Texas TV news and radio job moves December 2025

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Blake Powers joins KSCS-FM “New Country 96.3” and KPLX “99.5 The Wolf.” 

105.3 The Fan KRLD Dallas, raised $77,000 during its 12th annual Piece-a-Thon Fundraiser benefiting two local Dallas-Fort Worth organizations, My Possibilities and Sandlot Children's Charity.

La Grande 107.5 KMVK Dallas, raised over $200,000 for Cook Children’s Hospital of Fort Worth and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. All proceeds go towards supporting children and their families who receive care from the two hospitals. 

- Hanna Battah joins ABC News' “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look”
- Caroline Vandergriff joins North Central Texas Council of Governments as Spokesperson
- Country Legends and Texas Classics 93.3 HD2 launches in DFW
- Tim Hinson named president-GM of CBS Texas KTVT DFW
- Collin Myers debuts on WFAA 8 DFW
- NBC DFW team announces most watched status
- Tony Dokoupil to broadcast from DFW
- David Finfrock celebrates 50 at NBC DFW
- Erica Lopez joins WFAA 8 DFW
- Jala Washington joins NBC DFW KXAS
- Julia Fife leaves FOX 4 KDFW, Evan Andrews returns

HOUSTON

Judy Lakin Named Director Of Sales For Radio One Houston.

Space City Home Network launches direct-to-consumer option to watch Houston Astros, Rockets games.

The Houston Chronicle's Danielle Lerner joins USA TODAY.

KHOU 11 Digital Managing Editor Michelle Homer retires.

Here’s the music KPRC 2 listened to in 2025!

Anthony Yanez on Meteorologist vs. Social Media-ologist: There is a difference and that difference grows larger by the day.

Charlie Mundell joins the FOX 26 KRIV production team from CW39 KIAH. 

Arthur Harmon also joins the FOX 26 production team. He most recently worked in Beaumont/Port Arthur, directing live newscasts. Arthur will work with the weekend news team and the Isiah Factor Uncensored team.

Houston radio on-air personality and production expert, Don P. Samuel Sr. (AKA Don Sam) is celebrating 48 years in radio. 

90.1 KPFT News leading into the New Year.

iHeart Houston Radiothon, Golf Outing Nets $1 Million for St. Jude.

One-Day Event Featured Live 104.1 KRBE Broadcast From Texas Children’s Hospital and Raised $200,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

- Shannon Ryan joins Spectrum News network
- Mike Iscovitz gives 2025 update on father's murder case
- Rachel Briers leaves ABC13 Houston
- Laurie Ramirez Named Station Manager at Houston Public Media
- Vanessa Pacheco joins CW39 Houston
- Jake Reiner receives well-wishes from Houston
- Dave Ward honored on "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir"
- Shara Fryer and Melanie Lawson remember Dave Ward
- Stephen Goin joins Gray Media as a Washington correspondent
- Stephania Jimenez joins KPRC 2 from KSAT12
- Houston Media Roundtable December 2025
- Tom Llamas broadcasts from Houston for NBC Nightly News
- Dave Ward honored at ABC13 and Crime Stoppers
- Haley Hernandez is author of School Makes You Super
- Karys Belger joins FOX 26 Houston
- Dave Ward's funeral service was a touching tribute to a Houston icon
- Anthony Yanez returns to Alley Theatre stage
- Htown Sports Talk on CW39 Houston

SAN ANTONIO

Suspect identified in bomb threat near KENS 5.

Former KENS 5 San Antonio reporter Savannah Louie wins 'Survivor' crown.

Former KSAT reporter Tiffany Huertas reveals she is pregnant with a baby boy.

Alt-rock radio returns to San Antonio airwaves after nearly a decade.

FOX San Antonio KABB reporter Yami Virgin received her Master's in Digital Audience Analytics from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas. 

Here’s what the KSAT newsroom listened to in 2025.

KSAT team shares photos from their high school sports days.

- Ashley Gonzalez joins KSAT 12 San Antonio
- Elliot Wilson joins KSAT 12 San Antonio
- Sarah Spivey named KSAT 12 noon meteorologist
- Is San Antonio meteorologist the tallest in the US?

AUSTIN

- Lisette Hernandez joins "Your Mornings" on Spectrum News 1 Texas
- Maddie Kirker moves to Spectrum News 1 Texas evenings

AROUND TEXAS

KTXS 12 Abilene multimedia journalist Copeland Welch joins WEAR 3 Pensacola, Florida, as a reporter.

25 News KXXV Waco-Temple-Killeen Good Morning Texas Neighborhood Reporter Heather Healy joins FOX 13 News WTVT Tampa, Florida as Morning Reporter for Good Bay Tampa Bay.

KRGV 5 Rio Grande Valley executive producer Orlando Vargas leaves the station. 

KRIS 6 Neighborhood Reporter Tyrese Boone says goodbye to the Coastal Bend.

KRIS 6 Multimedia Journalist Makaylah Chavez leaves the station.

Texas Sues Smart TV Companies Over Privacy.

After stunting with Country-leaning Christmas music since December 1, Regional Mexican “107.3 Que Buena” KAJE Corpus Christi flips back to Country format.

KRIS 6 News Multimedia Journalist Makaylah Chavez leaves for TMJ4 WTMJ Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Waco public radio station 103.3 KWBU will have a new president and CEO, with Lydia Tate replacing Joe Riley, who will retire on January 17, 2026.

- Angel San Juan returns to KFDM and FOX 4 Beaumont
- KTSM 9 El Paso brings in radio hosts for morning newscast
- Alan Holt leaves 3NEWS KIII Corpus Christi
- Texas 2026 Crystal Radio Award Finalists
- Ethan Pilson joins KCEN 6 Waco
- 97.5 KWTX-FM Waco turns 55
- Victoria Balderrama replaces Salina Madrid at KFOX14 El Paso
- James Muñoz leaves 25 News Now KAVU Victoria
- Tawny Davis joins CBS 4 News Rio Grande Valley
- Berkeley Taylor leaves KBTX News 3 Bryan/College Station
- Sarah Coria wins The Price is Right

REMEMBERING

Tom Hicks, Who Helped Launch iHeartMedia’s Radio Empire, Dies.

Beloved KENS 5 journalist Ron Smith dies after decades of service to San Antonio's news industry.

- Dave Ward, Houston TV icon, dies at age 86
- Charles Scott, Houston's first Black TV photojournalist, dies
- Dr. Neil Frank, 94, has died
- Ed Wallace, KLIF 570, FOX 4 and Fort Worth Star-Telegram car critic, dies
- Jud Ashmore dies at 101
- John King of KHOU 11 Houston has died