPRC2 Amy Davis returns to her investigative reporter roots with the station.

97.9 The Box KBXX's 'Good Morning H-Town' Wins Houston Chronicle Readers Poll.

Longtime abc13 KTRK morning executive producer Brett Birkinbine leaves the station to join Crosby ISD as PIO.

Art Sobarzo joins KPRC as Brand Manager.

KHOU 11 producer Brittany Aucion leaves the station after more than a decade in the news business.

KTRK abc13 producer Christina Bradberry leaves the station.

Anayeli Ruiz renews her contract as a reporter/MMJ at KHOU 11.

Brandon Walker renews his contract as a reporter at KPRC 2.

KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander celebrates two years in Houston.

Local actor, former FOX 26 employee in need of a 2nd transplant.

Keaton Fuchs named abc13 KTRK news director
Mayra Moreno adds 4pm & 6:30pm anchor duties
Courtney Carpenter joins abc13 KTRK
KPFT puts building up for sale
"Cowboy Dave" Bayless exits 100.3 Morning Bull
Jonathan Martin holds brunch for new Houston TV hires
Hannah Mackenzie joins WLOS ABC 13 Asheville, NC
FOX 26's new promo takes on other Houston TV stations
Tom Abrahams releases "Buffalo Bayou"
Anthony Yanez returns to KPRC 2
Steven Romo and Stephen Morgan are engaged
Zack Tawatari joins KHOU 11
Ben Terry, battling cancer, broadcasts weather reports from Houston hotel to KPLC Lake Charles
Vincent Crivelli leaves KPRC 2


SAN ANTONIO

Man who opened fire at KSAT journalists fatally shot by officers.

KSAT’s GMSA producer officially becomes U.S. citizen.

Isis Romero exits KSAT San Antonio
Alexis Del Cid to leave News 4 San Antonio WOAI


AUSTIN

Mari Salazar joins 7News WHDH Boston from KVUE Austin.

CBS2 and FOX28 Iowa MMJ Emily Chavez joins CBS Austin KEYE as an MMJ/Reporter.

Carolina Cruz returns to on-air reporting at Univision Austin.

KVUE Reporter Tori Larned moves to dayside schedule from mornings. 

Matt Grant joins KXAN as an investigative reporter from WJZY Charlotte.

KXAN exudes hopefulness in promo based on its logo’s letterforms.

Tawauna Cole leaves KVUE where she was an executive producer.

101X KROX adds The Greg Beharrell Show to weeknights.

Avery Tomasco's baby announcement for the win!


AROUND TEXAS

Nexstar Media Names Jeff Miller Vice President and General Manager of its Media Operations in Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas.

Ginny Sweeney joins 12News KBMT as news director.

Celina Renae Quintana leaves KTSM to join The El Paso Children's Hospital as marketing coordinator.

Trey Serna and Sandra Rodríguez debut as KGRV’s new morning anchor team.

KRGV adds Brandon Benitez as new weekend sports anchor.

David Gibson joins KETK Tyler as weekend sports anchor.

Olivia DiVenti leaves KTXS Abilene to join WACH in Columbia, SC.

Trent Bennett joins KAKE Wichita as a weekend anchor/reporter from KETK Tyler.

Arielle Schafer joins KLBK Lubbock as Sports Reporter/Weekend Anchor.

Cierra Shipley leaves KXXV Waco/Temple/Killeen to join the Waco police department.

Jordan Evans joins KTUL Tulsa as weekend evening meteorologist/environmental reporter from KXXV Waco/Temple/Killeen.

Brandon Benitez joins KRGV Harlingen/Weslaco as weekend sports anchor and reporter.

Cameron Stuart joins Big 2 KMID Midland/Odessa as sports reporter and weekend sports anchor from FOX 44 KWKT Waco, Temple and Killeen.

Some KVII Amarillo departures.

Shelby Montgomery joins KOCO 5 Oklahoma City


REMEMBERING

Former KPRC 2, KHTV 39 and KNWS 51 anchor Dr. JoAnn Vallie Rush, 68, has died.

Larry Don Johnson, the first Black news director and weekend anchor at Channel 39 KHTV, has died. He also worked at KYOK, KCOH and KKBQ.

Former KTVT 11 news director John Whitson has died.



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