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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

New Country 96.3 KSCS named the National Association of Broadcasters Country Radio Station of the Year.

The Dallas Bar Association awarded the NBC 5 KXAS Investigates team with the Philbin Award at its annual Fellows Luncheon for the accuracy, resourcefulness and initiative pursing the extensive coverage over the past year uncovering widespread issues plaguing the state’s Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) temporary license plate system; identifying how criminals infiltrated the system and obtained hundreds of thousands of temporary tags illegally for profit.

Jay Cresswell exits program director chair at 98.7 K-LUV.

Lesley James joins 91.7 KKXT as assistant program director.

Former Staffers Of KLIF-A/Dallas - Fort Worth celebrate reunite.

A DFW radio DJ charged with producing child pornography has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison.

97.1 The Freak DFW debuts in place of The Eagle
Madison Sawyer of CBS DFW is pregnant
NBC DFW anchors on the TODAY Show
Megan Mitchell joins WFAA 8 Dallas

HOUSTON

Astros, Rockets and Comcast reach settlement on CSN Houston dispute.

Former abc13 KTRK reporter/Vice President of Community Affairs, Cynthia Cisneros, is the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals (HAHMP) winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2022 Sylvan Rodriguez Scholarship Gala.

CW39 Sharron Melton receives award from Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce.

People magazine features the wedding of Fox Weather's Stephen Morgan (former FOX 26 KRIV) and NBC News Correspondent Steven Romo (former abc13 KTRK).

Sarah Smith joins Houston Chronicle as senior enterprise reporter.

Houston Biz Journal hires Nair as tech and innovation reporter.

Ralph Green is the new suburban reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

Charlie Haldeman has left his KHOU 11 Assistant Digital Director role to join the Sinclair Broadcast Group as Regional Content Director.

Paul McKenna, who has worked at abc13 KTRK for 37 years, is retiring from the station as a Digital Graphics Producer.

Felix Cortez, who worked at abc13 KTRK for 24 years as an audio engineer/director, has left the station.

Anthony Reed, who has been the abc13 KTRK lead photographer since February 2022, and a photographer since 2009, is leaving for sister-station ABC11 WTVD Raleigh-Durham, NC to become the operations manager.

Sean Vaughn leaves 90.5 KJIC as program director/morning host to join Cox Media Group Houston as chief engineer. Andy Hudack retired from there in September.

Dave Strickland exits KPRC 2
Houston TV helicopter illegal incident
Houston and San Antonio Radio clips 1980s
Felix Hernandez joins Telemundo Houston
"The Nightcap" debuts on FOX 26 (VIDEO)
Mike O’Neill talks being on both sides of the press release
Rachel McNeill reveals her favorite
Xavier Walton and Eden Checkol are engaged
Justin Stapleton, Caroline Brown go head-to-head in Battle of the Halloween houses
Lena Maria Arango talks Astros sweep with actual broom on TV
Maggie Flecknoe gives birth
Lauren Kelly is married
Mo from 100.3 The Bull is pregnant
Ted Oberg to join NBC Washington WRC
Houston TV reporter gets Astros tattoo!
Raúl Brindis Commemorates 30 Years as a Radio Host in Houston
Where is Chauncy Glover?
Cathy Hernandez gives birth to baby #2
Kimberly Davis is engaged
Houston Halloween fun
DeJonique Garrison joins CW39 Houston
Jonathan Martin gets Houston ready for World Series
Big KPRC 2 2022 anchor changes!