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Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Texas TV news and radio job moves March 2026


Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.


DALLAS - FORT WORTH

This Texas Media Mogul Owns the Local News: Irving-based Nexstar controls more TV stations than any other company. CEO Perry Sook aims to grow it even bigger.

Dallas officials feared WFAA-TV would leave downtown over parking dispute, emails show.

After nearly 13 years, the WFAA newsroom said goodbye to assistant news director Sheena Autin.

KERA breaks ground on headquarters, prepares to launch local news show.

Audacy names Erik Bradley Brand Manager of 98.7 The Spot in Dallas.

Ricky Cody renewed his contract as Chief Meteorologist with Spectrum News and will be staying in Texas for the next three years.

FOX 4 KDFW Chief Photographer Bob Hawman retired in March 2026.

Cumulus Media’s New Country 96.3 and 99.5 The Wolf Raise $360,000 for Cook Children’s Medical Center at 5th Annual Texas Independence Jam at Billy Bob’s Texas.

Damien Lodes joins CBS News Texas
Ana Mafud joins Telemundo 39 DFW
Nelly Carreno joins CBS News Texas
Nicole Nielsen leaves CBS News Texas
Steve Pickett celebrates 30 years with CBS 11 KTVT
Nexstar + Tegna, what about Texas stations, plus the dissent
Mariel Ruiz caught a meteor over Texas breaking apart while live on air


HOUSTON

iHeartMedia Houston Director of Promotions & Marketing, Rob Skinner, is celebrating his 30th year with the radio company.

The Country Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was announced, and Bruce Logan, Vice President of Programming for Audacy/Houston, with direct oversight of 100.3 KILT, is an inductee.

After 70+ years of telling the stories that make our neighborhoods feel like home, The Leader will close its doors

Nielsen Acknowledges Houston PPM Encoder Misuse From Illegally Operating Translators.

Space City Home Network announces Astros legend Ryan Pressly joining the broadcast

Meet the 96-Year-Old Texas Legend and iconic broadcaster, René Cárdenas, who helped solidify Houston as a baseball town.

After seven years at the Houston Chronicle covering state politics, Taylor Goldenstein joins the Texas Tribune.

Demarcus Ellis joins KPRC 2 as a technical director.

Rowdy Yates continues to expand his national footprint. The SuiteRadio program “Ridin’ with Rowdy” has been added to the nightly lineup on 96.1 KWS-FM in Charleston, West Virginia. Yates is also now heard weeknights on WUUQ-FM in Chattanooga. A special Saturday-only edition of the show has been picked up by KPXZ-FM in Las Cruces, New Mexico, while his afternoon-focused program “The Rowdy Ride Home” has landed in Butte Falls, Oregon on KWWL-FM. With the latest additions, Yates’ weekday reach now climbs to an impressive 70 affiliate stations.  

Bill Barajas gets married
Texas 2026 NAB Crystal Radio Award Winners
Deanna Schultz to lead Houston Times and Dallas Herald Magazines
KPRC 2 Houston has layoffs
Haley Hernandez interviewed by Houston Moms
Maggie McKethan Memorial Scholarship named after FOX 26 producer
Coppelia Acevedo on trusting God in every season
Tim Geraghty named KHOU 11 news director
Pat Cavlin joins WPIX New York City
Coffee House Houston moves to The Heights
Jillian “JJ” Simmons joins 89.3 KSBJ Houston and Worship 24/7
Owen Conflenti after KPRC 2 Houston
Nicole Nielsen joins KPRC 2 Houston
Tessa Barrera to leave Houston Life
Houston Children’s Charity Makes History with Largest-Ever “Chariots for Children” Van Distribution
Wayne Dolcefino profiled by Houston Chronicle
Texas CBS News correspondent reportedly laid off
Re'Chelle Turner is pregnant
Remember Michelle Merhar from FOX 26 Houston KRIV?
“Frito & Katy” no longer on 100.3 The Bull KILT Houston
Ryan Shoptaugh on KHOU 11 Houston


SAN ANTONIO

Sam Pieprzyca rises to 102.7 Jack-FM KJXK Program Director.

WOAI anchor Mandy Noell plans a perfect day in S.A.

Graham Media Group's KSAT 12 has removed the bios of producer Hardy Meredith, Content Gatherer Avery Meurer plus digital journalists Ivan Herrera, Mason Hickok, Andrew Wilson and Ryan Cerna from its website.

Landon Lowe has been promoted to KSAT12's Nightside All-Platform Executive Producer.

KSAT 12 San Antonio layoffs
KSAT 12 meteorologist arrested, accused of assault
Roxy Van Ruiten is engaged


AUSTIN

101X KROX goes local in mornings with the debut of “Morning X” featuring Trevin Smith and Sawyer Stull.

Texas Monthly Contributor Elliott Woods Wins Overseas Press Club Award for Migrant Series.

Sarah Smith joins KVUE as a producer.

CBS Austin responds to viral video
Scott Braddock on the new Quorum Report Radio
Where is KVUE's Rob Evans?
Sam Stark leaves KXAN for Austin Current
Jordan Darensbourg leaves KVUE Austin


AROUND TEXAS

After four decades on 710 KURV Rio Grande Valley, Davis Rankin is retiring. He says he'll still fill in from time to time.

Most Stations In Country’s Top 20? Texas Holds ‘Em.

KWTX 10 Waco engineer Mike Jugert is retiring after 26 years.

NewsWest 9 Anchor Victor Lopez opens up about cancer setback.

KXII 12 Sherman added multi-media journalists (MMJs) Taylor Brooks, Maresa Sisk and Mia Medellin in the last year.

TEGNA's KCEN 6 Waco-Temple-Killeen news director Jim Hice leaves the TEGNA station.

KCEN 6 Waco-Temple-Killeen director and "Director's Chair with Shawn Hobbs" host, Shawn Hobbs ' bio has been removed from the station website, with no new movie critic since January 2026.

TEGNA's 12News Now - KBMT Beaumont Nightside Executive Producer Korbyn Lee and Digital Producer Sharinna Byrd are no longer listed on the station's website bio page.

12 News KBMT Beaumont producer Nick Northrup has been announced as leaving the station.

ABC 7 KVIA El Paso reporter Tyaun Marshburn has left.

KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock's Madeleine Hall has been promoted to full-time reporter.

ABC 7 KVIA El Paso adds Katrina Villarreal and Alberto Silva as producers.

Twenty Cumulus & Townsquare Media Stations cease operations, Texas included.

Emily Paulson joined KBTX as a multimedia Journalist in November 2025.

MMJ Adam Beam leaves KRIS 6 Corpus Christi for 7 News WKBW Buffalo.

KTEN 10 Sherman reporter Ryan Thorpe leaves.

Connoisseur Media has sold one of its three stations in the Sherman/Denison market.

Al Caldwell turns 90: Watch this 'PM Magazine' story from 1980 featuring radio legend.

Sarah Howard joins KBTX 3 Bryan-College Station as a Meteorology Fellow.

Emily Schmalz joins KFOX-TV/CBS4 El Paso as a weekday reporter and the weekend meteorologist.

KBTX’s Rusty Surette and Kayleigh Thomas arrested...for a good cause.


REMEMBERING

Remembering Gary Stricklin: Former KTXS Sports Director Dies at 71.

89.7 KACC Alvin's Paula Guidry passed away after a battle with Colon Cancer

Rene Vasquez, a longtime radio personality on Majic 104.9 FM and known as "The Voice of Robstown" for decades, has died.




Friday, March 06, 2026

Cristina Rodda leaves KTSM 9 News El Paso


Cristina Rodda left her anchor position at KTSM 9 News in El Paso as of March 2026.

"You may have noticed my absence from the anchor desk at KTSM 9 News," Rodda posted.  "It’s a newsroom with many talented journalists and I enjoyed my time there. To the viewers, thank you for allowing me to bring you the news. It’s always a privilege."

After stepping away from television news for more than a decade, Rodda returned to the anchor desk in June 2025 as KTSM’s Noon and Weekend Anchor. In that role, she anchored the station’s noon newscast and delivered hourly live news updates Monday through Wednesday, along with weekend newscasts at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Throughout her career, Rodda also stepped away from broadcasting at times to work in communications and marketing. She served as a Governor-appointed Public Affairs Director for the New Mexico Corrections Department, worked as Marketing Director for a local law firm, and later as Marketing and Community Engagement Director for an El Paso nonprofit.

Before moving into public affairs and health communications, the El Paso native spent more than a decade in television journalism. She previously anchored the morning show at KTSM 9 News from 2014 to 2015 and served as a morning anchor at KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas from 2013 to 2014. Rodda also worked as an anchor and reporter at KOB 4 in Albuquerque from 2009 to 2011. 

Rodda launched her television career at KDBC in 2004 as a weekend reporter, then moved up to anchor morning and prime-time newscasts.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Electronic Media from the University of Texas at El Paso.


Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Oriana Bottaro returns to KTSM 9 El Paso to talk Venezuela


Former KTSM 9 El Paso anchor and Venezuelan national, Oriana Bottaro, joined prime-time anchor Andy Morgan live at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026 (WATCH BELOW).

Bottaro described the significance of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro’s capture, what happens next, and what her immediate family, still living in the country, is experiencing.

She left the KTSM weekend anchor desk in 2025.






Monday, January 05, 2026

Texas TV news and radio job moves December 2025



Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.


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




Saturday, January 03, 2026

Texas 2025 TV and radio job moves



JANUARY

Zack Owen to broadcast on Waco mornings again
Rudy Treviño leaves KIII anchoring, still Domingo Live host
Suzanne Stevens joins KRIS 6 Corpus Christi
Texas TV engagements closing out 2024
Mariah Conduff leaves CBS19 KYTX Tyler
Victoria Lara and Andrea Valdez leave KLTV and KTRE Tyler
Zach Brown joins WCHS ABC 8 / Fox 11 in Charleston
Lexie Walker joins NBC 23 Valley Storm KVEO
Texas media babies here or on the way!



FEBRUARY

Sophia Ridley joins KBTX Bryan-College Station
Baylee Bates adds KCEN 5, 6, and 10pm anchor duties
KRIS Corpus Christi's new morning TV anchors are married!
Darrell Franklin promoted to KFDX news director
Alan Shoemaker spotted in the 956
DeAnna Giles joins KLTV 7 Tyler
Claydra Rhodes promoted to KBMT Beaumont evening co-anchor
Mike Gillaspia named KIII 3NEWS Corpus Christi evening anchor
Lee Baker leaves KVII after 37 years


MARCH

Devyn Darmstetter leaves ABC 7 Amarillo
Alejandra Puente and Sierra Henry leave KTXS Abilene
John Treviño leaves 12NewsNow KBMT-KJAC Beaumont for new station
Karen Gonzalez leaves KRGV 5 Rio Grande Valley
David Todd Bailey named VP/GM of KTXS Abilene
Kayler Smith joins WDTN 2 Dayton, Ohio
Natalie McCain takes over for Emily Faith at KFDX Wichita Falls
TV anchor and weather baby news early 2025
KXII Sherman anchor changes in late 2024
Karla Salinas joins FOX5 Las Vegas
Savannah Hale leaves CBS19 KYTX Tyler
KBTX 3 Bryan-College Station MMJ changes
25 News KXXV Waco turns 40
A Texan on what it takes to run 50 local TV Stations


APRIL

Marcel Clarke joins ABC-7 KVIA El Paso
KWTX 10 Waco celebrates 70 years
Texas anchor hospitalized by red light runner
Corpus Christi anchor recovering from surgery
Sydney Hernandez and GM leaving CBS 4 Rio Grade Valley
Texas anchor Shatanya Clarke Scholarship
Inside East Texas debuts on CBS19+ Tyler
NewsWest 9 anchor Victor Lopez battling stage 4 colon cancer
Two Texas TV stations celebrate big anniversaries
Ally Kadlubar leaves KWTX 10 Waco
KVIA El Paso has familiar faces moving and returning


MAY

Avaionia Smith leaves 6 News KCEN Waco
Greg Bostwick announces melanoma diagnosis
Karen Taffanelli leaves Telemundo Abilene
KFOX El Paso morning and weekend anchor changes
Shelby Vogel joins KFDA NewsChannel 10 Amarillo weather team
KCBD Lubbock celebrates 72 years on-air
Madison Palumbo and Brandon Cote join KCEN 6 Waco
Heat wave getting to Texas TV meteorologists?
Jenna Elique leaves NewsWest 9 Midland-Odessa
Kylee Dedmon joins News 9 KWTV Oklahoma City
Telemundo 40 RGV appoints Gabriela Gutiérrez weekend meteorologist
Jaden Knowles joins 9NEWS KUSA Denver
Brian Burns leaves 3News KIII Corpus
Kierstin Lindkvist joins ABC 6 WSYX Columbus


JUNE

Joel Robinson joins KYTX CBS19 East Texas
Shalayna Valencia named KOSA Odessa GM
KTXS 12 Abilene hiring spree
Rudy Mireles joins ValleyCentral+ as digital anchor
Natasha Williams named NewsWest 9 news director
Noemy Sanchez leaves KTRE East Texas
Cam Sanderson named KFDM/FOX4 Beaumont weekend sports anchor
Jeremiah Stewart joins Fox West Texas
Bob Brackeen calls it a career at KTEN Sherman
Tara Thomas joins ABC Big 2 Midland-Odessa
Faith Colbert joins KCEN 6 Waco


JULY

Darrell Franklin signs off as KFDX Wichita Falls anchor
Sara Blue leaves CBS19 KYTX; Joel Robinson takes over
Oriana Bottaro leaves; Cristina Rodda takes over at KTSM 9 El Paso
KBTX News BCS gets new graphics and music
Adrian Carbajal joins KCEN 6 Waco
Stevie Stephenson joins KCTV First Warn 5 Weather Team
Alex Porter promoted to KTEN anchor
'The Ann Harder Show' launches in Waco
Annabelle Tuggle leaves KETK and FOX51 East Texas
Mark Garcia named NBC23 KVEO and CBS 4 GM
Don Brubaker returns to 25 News Now Victoria
Jonathan Munson named KIII Corpus Christi ND
Gray Media acquires FOX34 KJTV Lubbock and Georgia station
Noticias RGV ends operations on KRGV 5
Bill Churchwell promoted to KIII weekend evening anchor


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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Stephania Jimenez joins KPRC 2 from KSAT12

Stephania Jimenez


Stephania Jimenez is joining KPRC 2 Houston as the station’s weekday 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. evening co-anchor with Keith Garvin, effective January 19, 2026.

WATCH her KPRC 2 Houston debut
Myra Arthur joins KSAT 12 Nightbeat


Her last day with KSAT12 San Antonio will be January 9th. (WATCH HER SIGN OFF)

“Houston is a city with energy, heart, and incredible stories,” Jimenez said. “I’m honored to join the KPRC 2 team and continue doing the kind of journalism that serves people, asks the questions they’re asking at home, and reflects the communities we live in.”

Jimenez replaces Daniella Guzman, who recently moved into a morning co-anchor role with Sofia Ojeda following Owen Conflenti’s departure in October.

She comes to KPRC 2 from KSAT 12 San Antonio, a fellow Graham Media Group station, where she anchored the station’s flagship Nightbeat newscast and became one of South Texas’ most trusted and recognizable news voices. Known for her calm authority, clarity in breaking news, and strong connection to the community, Jimenez has built a reputation for focusing on issues most important to viewers while holding leaders accountable and centering the people most affected.

“Stephania is the kind of journalist viewers immediately trust,” said Ana Lastra, News Director at KPRC 2. “She brings credibility, warmth, and a deep respect for the audience, and she isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions on their behalf. Her experience leading major newscasts, combined with her connection to diverse communities, makes her a perfect fit for Houston and for the future of KPRC 2 News.”

Jimenez joined the KSAT Nightbeat anchor team in September 2021 from NBC10 Philadelphia WCAU. She was hired at WCAU in July 2018, working as a weekend morning anchor and reporter.

Her previous experience also includes serving as an evening news anchor at KRIS 6 News in Corpus Christi and as an investigative and consumer reporter and anchor at NBC Connecticut (WVIT). Jimenez began her on-air broadcast career in Texas at KTSM 9/KDBC in El Paso.

Former KPRC anchor Dan O'Rourke, who worked with Jimenez in El Paso, says she is a great coworker and a serious-minded journalist.

A Syracuse University graduate, Jimenez started her journalism career behind the scenes as a producer and writer at Fox News Radio in New York City before transitioning into on-air roles.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jimenez is bilingual in English and Spanish, allowing her to connect authentically with a wide range of audiences.





Friday, December 12, 2025

Tawny Davis joins CBS 4 News Rio Grande Valley


Tawny Davis is the new morning anchor for CBS 4 News Rio Grande Valley with co-anchor Marco Ramirez and weathercaster Craig Verley as of December 2025.

Daisy Martinez promoted to CBS 4 RGV evening anchor

Davis announced she has left her multimedia journalist (MMJ) position News 4 San Antonio WOAI and FOX San Antonio as of November 28th.

Davis joined the San Antonio Sinclair-owned stations in 2023.

Davis began her career at KTSM 9 in her hometown of El Paso, where she reported on issues shaping the Borderland.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a minor in Visual Communication Design from St. Mary’s University in 2020. She went on to receive her master’s degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism — with a sports media emphasis — from the prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2021.

In addition to her newsroom work, Davis has experience as a play-by-play announcer for UTEP Athletics.




* This post was updated with the fact that Tawny Davis joined CBS 4 News Rio Grande Valley after News 4 San Antonio WOAI and FOX San Antonio.



Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Victoria Balderrama replaces Salina Madrid at KFOX14 El Paso


Victoria Balderrama is joining the KFOX14 El Paso morning newscast, stepping into the anchor seat previously held by Salina Madrid, who is leaving the television news industry.

KTSM 9 El Paso brings in radio hosts for morning newscast

Balderrama made her on-air debut on December 5, 2025, and will co-anchor alongside Stephanie Muñiz.

The New Mexico State University graduate returns to her hometown after nearly five years with KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi, where she worked as a multimedia journalist (MMJ).

As noted, Madrid is departing the TV business after nearly a decade, with her final day set for December 10. She shared the following message with viewers:


"While I am stepping away from KFOX14, I am not stepping away from serving this community. In January, I will be joining the Las Cruces Police Department as their Public Information Officer. It is a role that will allow me to continue connecting with you in a new way. I am especially looking forward to working alongside Chief Jeremy Story, whose commitment to transparency and community engagement is something I greatly admire. I am excited to help amplify that message and highlight the work happening within LCPD.


Many of you also know how personal this next chapter is for me. I recently opened Every Kidz Corner, an inclusive play space in Las Cruces inspired by my son and built for all children in our community. Being able to pour more time into that mission, while still serving my hometown, is something I am deeply grateful for."


On a related note, Madris launched a KFOX14 series called 'Beyond the Diagnosis' earlier this year.

Madrid joined KFOX14’s morning team in January 2023 after previously anchoring CBS4 Mornings on sister station KDBC. She helped launch that newscast, noting on air that it was the first female anchor team in El Paso.

A longtime member of CBS4/KFOX14, Madrid began with the stations in 2018 as a production assistant, later advancing to reporter and then anchor.

The NMSU alum previously anchored and reported for the student-run News22 on KRWG and completed an internship with WCIV ABC News 4 in Charleston, South Carolina.






Tuesday, December 02, 2025

KTSM 9 El Paso brings in radio hosts for morning newscast


KTSM 9 El Paso is making changes to its morning newscast on December 2, 2025, involving a former radio show.

Victoria Balderrama replaces Salina Madrid at KFOX14 El Paso

Mike Martinez and Tricia Martinez, the non-related former morning radio duo of 93.1 KISS FM KSII El Paso, have joined KTSM on TV from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

"The traditional format isn’t enough anymore – having two, three, four, or even five anchors/reporters repeating the same handful of stories for two, three, or even four hours isn’t fair to the viewer," KTSM News Director Chris Babcock said in an online statement.  "And if we’re being honest, we’ve done the same, so we decided it was time to change and make a difference for our viewers. They’ve already seen most of their news on their smart device – phone, tablet, or TV; how do we make it relevant?"

Anchor Ian Roth, who joined the AM newscast in 2023, will continue with the former radio hosts.

“Viewers don’t want to be hit over the head with flashing lights and incessant breaking news alerts right after waking up – or worse – the same news you saw when you went to bed…that’s not a good way to start any day,” Babcock adds. “That’s the mission for this new show and team members. Not just rapid-fire videos, stories, wrecks, and weather, but taking time and talking about what’s going on and really digging into the impact in our viewers’ daily lives.”

The new "KTSM 9 News Today with Ian, Mike, and Tricia" newscast will use the standard news desk and a new multi-use digital studio. Just like a traditional radio show, Viewers will be able to call in, message, or text their thoughts in real-time.

So, where is the other KTSM morning news anchor, Karla Draksler, going?

Draksler is shifting from the news side of the building to the sales side. She is stepping away from news reporting and anchoring to become a dedicated original content creator for the station’s streaming app, KTSM+.

For Draksler, this move is about finding a new outlet for her creativity. She realized that, while she valued her time in news, the traditional path of chasing bigger markets or a main anchor role no longer fueled her.

Her passion has shifted to shooting, editing, and creating stories that make people happy. Her new focus will be on bringing community stories and entertainment stories to life.

Even as she moves to a new department, Draksler’s commitment to quality local journalism remains strong.

"I very much so, love local news, support local news, and believe journalism, especially local journalism, is now more important than ever," she said in an Instagram video.

Draksler also acknowledged how much she will miss the daily routine with co-anchor Roth.

"Ian and I just had the best time ever," Draksler added. "Every morning, even though we had to wake up really early, we still loved doing it for our viewers and providing you something fun and informative at the same time, because we all know we need a little bit of joy in the morning, especially if you're waking up early. So I'm so glad that I got to be a part of that world. And I got to create a little bit of the morning show legacy in El Paso, especially here at KTSM." 

Draksler started anchoring the KTSM morning newscast in 2023 after serving as a weekend anchor.