Zach Fox joins WTOC 11 Savannah, Georgia as spots director from Gray Media sister station KCBD 11 Lubbock.
Fox has been a sports anchor/reporter with KCBD since May 2022.
The University of North Texas grad also worked off-air for Bally Sports Southwest and Dave Campbell's Texas Football.
I am receiving lots of questions about the whereabouts of ABC13 Houston KTRK evening anchor Mayra Moreno over the last few weeks.
This time, instead of saying I have no idea, we can get the answer straight from Moreno.
"I’m out dealing with something personal but I should be back soon," Moreno responded to a viewer on Instagram.
For those keeping track...we are still waiting on news concerning reporter Alex Bozarjian who has not been on-air in sometime.
Former NBC 5 KXAS Dallas-Fort Worth evening anchor Mike Snyder shared his memories of the tragic 1985 crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at DFW International Airport.
"I have been blessed with a front seat to many major stories over my five decades, but the crash of 191 left a lasting impact on the way I have reported on events since," Snyder told mikemcguff.com.
Last weekend, on the 40th anniversary of the event that changed airports forever, I shared former KDFW reporter Bryan Glazer's memories of the event.
Snyder posted his recollections of the tragic event that took so many lives on Facebook and gave me permission to repost them here:
"Gone in a gust – the invisible killer.
My windshield wipers could hardly keep up with the downpour 40 years ago this evening. The cool rain, blurring my view, was welcomed relief after weeks of scorching temperatures here in North Texas. My speedometer was pushing 65 mph as the car splashed east on Airport Freeway toward Euless when suddenly a plume of dark smoke roiled up under the thunderstorm clouds gathered over the north end of DFW Airport.
Without hesitation, my news instincts took over, I mashed the accelerator to the floor and raced into the south entrance of the airport. At that very moment, an ambulance pulled in front of me, I tucked in tight behind the flashing red lights as the EMTs broke through the toll gates heading north. Two DFW police cars joined the convoy seconds later, and as we approached the control tower at well over 100 miles per hour, I got a pit in my stomach as through the growing cloud of smoke I saw a Lockheed L-1011 jumbo jet on the ground, broken in half and burning.
The pilots of Delta Airlines flight 191 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, attempting to land through the thunderstorm, were slammed to the ground by an unseen column of downward gushing wind.
The big jet crashed into the northside water tanks, short of the runway, breaking apart and bursting into flames. We later learned that a microburst of wind from the storm cloud, called a wind shear, blew straight down at a velocity of 125 miles per hour, pushing the big plane to the ground.
I ran from my car, following the first EMTs and police officers into the crash site, and what I saw and smelled haunts me still today. Bodies and parts of bodies were strewn across the field, mixed in with burning chunks of the plane and a flood of water and jet fuel. The smell of burning jet fuel and airplane parts mixed with the acrid odor of burning flesh is still so fresh, it seems like it happened just yesterday. For the next 3 days, I stayed right there, reporting on the recovery of bodies and the initial investigation of what caused the crash.
Only 27 people survived, 135 onboard, including the flight crew, were killed, as was a driver whose car was crushed on Highway 114 as Flight 191’s landing gear slammed to the ground. As I reported for months during the investigation that followed, my thoughts often drifted to the horror the passengers and flight crew experienced as the big plane went down. I can only imagine the memories and horrors of the first responders who rushed in looking for someone to save. I pray they have found peace in the four decades since.
I flew quite a bit for NBC-5 back then, and it took a while for me to get comfortable again getting into our helicopter or even flying commercial. Witnessing death firsthand, on a scale this large and severe, never really fades from your memory. You can’t un-see or un-smell that kind of scene. The calamity that day changed me, for the first time I realized just how fragile life is and how, at any moment, we could be gone."
Snyder, who retired from KXAS in 2010 previously reported and anchored at KHOU 11 Houston and KOA Denver.
"My wife Lyn, and I (she is a former TV executive in Fort Worth) formed a consulting company called One Degree Strategies in 2010," Snyder told me. "We help clients in the corporate, political, and philanthropic sectors develop strategic communications plans, digital content, and social media strategies. I took a little detour, between 2019 and 2024, spending four years as a Deputy Criminal District Attorney in Tarrant County, consulting DA Sharen Wilson."
Snyder is back working for himself again, which he says gives him more time to spend with his grandchildren.
FOX 26 Houston KRIV is making some changes to its digital news offerings as of August 2025:
10-11am – "FOX 26 After Show" has been rebranded as "HTX@10" and expanded to an hour
11-1130am – "Forecasting with Friends"
11:30-Noon – Fox 26 News Midday (a half-hour earlier start to Fox 26 News at Noon newscast on TV - but this is on digital)
CBS News Texas KTVT Dallas - Fort Worth and Chef Tim Love raised more than $100,000 Sunday night at a benefit concert for Central Texas relief after July's horrific floods.
Madison Sawyer and Ken Molestina hosted the Loud for Love concert at Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall in the Fort Worth Stockyards with performances by Amanda Shires, Coffey Anderson, Grady Spencer & the Work, Nate Burnham, and David Tribble.
"The Hill Country is hurting. Floodwaters have washed through homes, histories, and the heart of this place. Raising money now means giving folks a chance to rebuild, restore, and keep the Hill Country wild, alive, and human. We can't afford to look away," Shires said in a statement to CBS Texas.
Nashville-based musician Annabel Dwyer, who attended camp near Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River as a child, also performed a tribute song.
Fresh off his nomination to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame class of 2025, Gentry “Ace” Little is getting ready to call his 1840th or so high school game broadcast for the Crowley High School Eagles on August 28th against the Birdville High School Hawks.
This is even more special since the Crowley Eagles are coming off their best season since 1971.
Little's role as the voice of Crowley ISD athletics and play-by-play broadcaster for the BGC Sports Network based in Fort Worth, a role he began in October 2017. He served as the radio voice of the Brock Lady Eagles basketball team during their legendary run of five consecutive state championships. In addition to his on-air work, he handles sales and hosts a weekday talk show.
Much like a player in the games he's covering, Little starts preparing five days ahead for his football broadcasts and two days ahead for basketball. He's so into the game that his emotional state can match those of the athletes on the field or court.
"I have broken a window before and thrown water bottles," Little told mikemcguff.com. "I don’t eat on gameday. Stomach too tight."
Considering I just directed a documentary that featured the person who invented the KISS Kasket, I wondered if the name Ace was connected to the famous makeup-wearing rock band.
Sure enough, Little was in an air band while in high school.
"I play guitar, so I became Ace [Frehley]," Little told me of his name's origin.
Little’s reputation extends beyond the press box and air band world. He was recognized in 2006 as Texas High School Broadcaster of the Year by Texas Monthly, honored by the Texas Legislature in 2011 for calling 900 games, and recognized by Governor Greg Abbott in 2016 for 35 years in broadcasting. He also received a proclamation from former Governor Rick Perry.
His broadcasting journey began in 1982 at KETR on the campus of East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University–Commerce) where he earned his bachelor's degree in Radio-TV. That same year, Little called his first game on cassette tape: a 27–14 win by Commerce over North Lamar. He’s been calling games ever since.
From there, Little has worked for the likes of radio stations such as KCLE, KBST, KHBR, KSTV, KZEE, and WBAP.
At KBST Radio in Big Spring (2015–2017), he served as play-by-play announcer for Stanton and Big Spring High Schools, as well as Howard College basketball and softball. He also hosted “The Best Sports Show on the Radio,” served as News Director, and anchored ten daily newscasts across three stations.
From 2013 to 2015, he worked at KMZE Radio in Woodward, Oklahoma, providing play-by-play for the Woodward Boomers, co-hosting “The Sports Nutz,” and anchoring seven newscasts daily.
Between 2002 and 2012, Little was the play-by-play voice of Weatherford ISD at KYQX Radio, while also covering Aledo, Mineral Wells, Bridgeport, Brock, Springtown, Azle, and others. He also did minor league baseball with the Weatherford Wranglers and college broadcasts for Weatherford College.
At KHBR Radio in Hillsboro (2001–2002), Little covered Hillsboro High football and Hill College baseball/softball, as well as city and county government beats.
He spent four years as an overnight producer/reporter at USA Radio Network in Dallas, covering breaking national and international news and maintaining the network’s audio archive.
From 1994 to 2001, Little served as News and Sports Director at KCLE Radio in Cleburne, producing multiple newscasts daily and calling games for Cleburne High School.
His earlier years included reporting and play-by-play at KSTV in Stephenville, KZEE in Weatherford, and work with the WBAP Sports Department, where he contributed to the “Jim Reeves Show” and covered Lone Star and Southland Conference games for Steve Lamb.
From 1987 to 1989, Little served as Assistant SID at the University of North Texas, handling stats and media operations for football and basketball.
From the cassette era to the digital age, Little has remained a constant presence in the Texas press box with an "Ace" up his sleeve for good luck.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the tragic crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — one of the deadliest aviation disasters in U.S. history.
After 6 p.m. on Friday, August 2, 1985, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was en route from Fort Lauderdale International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport with a scheduled stop at DFW.
It crashed during its final approach in stormy weather conditions. A total of 137 passengers and crew members died. Of those, many were residents of South Florida's tri-county area.
Among the first journalists on the scene was Bryan Glazer, then a reporter for KDFW 4, the CBS affiliate in Dallas at the time. He had just been hired two weeks before the crash, previously reporting for WRAL Raleigh.
Glazer recalls being on a dinner break at a downtown Dallas restaurant when he first heard emergency chatter on his handheld police and fire scanner.
“Because KDFW had just ended a bitter labor unionization process, photographers were not permitted to take their news cars and equipment home,” Glazer told mikemcguff.com. “This crippled the station’s ability to respond and cover the unfolding events, effectively.”
Glazer says he grabbed his two-way radio and contacted the control room.
He says he told the executive producer, "There's a crash at DFW."
Glazer says the producer told him to "Stand by while I have someone check it out.”
Rather than follow the producer’s instructions, Glazer hopped in his car and drove to the airport. A live truck was then sent to him.
“Knowing that the most-compelling interviews would be from people waiting for arriving passengers, I headed for the terminal,” says Glazer.
Glazer says Delta had sheltered most of the people waiting for the flight in a conference room. However, some people were sitting in public spaces, according to Glazer.
“One of them was Christine Greene, who told me she had recently moved to Dallas and bought her brother a plane ticket to come see, as she said, 'Texas for the first time. I hope he can still do that,'" Glazer recalled.
Moments after interviewing Greene, Greene was advised that her brother, Gil, was alive – being treated at Parkland Memorial Hospital, according to Glazer.
“I also interviewed Reverend Richard Brown of Holy Trinity Church of Irving,” recalls Glazer. “I spotted him walking in the terminal wearing clerical clothing. He said he had just left the crash site, where he discovered a live baby amongst the rubble - overlooked by rescue crews.
"On camera, he said, 'As I was blessing the body of a family member, I guess, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that he was still breathing, and so I watched real close and sure enough he was still breathing. You could see his stomach going up and down.'"
He continued, “So, me and a survivor, rushed him to an ambulance and I baptized him and they took him to Parkland (hospital).”
During the days following the crash, Glazer says he was assigned to the impact site, covering the NTSB investigation rather than following up on the victim-survivor elements.
“I wonder did the baby survive," Glazer asked. "He would be at least 40 years old today?"
The crash — ultimately blamed on windshear caused by a microburst — helped usher in the development and deployment of Doppler weather radar systems, now standard at airports nationwide.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation, the aircraft encountered severe wind shear just one mile from the runway as it passed through a fast-moving thunderstorm. The sudden downdraft caused the jetliner to lose altitude rapidly. The landing gear struck a car on the Grapevine Expressway, and the aircraft slammed into two large water tanks at the airport perimeter, erupting into flames.
Remarkably, all 27 survivors were seated in the plane’s rear section.
Glazer left KDFW to report in New York City. He eventually became a CNN correspondent in Los Angeles and New York.
Sadly, this would not be the only tragic crash Glazer would cover.
"I covered the crash of TWA flight #800 in 1991 and the crash of American Airlines flight 587 in November of 2021," he told me. "I also reported live for CNN on the attacks of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001."
Today, Glazer is the President and Executive Producer of World Satellite Television News, a broadcast news boutique that provides reportage and production services to global news channels. The firm also creates broadcast news media relations campaigns for some of the world’s best-known brands, CEO, and celebrities.
No tables were actually flipped during this FOX 7 Austin KTBC name-brand vs HEB taste test with Libbi Farrow and Adaleigh Rowe...but it was promised!
Julia Fife is joining the FOX 4 KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth weather department.
A few months ago, Fife left FOX13 Memphis, WHBQ, where she served as a meteorologist/traffic anchor for Good Morning Memphis.
- Dylan Federico leaves FOX 4 KDFW
"This Texas girl is coming home," Fife posted on Instagram. "Thank you Midsouth for making me a part of your morning routine the past two years. Forever grateful to be a part of the GMM family and for all the amazing people I met along the way. Excited to spend more time with friends & family AND get some sleep!!"
Now, what makes Fife's hiring in the Dallas TV market interesting is that online mentions say she was a contestant on Season 14 of the CMT reality TV show "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team."
In an episode on media training, the contestants go before the judge and former CBS News Texas chief meteorologist Scott Padgett, who takes umbrage when Fife says she would like to join the squad to help her pursue a future media career. This might have been the catalyst for her getting cut from the competition.
Who has the last laugh now? Squad goals: Get even with a perfect re-routine!
It turns out that Fife did become a Dallas Mavericks Dancer.
Fife joined FOX13 Memphis in February 2023.
Before joining FOX13 Memphis, Fife worked as a traffic anchor at KDFW from January 2018 to January 2019.
Fife holds a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin. While at UT Austin, she was a member of the Spirit Squad, which prepared her for future endeavors in dance.
She later pursued her meteorology credentials at Mississippi State University, earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Meteorology in August 2022.
Alec Nolan is the new weekend anchor at FOX 7 Austin KTBC, effective July 2025.
He takes over for John Krinjak, who recently left KTBC to join sister station FOX 2 KTVU in San Francisco as a reporter. Katie Pratt has been filling in as the weekend anchor.
Speaking of the West Coast, Nolan arrives from a sports anchor role at ABC30 KFSN Fresno Action News, where he has been since March 2022. His former GM is in Texas now, too.
He previously worked at NewsChannel 21 KTVZ Bend, Oregon, as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter.
Before that, Nolan worked three years in sales departments as an Account Executive, working at both KEYT in Santa Barbara and KUSA 9News Denver.
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Nolan worked as a Sports Reporter/Host at the school's 91.9 FM KCSB Santa Barbara
