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Showing posts with label San Antonio. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 01, 2026

Texas TV news and radio job moves September 2026


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- Houston, DFW and San Antonio TV baby news
- Texas media layoffs in Fort Worth and San Antonio
- Texas TV anchors welcome and announce babies
- 2026 Lone Star EMMY Nominations


DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Yonni Rude is the new Urban One Dallas Operations Manager, overseeing 97.9 The Beat KBFB, K104 KKDA, and Smooth 105.7 KRNB.

Sarah Blaskovich named restaurant critic of The Dallas Morning News.

KERA launches a new, redesigned kera.org.

Dallas Native Markie Martin to Anchor NewsNation’s “Morning in America” from the State Fair of Texas.

Victory+ dissolved, will no longer stream Texas high school football games.

TCU banning Star-Telegram poses a loss for sports journalism and fans.

- 105.3 The Fan named Dallas Mavericks flagship radio station
- Chip Waggoner celebrates 30 years at FOX 4 KDFW
- Payton May leaves FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Tynisha Jackson joins Spectrum News 1 Dallas


HOUSTON

Ralph Cooper Becomes First Black Honoree on the Houston Baseball Media Wall of Honor/

Fox 26’s Nate Griffin delivers morning sports like no other.

Chris Silva returns to ABC13 KTRK as Vice President - Technology from the same position at 6ABC WPVI Philadelphia.

Jay Michaels joins Country 97.1 Hank-FM WLHK and B105.7 WYXB Indianapolis after MIX 96.5 KHMX.

Remembering Radar: 10 years since we said goodbye to KPRC 2's beloved weather dog.

ABC13 KTRK Houston director Michael Fernau retired on September 7, 2026.  HE previously worked for NTV, RFD-TV, KPTM, and WOWT.

Graham Adams leaves ABC13 KTRK, where he was a Broadcast & IT Systems Engineer.


- Houston radio gets X106.1 as Tejano Moves to 99.5
- “The Morning Bull with Matt & Lois” on 100.3 The Bull in Houston
- Sharron Melton leaves CW39 Houston
- Mayra Moreno returns to ABC13 Houston after maternity leave
- KPRC 2 expands 3pm newscast to one hour
- Collin Myers returns to Houston at KPRC 2
- Oldies 107.5 HD2 KGLK Houston is gone
- KPRC 2 was No. 1 at 10 p.m. Why did it have 'Enough' with a traditional newscast?
- Enough first episode on KPRC 2 Houston 9-13-26
- Tammy Rose to leave ABC13 Houston's chopper
- Anthony Yanez is sticking around at KPRC 2 Houston
- Sakura Gray joins FOX 26 KRIV Houston
- Lauren Kelly talks Beyoncé with Jimmy Fallon
- Monica "Mo" Lunsford joins SUNNY 99.1
- Karol Suárez joins Noticias Telemundo as Houston correspondent
- Maria Aguilera leaves KHOU 11 Houston
- FOX 26's Jillian Hartmann gets engaged at AT&T Stadium
- 104.1 KRBE gets a new look
- Bill Bishop retires from KHOU 11 Houston after 42 years, colleagues reflect on his impact
- Jeff Ehling signs off ABC13 Houston
- Leigha McNeil joins KPRC 2 Houston as morning traffic anchor
- Justina Latimer joins FOX 5 Atlanta
- Mary Benton leaving Houston Mayor's Office for METRO
- Andrew "Latty" Latimer has 104 dreams come true on KRBE Houston
- Let's talk about those Caroline Collins streaming posts
- Karen Hua joins ABC News
- Cathy Hernandez always a Houston Texans cheerleader
- Runaway Radio featured in Houston Chronicle article "From 'Urban Cowboy' to 'Boyhood,' the 30 Houston films every Houstonian should see"


SAN ANTONIO

Dean Radla, the general manager of News 4 San Antonio, FOX San Antonio and CW35, retired after 30 years with Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Four San Antonio TV stations face a random FCC investigation.

San Antonio Spurs, DAZN Ink Exclusive Streaming Deal.

Producer and the audience engagement specialist Jon Coker leaves KENS 5.

 Tommy Namphong was recently promoted from Editor to Digital Content Marketer at KSAT12.

- Kate Devine joins News 4 San Antonio and FOX San Antonio
- KSAT San Antonio debuts 1pm newscast
- Leigh Waldman promoted to CNN Correspondent
- Ex-San Antonio TV reporter goes viral in "Right to Bare Arms"
- Alex Garcia and Chuck Miketinac no longer with FOX San Antonio KABB


AUSTIN

Rowe, Sarkisian controversy shows growing need for respect toward women in sports.

Josue Cuevas joins KVUE Austin as Morning Executive Producer from KUSA Denver.

Victor Mills and Heavan Doyle join KVUE as producers.  Doyle previously served as a Story Desk Editor at KIII Corpus Christi.


- KXAN Austin launches ‘Cause & Effect’
- Ann Pierret and Nathan Langley join KXAN Austin
- Julieanna Jackson joins FOX 7 Austin
- Mike Warren retires from FOX 7 Austin
- Dominique Leh joins FOX 7 Austin
- Brandon Schaff joins KVUE Austin and love is in the air
- Kristin Walla joined KVUE Austin
- Darby Brown leaves CBS Austin for 12News Phoenix


AROUND TEXAS

The murder of KRBC Abilene reporter Jennifer Servo remains unsolved 24 years after she was found inside her Abilene apartment.

70 Years of Stories: KVIA—Your Community, Your News, Your Legacy.

Lidia Herrera joins KRGV 5 Rio Grande Valley as a reporter.

Rishi Oza joins Eyewitness News KBAK and FOX58 Bakersfield, California as weekend sports anchor from KVIA ABC-7 News El Paso.

Ava Davis joins KTAB/KRBC Abilene as a reporter and an anchor on Saturdays for KTAB.

Marixa Zamora — now Marixa Jones — announced her departure from Entravision Communications in McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley.

Marcela Delgado joins as host of HOLA! on KGNS+ and Telemundo Laredo, while Luis Enrique Vela and Michelle James Thorpe join KGNS as multimedia journalists.

KRIS 6 News wins statewide open government award for housing authority investigation.

Fernando Montejano, or "Grizz," is half of the popular Iris & Grizz morning DJ duo. He had a rough start in life. 

- Jasmin Caldwell joins KWTX 10 + more Waco changes
- Isabella Martinez joins NBC 6 South Florida
- TAB Board welcomes 8 new directors
- Brett Anthony joins KY3 Springfield from CBS19 Tyler
- Greg Kerr joins KCEN 6 Waco-Temple-Killeen


REMEMBERING

Charles U. “Chuck” Spaugh, 87, Lubbock broadcaster, dies.

Former ABC13 KTRK Houston chief editor and producer Gary Parker has died.

- Victor Lopez, NewsWest 9 morning anchor, dies after cancer battle



Posted by mike mcguff at 10/01/2026 12:04:00 AM Labels: , , , , ,

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Alex Garcia and Chuck Miketinac no longer with FOX San Antonio KABB

Alex Garcia and Chuck Miketinac


Alex Garcia and Chuck Miketinac's bios have been removed from the FOX 29 San Antonio KABB website.

Miketinac has officially marked his time with FOX SA as ended on LinkedIn.

In early September 2026, when Sinclair Broadcast Group conducted layoffs at its San Antonio duopoly, FTV heard Garcia and Miketinac might have been unfortunately cut, but both were still on the station's website bios page at the time.

While we do not know whether the longtime FOX San Antonio employees were part of the layoffs, it is likely since their bios are gone.

In August, Sinclair sister station CBS Austin KEYE also had job cuts.


Chief Meteorologist Alex Garcia

Garcia is a veteran San Antonio broadcast meteorologist who spent decades forecasting the weather for South Texas television viewers.

He served as chief meteorologist for Fox San Antonio’s Fox News at Nine. He also spent more than a decade at competitor KENS 5 San Antonio, where he worked as an on-air meteorologist and helicopter environmental reporter from 1983 to 1995.

Garcia’s broadcasting career has included a variety of newsroom roles, including meteorologist, reporter, assignment editor, and news director. He previously served as news director at KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, from 1980 to 1983.

Throughout his career, Garcia earned the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval and received six Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, the National Weather Association, and the Knights of Columbus.

In addition to his television career, Garcia has worked in education. He has taught students from elementary school to college, including at the University of Houston. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of the Incarnate Word, teaching meteorology, oceanography, astronomy, and science courses for elementary education teachers. Garcia has also been involved in science education programs for teachers and students across Texas.

He has been president and CEO of Storm Science Network Inc. since 2000.

Garcia is married to his high school sweetheart, Eva. They have a daughter, Angelique, and a son, Alejandro. He is also a proud grandfather and enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, Michael, Lili, and Jayla.

His education includes a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, a master’s degree from the University of Houston-Victoria, and meteorology studies at Mississippi State University.


Sports Anchor/Director Chuck Miketinac

Miketinac is a veteran San Antonio sports broadcaster who spent more than three decades working in the city’s television sports market, including more than 30 years at Fox San Antonio.

Miketinac joined Fox San Antonio in 1995 and became the station’s Sports Director/Anchor for Maximum Sports in 1999. 

Before joining Fox San Antonio, Miketinac spent five years as an anchor and sports reporter at cross-town rival KENS 5.

His broadcasting career began in 1988 at the former KVTV 13 in Laredo, Texas, where he operated as a one-man sports department.

Miketinac was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and grew up traveling around the country as the son of a retired Army general. 

A graduate of Madison High School in San Antonio, Miketinac earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from Texas State University in San Marcos, then known as Southwest Texas State.

His great-uncle, Nick Miketinac, played lineman for the Green Bay Packers in the 1930s.

Miketinac is married and has three children.




Posted by mike mcguff at 9/27/2026 10:39:00 PM Labels:

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Texas TV anchors welcome and announce babies


In August, FOX 4 KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth meteorologist Kylie Capps announced she was expecting her first baby. In September, fellow Good Day team member and anchor Shannon Murray is expecting Baby #2. Her daughter was born in 2024.



NBC 5 KXAS Dallas-Fort Worth's lifestyle show Texas Today host Cleo Greene gave birth to a baby boy.





Down I-45, Telemundo Houston KTMD's weekend anchor María Fernanda Sierra welcomed a baby daughter.





Newish KPRC 2 Houston reporter Nicole Nielsen is also expecting.




Let's now head west on I-10, where KSAT 12 San Antonio anchor Courtney Friedman welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.  




Posted by mike mcguff at 9/26/2026 10:53:00 PM Labels: , ,

Friday, September 25, 2026

Ex-San Antonio TV reporter goes viral in "Right to Bare Arms"


Former News 4 San Antonio WOAI investigative reporter turned attorney Mariah Medina is going viral in what the syndicated show Inside Edition called the "Right to Bare Arms."




A tweet about Judge Yolanda Huff calling Medina's shoulderless J. Crew dress “inappropriate” in her Bexar County courtroom has made the ex-TV newser a viral sensation, even landing her in the New York Post.

Now her old station is reporting on the incident, but oddly, from what I saw, it never mentioned Medina worked for them just a year ago.

UPDATE: Judge Huff responds, and this morning WOAI mentioned Medina worked for them.



Remember, I am a total dunderpate, I need your help.  What do you legal experts think about this story?





Posted by mike mcguff at 9/25/2026 12:40:00 AM Labels:

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Leigh Waldman promoted to CNN Correspondent


Leigh Waldman is moving up at CNN after her days at KSAT 12 San Antonio.

The network announced on September 23, 2026, that Waldman has been promoted to CNN Correspondent. Beginning October 12, she will be based in Los Angeles and report across CNN platforms as part of the network’s domestic news coverage.

Waldman previously served as a New York-based correspondent for CNN Newsource, reporting stories for CNN’s more than 1,000 affiliate partners nationwide.

Since joining CNN, Waldman has covered major national stories, including the deadly Fourth of July flooding in Central Texas, the impact of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, school shootings, and the historic launch and return of astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner.

Waldman shared the news on Instagram, writing:


“Trading the NYC skyline for the Hollywood hills. So thrilled to start working alongside my incredible colleagues in Los Angeles. There’s no place like CNN, I’m honored beyond words to keep working with these amazing journalists.”


Her promotion marks another step in a career that has included stops in Texas and Nebraska.

Before joining CNN in 2024, Waldman was an investigative reporter at KSAT 12 in San Antonio. She joined the station in 2021 and was promoted to the KSAT Investigates team in 2023.

At KSAT, Waldman led investigative and enterprise reporting for the station’s 10 p.m. newscast and played a major role in the station’s team coverage of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde. That work earned an Emmy Award, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award, two Telly Awards and a Texas Broadcast News Award.

She also created and hosted “Texas Crime Stories,” a multiplatform true-crime podcast focused on high-impact cases across Texas.

Waldman announced in April 2024 that she was leaving KSAT. She later revealed her next move was to CNN Newsource in New York.

The CNN connection was particularly meaningful for Waldman, who previously interned at the network’s Atlanta headquarters. When she left CNN as an intern in 2016, she said she always hoped to return as a correspondent.

“When I left CNN in 2016 as an intern, I always said I would be back again as a correspondent for this incredible network,” Waldman wrote in 2024. “After years of hard work, dreams do come true. So thrilled to work alongside these incredible journalists.”

Before KSAT, Waldman was a weekend morning anchor at WOWT in Omaha, Nebraska.

She began her professional television career at KAVU 25 in Victoria, Texas, working as an anchor and producer.

Waldman graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.






Posted by mike mcguff at 9/23/2026 02:43:00 PM Labels:

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Texas media layoffs in Fort Worth and San Antonio


Texas saw two media layoffs this week: one at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and another at Sinclair Broadcast Group's duopoly of News 4 San Antonio WOAI and FOX 29 San Antonio KABB.

According to the News Guild, more than 90 unionized journalists and media workers across 17 publications were laid off Thursday from McClatchy newspapers (owner of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) around the United States, including at The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star. 

Fort Worth Star-Telegram opinion editor Ryan J. Rusak, reporter Maven Navarro and Service Journalism Editor Jake Harris were among those affected.

"I’m sorry to say that my position at the Star-Telegram was among those eliminated this week by McClatchy. The outcome was not unexpected, but the specific timing was," posted on X.  "I enjoyed my 7+ years there, got to use some different muscles, wrote some things I'm still proud of and made some good friends. I'm open to roles inside and out of journalism. I assure you that my skills go beyond snarking on this site, though I do think I'm pretty good at that, too."

"Today, after four months, I was laid off from my first 'big girl' job," posted Navarro.  "I am so grateful for my time at @startelegram where I met the best people. Fort Worth has phenomenal reporters covering their city, and I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to learn from them."





Meanwhile, in San Antonio, News 4 San Antonio WOAI and FOX 29 San Antonio KABB owner Sinclair told MySA.

"WOAI and KABB are committed to positioning the stations for long-term sustainability and we have made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of positions in our content center [newsroom]," the spokesperson said. "These changes will allow us to operate more efficiently and continue delivering exceptional local news and content to San Antonio viewers. We thank those affected for their contributions to the stations and the community."

I have not seen anything on social media about the Sinclair San Antonio cuts, nor have any on-air folks been removed from the stations' bios sites.

Back in August, I broke the news that Sinclair sister station CBS Austin KEYE had job cuts.




Posted by mike mcguff at 9/12/2026 05:20:00 PM Labels: ,

Houston, DFW and San Antonio TV baby news

Re'Chelle Turner


KPRC 2 Houston reporter Re'Chelle Turner has welcomed a baby girl.

Turner announced the birth of Imani Giselle Echols on September 5, 2026.

“September 5, 2026 forever one of the most important days of our lives!” Turner shared on social media.

Turner said her daughter's entrance into the world wasn't what the family expected, but that Imani is healthy, perfect, and already more loved than she will ever know.

She added that she plans to share more about her birth story when she is ready. For now, Turner said she is simply thanking God for carrying her through and blessing her with a beautiful family.

Turner married Faison Echols on September 4, 2021, in Birmingham, Alabama.

The couple met while taking a Mass Communications class at the University of Alabama. After dating long-distance for seven years and living in five different states, the couple eventually moved to Houston.

Turner joined KPRC 2 in 2020 after working at KARK 4 in Little Rock.




Cleo Greene on maternity leave

Cleo Greene is stepping away from NBC 5 DFW KXAS for maternity leave as she prepares to welcome her second child.

Greene became a mom for the first time in February 2023 when she welcomed her son, Conrad. Now, she is getting ready to add another little one to the family.

Greene admitted that the pregnancy has been difficult lately, saying she has been dealing with a lot of pain. But her love of television, meeting people and telling their stories kept her showing up.

And she certainly made the most of her final day in the studio, knocking out eight interviews.

Greene joined NBC 5 KXAS' lifestyle show Texas Today, which airs weekdays at 11:30 a.m.

Before joining NBC 5, Greene spent several years at WFAA 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth. 

A self-described military brat, Greene joined WFAA in January 2018 after spending nearly three years as a reporter at KSTP-TV 5 Eyewitness News in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Earlier in her career, she reported for WBOC TV16 in Salisbury, Maryland, and WRDW News 12/NBC 26 in Augusta, Georgia.

Greene began her broadcasting career in January 2009 as a feature reporter and anchor for PBS in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.  She graduated from Rowan University.




Jordan Elder is pregnant

News 4 San Antonio and Fox San Antonio investigative reporter/fill-in anchor Jordan Elder is expecting with her husband and former station colleague Matt Roy.




Posted by mike mcguff at 9/12/2026 04:30:00 PM Labels: , ,
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