mikemcguff.com: Texas TV news and radio job moves August 2022

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- 2022 Lone Star Regional Sports EMMY® Awardees
- 2022 Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductees
- 2022 Texas National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

K-104 KKDA's 'DeDe In The Morning' Show' Looking For Its Next Star.

WFAA 8 assistant sports director Jose Gant retires after 42 years with the station.

KERA Adds Jamie Jackson As Local 'Morning Edition' Host, Paul DeBenedetto As Managing Dir./Daily News.

NBC5 KXAS Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell celebrates 10 years with the station.

Allie Spillyards and Candace Sweat renew their agreements as reporters with NBC 5 KXAS. - Napoli Management Group

Reporter Erin Jones signs a new agreement with CBS O&O KTVT in Dallas. - NWT

Nataly Keomoungkhoun leaves the Dallas Morning News for D Magazine.

Troy Hughes leaving 105.3 The Fan KRLD.

KETK and FOX 51 News Tyler news producer Steffon Nickson joins FOX 4 KDFW.

- Tim Ryan retires from FOX 4 KDFW
- Tashara Parker wins best Dallas TV news anchor honors
- Tisia Muzinga joins FOX 4 KDFW
- Tiffany Liou gives birth
- “Miles in the Morning” let go from 98.7 KLUV
- Brandon Todd promoted to FOX 4 'Good Day' Tim Ryan anchor seat
- Terrance Friday leaves FOX 4 KDFW
- Tim Ryan signs off from FOX 4 KDFW
- Texas political podcast Y'all-itics celebrates 1 million downloads

HOUSTON

Isiah Carey's script concerning the impact of inflation gets lots of press.

Owen Conflenti celebrates 17 years as KPRC 2 morning anchor.

Chita Craft and engineer Mark West celebrate 11 years at KHOU 11.

Evening anchor Keith Garvin celebrates 10 years with KPRC 2.

Cox Media Group Regional Vice President Keith Lawless leaves.

Senior engineer Andy Hudack retires after 47 years with COX Media Group Houston.

Raj Mankad promoted to Houston Chronicle deputy opinion editor who columnist Lisa Falkenberg believes is the first South Asian to grace the masthead of the newspaper.

Brady Stone joins the Houston Chronicle as weekend digital producer.

Houston Business Journal names Sofia Gonzalez as new economic development, education, DEI reporter.

Matthew Seedorff enters into a new agreement as a Reporter for KRIV, the FOX O&O in Houston. - NWT

Krista Garvin leaves abc13 KTRK to work as a FOX News field producer.

- Kaitlin Monte leaves FOX 26 Houston

- Christi Myers anchoring at KAMC Lubbock?

- Justin Stapleton talks with Houston Moms

- Cathy Hernandez is pregnant with baby #2

- Houston Life throws Courtney Zavala a foam party

- Mike Iscovitz talks weather myths

- Houston Life changes in Summer 2022

- Idolina Peralez joins CW39

- Danielle Grossman joins KPRC 2

- Seth Kovar joins CW39 Houston

- Stephanie Whitfield gives birth to baby #3

- Katherine Whaley gives birth to baby #2

- Rose-Ann Aragon to leave KPRC 2

- Rose-Ann Aragon is engaged

- Britta Merwin and Stephen Morgan return to Houston

- Christine Noël shares sad news
- Tex the dog leaves KPRC 2
- Christine Noël's honeymoon and other Texas wedding news
- Phil Lane named KPRC 2 GM
- Lynne Cook joins Houston Public Media

SAN ANTONIO

Don Harris and David Chancellor celebrate 28 years together at News 4 San Antonio WOAI.

Courtney Friedman celebrates 8 years as a weekend anchor/reporter with KSAT 12.

Audrey Castoreno celebrates 7 years at KENS 5.

- Marvin Hurst is married
- Mia Montgomery joins KSAT San Antonio
- Camelia Juarez joins KSAT San Antonio

AUSTIN

CBS Austin KEYE evening anchor Hema Mullur to also attend the University of Texas at Austin law school in addition to TV news.

Audacy’s Talk Radio 1370 partners with Westlake High School to Broadcast a Weekly Pregame Show.

Leslie Rangel renews her agreement as a weekday morning anchor for KTBC in Austin. - Napoli Management Group.

John-Carlos Estrada re-signs with CBS Austin KEYE as morning anchor.

Meteorologist Avery Tomasco celebrates five years at CBS Austin.

What decades in multicultural media taught new Austin PBS leader Luis Patiño.

Haya Panjwani joins KUT as Travis County reporter.

KXAN uses stylized words, visuals to describe its city, evening team.

KXAN Weekend Morning News Producer Tom Vazquez joins Travis County Judge Andy Brown's office as communications advisor.

Faster Than Sound: KAZI, "The Voice of Austin," Perseveres for 40 Years.

- Erika Lopez to leave KVUE Austin

- Stephanie Gilbert gives birth

- KXAN's weekend morning show celebrates 30th anniversary

- Christian Flores joins 7News WJLA Washington, DC

- Chelsey Khan joins CBS Austin

- Erika Lopez signs off KVUE Austin
- Britt Moreno is pregnant
- Erica Brennes joins KXAN Austin

AROUND TEXAS

Stellar Turnout, Rave Reviews for 2022 TAB Show.

KAVU celebrated Don Brubaker Day with carrot cake, sandwiches, and chips. Saturday, August 27, 2022 marks Brubaker's 38th Anniversary at the Victoria Television Group.

Brent McClure, the General Manager of KFDA (CBS) in Amarillo, Texas, will now also oversee Gray’s television stations in Lubbock, Sherman, and Wichita Falls, Texas.

Ariana Parra joins KFOX14 News and KDBC CBS 4 El Paso as morning reporter.

Joey Chaparro Named Regional Promotions Dir. For Audacy's Texas/Louisiana Region.

Michael A. Cantu leaves KWTX Waco/Temple/Killeen as an MMJ to return to KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock.

KFDM Beaumont anchor Kimberly Rusley named a 2022 Woman of Integrity by the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas.

KTSM 9 El Paso Chief Meteorologist Monica Cortez celebrates 9 years.

KTRE sports' Caleb Beames leaves to join Lufkin ISD.

KNTU McKinney, TX Shifts To Indie/Alternative Music.

Brandon Michael Returns to KYKX/Longview, TX As PD/Director Of Content.

Sean Bellafiore signs a new agreement as Morning Meteorologist at KWTX in Waco. - NWT

Adam Hooper renews as Evening Anchor/Executive Producer at KWKT in Waco. - NWT

Bryan Broadcasting Representation At The 2022 Texas Association Of Broadcasters Convention.

Gissel Olivas announces she has left her reporter/assistant producer role with Telemundo Amarillo KEYU and NewsChannel 10 KFDA.