KPRC 2 expands 3pm newscast to one hour

Beginning Monday, September 7, 2026, KPRC 2 Houston News at 3 will expand from 30 minutes to a full hour.

- Collin Myers returns to Houston at KPRC 2

The expanded newscast will air from 3 to 4pm with Andy Cerota and Rachel Briers while Caroline Brown is on maternity leave, replacing the Entertainment Tonight rerun that had occupied the 3:30pm half-hour.

The expansion comes three years after KPRC 2 first launched its 3pm newscast. The half-hour KPRC 2 News at 3 debuted on September 11, 2023, replacing Dr. Phil in the afternoon lineup.

The original 3pm team included anchors Andy Cerota and Lisa Hernandez, along with meteorologist Justin Stapleton, who has since moved to the station's morning newscasts.

ABC13 KTRK debuted 3pm news in 2018.  The Channel 13 3pm news remains a half-hour.

KPRC drops 3pm newscast...for now

KPRC 2 viewers are letting me know that the Graham Media Group's 3pm newscast has not been airing this week.  

UPDATE: KPRC 2 tells me the 3pm newscast is on hiatus until Monday, April 13, while the staff is in newsroom training.

According to KPRC's own TV listings, the newscast has been replaced by a half-hour of The Drew Barrymore Show and Entertainment Tonight.

The Drew Barrymore Show still airs for a full hour on Channel 2 at 11am.  And Entertainment Tonight is still airing in its multi-decade slot at 6:30pm.

As the chronicler of all Houston media, I remember blogging back in 2023 when the 3pm newscast debuted with co-anchors  Andy Cerota, Lisa Hernandez, and meteorologist Justin Stapleton.  

At the same time, KPRC debuted "KPRC 2 News Today at 10am." Less than a year later, the 10am newscast was replaced by...you guessed it...Drew Barrymore.

The former movie star has become quite the pinch hitter for KPRC's newscast substitutions.

(Thanks, Shad)

 

Brittany Jeffers promoted to KPRC 2 noon anchor

Brittany Jeffers' television agent company announced that she has been promoted to a KPRC 2 News at Noon Houston anchor.

I contacted Channel 2 on Monday afternoon for more information, but did not hear back.

So just like you, I am wondering is Jeffers an addition to the 12pm newscast?  Will she remain as a weekend morning anchor with Cathy Hernandez and only anchor on the noon news for three days a week?

Stay tuned...

UPDATE 
Jeffers will co-anchor with Andy Cerota and meteorologist Caroline Brown. 

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Jeffers, a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, joined KPRC 2 from CBS 11 KTVT Dallas-Fort Worth (now known as CBS News Texas).

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad previously worked for:

FOX23 KOKI-Tulsa, OK
2011-2016 weekend anchor/reporter

KLKN Channel 8 in Lincoln, NE
2010-2011 morning anchor

KLKN Channel 8 in Lincoln, NE
2008-2010 Reporter

Lisa Hernandez returns to KPRC 2

KPRC 2 Houston viewers have been asking me where the afternoon anchor, Lisa Hernandez, has been.  Well, she's back on channel 2!

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 (Thanks Shad!)

Bill Spencer returns to KPRC 2 Houston

Before I could even write the post "Where is Bill Spencer?" the missing KPRC 2 Houston investigative reporter returned to work. 

Tuesday, anchor Andy Cerota broke the news on Instagram, "BREAKING NEWS- BILL SPENCER IS BACK! Welcome back Spence."

The KPRC 2 Investigates team recently won a duPont-Columbia Award. And after seeing the "welcome back" signs in honor of Spencer's plaid-fueled triumphant return, they may be in line for another award (see below). 

I recently started receiving inquiries from Channel 2 viewers about Spencer's whereabouts.

They told me he had been off the air since early 2025, which matches up with his last story on the station's website.

Spencer joined KPRC in 2013 from WXYZ Detroit's "Call for Action," where he had worked since 1998 as Chief Consumer Investigative Reporter.

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Caroline Brown is pregnant

Caroline Brown announced on KPRC 2 Houston today that she is pregnant. 

UPDATE FEBRUARY 2026
Caroline Brown pregnant with baby #2

UPDATE FEBRUARY 2025
Brown's baby is here!

And one thing for sure, my inbox will get a lot lighter, because believe you me, channel 2 viewers have been asking me about any potential baby news for the TV meteorologist.

Here is a transcription of the above video:

Andy Cerota: Welcome back. We have a very special announcement and this is breaking news. You are hearing it for the first time right here on KPRC two News at noon. Our KPRC two family is growing. Caroline, take it from here.

Caroline Brown: I have been so excited to share this announcement. So let's show you that mid range forecast coming up. And I am forecasting a baby boy coming February next year. My husband and I are so overjoyed that we're having a baby boy, a seventh generation Texan. We posted this photo on social media about our little pumpkin coming very, very soon. Many people might have noticed, and now we're just overjoyed to let everybody know. Another KPRC baby coming.

Cerota: And we are so thrilled for you and Jack starting a family. Have you picked out a name?

Brown: We have picked out a name, so he's going to be Jack junior. The plan is to call him JJ. So baby JJ.

Brown married her husband Jack Chadderdon at a family ranch outside of Houston in March of 2024.  The couple was engaged in Miami in the spring of 2023.

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KPRC 2 Cleanup Day to spotlight local areas devastated by recent floods and tornadoes

 

KPRC 2 is rallying Houstonians to come together for a powerful day of community support and hurricane preparedness on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. 

KPRC 2 Cleanup Day will spotlight local areas devastated by recent floods and tornadoes, while looking ahead to an active upcoming hurricane season. 

The day culminates with KPRC 2’s annual Hurricane & Flood Survival Guide, a 30-minute special airing that night at 7 on KPRC 2 and streaming live on KPRC 2+.

In the hard-hit River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, hundreds of homes were destroyed by catastrophic flooding, and debris still lines the streets. KPRC 2's Andy Cerota and Bill Spencer will be live on the ground, documenting the aftermath through gripping personal stories. A local junk removal company has generously stepped up to donate trucks to help this resilient community clear away debris that could pose a danger when another storm strikes.

One homeowner caring for her husband with dementia put it, "This is make or break time with the upcoming hurricane season."

Just miles away in Cypress, Lisa Hernandez and Justin Stapleton will report live on the scope of the damage from a recent tornado touchdown. Hernandez will also share a special story shining a light on the pets and animals displaced by the deadly storms.

In addition, KPRC 2 will host a phone bank in its Grand Lobby with the American Red Cross for viewers to call in and make donations. Contributions will go toward supporting flood and tornado victims. Impacted families will join in person to courageously share their powerful stories of perseverance in the face of adversity. Major sponsors with the American Red Cross will donate checks live on KPRC 2 to support the ongoing recovery. 

Representatives from the Houston Fire Department will also participate, providing critical expertise on hurricane preparedness and how to keep families safer when the next storm strikes.

The day will end with KPRC 2’s annual Hurricane & Flood Survival Guide at 7 p.m., which will also be on the KPRC 2+ Livestream. It's a day to unite, rebuild, and reinforce our unshakeable community bonds.

(This post taken from a press release)

Daji Aswad joins KPRC 2

Daji Aswad is taking over KPRC 2 Houston weekend meteorological duties from Justin Stapleton.

I told someone yesterday that Stapleton was leaving weekends, and they thought I was saying he was leaving channel 2 and got upset.  No, Stapleton is moving to weekdays for weather duties on KPRC's new 10am, 12pm, new 3pm and 4pm newscasts with Lisa Hernandez, Andy Cerota and Candace Burns.

As for Aswad, the KPRC job is a homecoming since she considers Houston home.

Aswad returns to Houston from WISN 12 Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she was the weekend evening meteorologist/reporter.

She previously worked for AccuWeather for five years as a meteorologist and producer since September 2020.

The University of the Incarnate Word grad interned with News 4 San Antonio WOAI. 

As we see the Houston TV station hiring more staff meteorologists, let's take note that the same week, KHOU 11 hired Chris Ramirez for its weather department.

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(Thanks Michael and Cindy!)

 

"KPRC 2 News Today at 10am" and 3pm news debut in September 2023

"KPRC 2 News Today at 10am" debuts Monday, September 11, 2023 as well as KPRC 2 News at 3pm.  

I found out that "Today With Hoda & Jenna" will be moved to 11am where "KPRC 2 News Midday "followed by a repeat of "Entertainment Tonight" at 11:30am currently air. 

UPDATE 8-30-2023
KPRC 2 is also adding a half-hour 3pm newscast starting 9-11-2023 replacing "Dr. Phil."  The above mentioned "Entertainment Tonight" rerun will air at 3:30pm now. The channel 2 Houston 3pm newscast will be anchored by Andy Cerota, Lisa Hernandez and meteorologist Justin Stapleton. 

For those keeping score, this is one of those newscast additions I hinted about back in July.

Morning anchors Owen Conflenti and Sofia Ojeda will be behind the anchor desk, and the above video is of the AM duo rehearsing for the new newscast.

"The 10am will not be all news," Ojeda posted.  "There will be lighthearted stories and lots of moments KPRC2 Owen Conflenti and I will share with y’all on daily topics and what everyone is talking about." 

Conflenti says in the above video that meteorologist Justin Stapleton will contribute his beer segment to the newscast.

This is an actual over-the-air TV newscast addition...not a new streaming show for KPRC 2+.

As for streaming, Conflenti and Ojeda are apparently handing their 7am KPRC2+ show over to medical reporter Haley Hernandez and consumer reporter Amy Davis. 

Just last week, "KPRC2+ Now" at 9 debuted with Zach Lashway and Hernandez.

The streaming-only KPRC 2+ debuted in April of 2022.

KPRC 2 dumped its 4:30am newscast in January of 2023.

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2 KPRC anniversaries

KPRC 2 anchors Keith Garvin and Andy Cerota are celebrating decades in the news business!

Big KPRC 2 2022 anchor changes!

KPRC 2 is seeing an anchor leave, one come back and another one shuffled as we near the end of 2022 according to an internal email sent to the staff.

UPDATE
Sofía Ojeda's KPRC 2 return is here
Lauren Freeman leaving KPRC 2

Sources say that noon and 4pm afternoon anchor Christine Noël is leaving KPRC 2.

Morning anchor Lisa Hernandez will move to Noël's spot.

And recently departed, and former weekend morning anchor, Sofia Ojeda returns to take Hernandez's morning spot. 

Look for the changes starting November 14th.

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UPDATE WITH OFFICIAL KPRC 2 PRESS RELEASE:

October 31, 2022 – Houston, TX – We are excited to announce that former KPRC 2 weekend news anchor Sofia Ojeda will return to anchor KPRC 2 News Today alongside Owen Conflenti, and anchor Lisa Hernandez will be promoted to the Midday, Noon and 4 p.m. newscasts. The move begins Monday, November 14, 2022.

 

Houston viewers will remember Ojeda from her seven years reporting, and most recently anchoring KPRC 2 News Today Weekends. Prior to KPRC 2, Ojeda served as an anchor/reporter at WNEP 6 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, anchor/reporter at WTEM 18 in Elmira, New York, and anchor/reporter at WIVT/WBGH NewsChannel 34 in Binghamton, New York.

 

Born in Lima, Peru, Sofia moved to the U.S. as a child, growing up in New Jersey.  She is a graduate of The College of New Jersey with a degree in Communications and is fluent in Spanish.

 

Lisa Hernandez joined KPRC 2 in June 2020 as co-anchor of KPRC 2 News Today with Owen Conflenti and KPRC 2 News Midday with Andy Cerota. Prior to KPRC 2, Hernandez anchored in Houston for 8 years. This new shift will allow her to bring her journalism skillset to an entirely new audience.

 

“KPRC 2 has a wealth of current and former talent,” says KPRC 2 Vice President & General Manager Phil Lane. “I’m thrilled that Sofia will be returning to KPRC 2 News Today and so happy to be able to promote Lisa to the afternoons where she will continue her great work as an important and valuable part of our team.”

 

Christine Noël has announced she is leaving KPRC 2.  A valued part of our KPRC 2 News team, Christine joined us in February 2019 and has gone on to anchor our Noon & 4:00 p.m. newscasts, also filling in at 5, 6 & 10 p.m.  During her time at KPRC 2, Christine has covered numerous stories, including the 2020/21 Tokyo Olympics, the Astros 2021 trip to the World Series, and played a pivotal role in our Bells for Abigail series.

 

“We want to thank Christine Noël for her hard work and professionalism,” says KPRC 2 Vice President & General Manager Phil Lane. “We wish her all the best as she pursues her next chapter in life.”

Texas TV news and radio job moves July 2022

Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.

Best TV News Bloopers July 2022

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Sarah Blaskovich celebrates 10 years with the Dallas Morning News as food writer.

- Laurie Passman steps down as CBS DFW KTVT news director
- Spectrum News 1 Texas to simulcast on 55 KAZD DFW
- Collin Myers joins CBS 'NOW' out of DFW
- David Schechter leaves WFAA 8 Dallas 
- David Schechter joins CBS
- Pete Delkus makes big announcement on WFAA?
- CBS 11 DFW morning crew dives into "Little Miss" meme

HOUSTON

Eureka, California’s KEKA 101.5 (and companion translator in Arcata at 100.9) are the latest radio stations to carry “The Rowdy Ride Home” from Suite Radio.  The custom-crafted afternoon drive radio show from host Rowdy Yates celebrates it’s 6th signal since launching in late May.

Michael Lindenberger leaves the Houston Chronicle to become the Vice President and Editorial Editor for the Kansas City Star.

abc13 photojournalist/story-teller Andre Dorsey celebrates 35 years with the station.

KSBJ traffic reporter Bill Ingram honored for 25 years of service with “Mr Bill Bobblehead.” 

Anchor Andy Cerota celebrates 10 years with KPRC 2 (19 years in Houston).

KPRC 2 assistant news director Aaron Wische celebrates a decade with the station.

Keaton Fox found the courage to come out publicly with the support of ABC 13.

Allen Reid joins Harmony Public Schools after 25 years with KPRC 2 as sports photographer.

Jason Youngblood returns to KPRC 2 as a photographer from CW39 KIAH.

Nancy Meyer makes history as the new head of the Houston Chronicle.

Jon Sullivan has left the Houston iHeart cluster after 25 years where he was the market's online content director, overseeing all websites. More info at jonsullivan.net.

Sam Houston State University’s Marketing and Communications team has won 14 Telly Awards.

- Daniella Guzman rescues 'Luna' kitten while on live shot in San Antonio
- Ginger Zee live in Houston
- Dominique Sachse: "Watch My Life in Looks | How My Fashion Style Evolved"
- Lights go out during Travis Herzog's weather segment
- Don Nelson recounts abc13 days with Dave Ward
- Ron Treviño celebrates 40 years at KHOU 11
- Carlos Aguiar leaves KSBJ afternoons
- House 2 Home with Lily Jang
- Jose Griñan celebrates 70th birthday
- Jerry Martin retires from KPRC 2 GM position
- Bob Slovak returns to abc13 in a non-sports role
- KHOU 11 promo 1970s
- Melissa Correa leaves KHOU 11

SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio Current names KENS 5's Isis Romero as best new anchor and Bill Taylor best meteorologist for 2022.

KENS 5's Sarah Forgany updates whereabouts after going dark on social media.

Monica Nino becomes new assistant news director for KENS 5.

- Marina Neuman joins WSVN 7 Miami
- Chase Shannon leaves News 4 SA WOAI and FOX 29

AUSTIN

Why KVUE and the Austin American-Statesman released video of the Uvalde school shooting.

Kailey E. Hunt joins KUT Austin as a reporter covering Williamson County.

Austin PBS opens new facility in former Dillards department store.

KLZT-HD2-K274AX/Austin Flips To Sports As 102.7 ESPN Austin.

- Cory Mose joins KVUE Austin
- Austin TV anchor does the weather
- Daniel Marin replaces retiring Robert Hadlock at KXAN Austin
- KXAN Austin debuts 4pm newscast
- Adaleigh Rowe joins FOX 7 Austin
- Hunter Williams is engaged
- Central Texas TV has love in the air
- Erika Lopez does KVUE weather with baby Odie
- Alex Stockwell gives birth
- Robert Hadlock signs off KXAN Austin

AROUND TEXAS

Chris Babcock named new KTSM El Paso news director.

Josh Guevara Manager KVFE Del Rio, TX interview.

Laci Caviness On-Air Host KVNE Tyler, TX interview.

KORA-FM/Bryan-College Station, TX Names Keith James 'Fish' PD/PM Drive Host.

- Kate Bieri joins FOX13 Memphis
- Rudy Mireles promoted to KRGV evening anchor
- Garrett Hottle moves to KRHD Bryan evening anchor
- Baylee Bates joins KCEN Waco weekends
- Breanna Molloy is pregnant
- A’Darius McCormick joins KAVU Victoria
- Lubbock co-anchors are the same age
- Tylisa Hampton leaves KVEO for KARK 4 Little Rock, AR
- Sydney Gray leaves NBC 23 KVEO Rio Grande Valley
- Faith Woodard leaves CBS4 Harlingen
- Texas TV live shot ends up in pool!

REMEMBERING

Former KTRK ND Rehan Aslam dies after battle with brain cancer.

John Aielli, longtime Austin radio host, dies at 76.

Texas TV news and radio job moves June 2021

Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Hanna Battah celebrates three years with FOX 4 KDFW.

WFAA 8's Elizabeth Wiley Named KING 5 Digital Director.

Karina Maria Exits Mornings At Hot 93.3 Dallas.

Texas Journalist Arrested in U.K. over 'KILL COPS' Banner.

KCBI/Dallas Honors Ministry Partners Dr. Tony Evans And Focus On The Family At NRB Conference.

HOUSTON

Former FOX 26 KRIV executive producer Christy Moreno joins KING 5 Seattle as president and general manager.

KPRC 2 investigative reporter Joel Eisenbaum and KPRC 2 director JD Burke celebrate 16 years at the station.

KPRC 2 anchor Andy Cerota celebrates nine years at the station.

Mycah Hatfield has signed on for more years as a reporter at abc13 KTRK after two years with the station.

Houstonia Magazine hires first Black editor-in-chief, native Houstonian Nandi Howard.

Space City Weather's Eric Berger Knows Which Way the Wind Blows.

Shoboy Show, hosted by Edgar “Shoboy” Sotelo, is now being syndicated on 101 KLOL.

“The Jesse Kelly Show” and “The Sean Salisbury Show” to Debut in Evenings on KPRC AM 950.

Astros' radio voices to travel again, but TV crew will stay remote.

Former Telemundo Houston anchor Paulina Sodi joins Univision as weekend anchor.

abc13 KTRK Digital Graphics Producer Paul McKenna celebrates 36 years with the station. 

abc13 KTRK programming coordinator Ben Wolverton celebrates 21 years with the station.

Melissa Chase To Program KHMX/KKHH Houston.

Julian Gill is the Houston Chronicle's new medical reporter after focusing on criminal justice for the last 5 years.

Houston Chronicle opinion team's assistant op-ed editor, Ana Goñi-Lessan leaves Texas for Florida.

FOX 26 KRIV's Taylor Berry joins the BNC network as producer.

Scylla Lopez leaves abc13 KTRK to join KHOU 11 as Brand Manager.

Charges dropped against ex-Chronicle reporter accused of attempted sexual assault of child.

89.3 KSBJ Purchases Amen The Prayer App.

Britta Merwin signs off KPRC 2 video
McGuff Media produces Alzheimer's Association video
Ilona Carson to leave abc13 KTRK news department
Briana Conner joins abc13 KTRK
Where is Jose Grinan?

Roula Christie wins a 2021 Gracie Award
KPRC 2 morning team anchors become cartoon characters
Houston Sports Show moving to CW39

Bob Boudreaux & Minerva Perez reunite!

Ivory Hecker Fox 26 Project Veritas on air announcement video and firing
Dominique Sachse answers top 30 questions
Rita Garcia joining abc13 KTRK?
Hardbody Kiotti joins 93.7 The Beat KQBT
Brooke Taylor joins abc13 KTRK
Collin Myers appears on FOX 26 Houston weather
Shannon LaNier joins the Black News Channel - BNC
Adam Winkler joins abc13 KTRK
Kimberly Davis joins KHOU 11
Britta Merwin and Stephen Morgan join FOX Weather
Brandi Smith new KHOU 11 digital anchor
The Bet 650AM Houston debuts on KIKK-AM
Grace White gives birth to baby #3

Johnny Goyen returns to Houston Radio Platinum

SAN ANTONIO

Camilla Rambaldi has been a familiar face on the Fox San Antonio reporting scene since January 2016, but her promotion to anchor in September of 2019 has made her a household name.

Get to know KSAT reporter Steven Cavazos as he changes lanes into GMSA traffic role.

Landon Lowe takes news producer job with KSAT 12.

Aaron Wright welcomes baby daughter
John Paul Barajas joins KSAT
Henry Ramos promoted to KENS 5 anchor

AUSTIN

A Conversation with David Yeomans:  KXAN's chief meteorologist talks about everything from storm chasing to disaster movies.

Wes Rapaport celebrates six years with Nexstar Media Group.

Meet operations manager Joel Burke of 103.9 KBEY Marble Falls, TX.

Rob Evans joins KVUE Austin

John Engel leaves KXAN Austin
Terri Gruca stepping down from KVUE 5pm newscast
Erika Lopez is pregnant
Ashley Goudeau new KVUE Austin 5pm anchor

AROUND TEXAS

 Spencer Bynes has been named Area President for the iHeartMedia Texas area overseeing Beaumont, McAllen, Waco, Corpus Christi and Bryan.

Katie Pratt joins KETK Tyler as a News Anchor/Reporter.

Reporter Erin Heft leaves KXXV Waco, Temple, Killeen for KCRA Sacramento.

VCY America Acquires KTXC From Gray Television.

KBTX News Director Josh Gorbutt has been chosen as one of three inaugural winners of the Jason Hightower Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Whiplash Radio To Launch First Texas Red Dirt Music Video Channel, 'Stars Over Texas.'

Waco’s Bob Is Becoming A Star.

Rock 92-7 KKBA Corpus Christi celebrates its 6th birthday.

Joe DeCarlo joins KIII 3 Corpus Christi
Madalyn Bierster joins KMID Big 2 News
Iris Lopez leaves KVIA 7 El Paso
Sarah Alegre promoted to KETK - FOX 51 anchor

REMEMBERING

Vernell Jessie, a familiar voice to Houston radio listeners on such stations as KYOK, KCOH, KILT and  KMJQ, has passed away.

Longtime Central Texas journalist Paul Jackman Gately dies at 70.

Dallas Radio Veteran Wayne Scott Nevius (Scott West) Has Passed On.

FOX 7 KTBC Austin Senior Director Stacy Davis has passed away after battling cancer. 

News 4 San Antonio WOAI and Fox San Antonio KABB morning editor Jamie Parra passed away after working for the station 27 years. 

Veteran El Paso TV news photographer Raul Ybarra dies at 63.

Gina Gaston's triplets featured on KPRC

Gina Gaston, a longtime evening anchor on abc13 KTRK, and her husband, former Houston Rockets championship player Mario Elie, are about to watch their triplets graduate from high school.

While that is special enough, it is actually one part of a larger story that KPRC covered.  

As channel 2 reports, 45 students in the Memorial High School class of 2021 are either a triplet or twin!

In the case of the Lauren, Gaston, and Glenn Elie, they are going separate directions after crossing the stage.

“We’ve talked about it and it’s definitely going to be different for us because we’ve been together our whole lives," Lauren told KPRC.  "But we are going to Facetime with technology and it’s going to be fine."

Cool story.

But Houston media watchers like yourself might be fascinated that a Houston TV anchor's kids appeared on another channel! 

And as you might imagine, KPRC reporter Courtney Zubowski did not mention the Elie's channel 13 connection.

However, these same Houston media watchers might realize there are more KTRK connections on KPRC.  

In the same newscast you saw anchor Andy Cerota who previously reported for abc13 and chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley who started in Houston TV on channel 13.

Don't worry, I can go all day with this premise.  

Speaking of Mario Ellie, go check out former abc13 anchor Dave Ward's great podcast with Ellie and other Rockets greats celebrating Rudy Tomjanovich for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

KPRC 2 salutes May Heroes

 

KPRC 2 kicks off its celebration of May Heroes with an afternoon of live broadcasts from the Texas Medical Center this Thursday, May 6, beginning at 11 a.m. with KPRC 2 News Midday.  

All shows will feature HITCH, the station’s new mobile stage unit.

 Nurses Week, Hospital Week, Teacher Appreciation Week and Military Appreciation Month all occur in the month of May, so KPRC 2 is honoring these heroes all month long. Future May Heroes live broadcasts will include honoring Houston-area educators on Thursday, May 13, and military heroes on Thursday, May 20, with all locations to be announced.

As part of its ongoing “Voices of Houston” initiative, KPRC 2 will kick off our May Heroes series by featuring notable members of the medical community during its Midday & Noon newscasts. Anchors Andy Cerota and Lisa Hernandez, along with Haley Hernandez, Houston’s only Health Reporter, will be live from the heart of the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex.

KPRC 2’s Houston Life with hosts Derrick Shore & Courtney Zavala will be on air with special live coverage from 3 – 4 p.m.  The afternoon and early evening newscasts at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. will feature anchors Kris Gutierrez and Christine Noël, Health Reporter Haley Hernandez & Chief Meteorologist Frank Billingsley.

KPRC 2’s decades-long mission of diversity and inclusion – and its ongoing commitment to spotlighting the triumphs, struggles and opinions of our city’s diverse communities – is reflected in the “Voices of Houston” initiative and May Heroes series, which will celebrate and spotlight people from different backgrounds across the Greater Houston area making a difference in our communities.

“We can’t say enough about the local heroes serving our communities,” says KPRC 2 Vice President/General Manager Jerry Martin. “The May Heroes remotes are just a small way of showing our gratitude to the men and women who save our lives, teach our children, and serve our country.”

(This post was taken from a release sent to me by KPRC)

Houston social media stars April 2020

Share Rocket gives us data on how each Houston TV station and the corresponding air staff members performed on Facebook and Twitter.

Share Rocket is, "a social media ratings and audience solution providing media companies an easy way to quantify their social media equity, benchmark against peers and turn social market intelligence into insights that drive social success."

The numbers are pulled from station usage on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using Share Rocket's "Share" measurement.

First we are looking at every Houston media company in the Share Rocket database and top personalities. Then I am looking at the top 5 on air staff members at each station in order of channel number.

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Houston Media

1. abc13 KTRK
2. KHOU 11
3. FOX 26 KRIV
4. KPRC 2
5. Houston Chronicle
6. Univision 45
7. Telemundo 47
8. Houston Press
9. Houston's 39
10. CultureMap Houston

Top 5 individuals

1. Dominique Sachse - KPRC 2
2. Steve Campion - abc13 KTRK
3. Samica Knight - abc13 KTRK
4. Erica Simon - abc13 KTRK
5. Isiah Carey - FOX 26 KRIV

KPRC 2

1. Dominique Sachse
2. Amy Davis
3. Britta Merwin
4. Justin Stapleton
5. Andy Cerota

KHOU 11

1. Brandi Smith
2. Chita Craft
3. Bill Bishop (Managing Editor)
4. Tiffany Craig
5. Melissa Correa

abc 13 KTRK

1. Steve Campion
2. Samica Knight
3. Erica Simon
4. Chauncy Glover
5. Melanie Lawson

FOX 26 KRIV

1. Isiah Carey
2. Melissa Wilson
3. Kaitlin Monte
4. Mark Berman
5. John Dawson

CW39

1. Trey Serna
2. Shannon LaNier
3. Sharron Melton
4. Maggie Flecknoe
5. Maria Sotolongo

Univision 45 KXLN

1. Deysy Rios
2. Albert Martínez
3. Karina Yapor
4. Suheily Lopez-Belen
5. Marlene Guzman

Telemundo 47 KTMD

1. Ubaldo Martínez
2. Carlos A. Robles
3. Antonio Hernández
4. Ruby Guzmán
5. Augusto Bernal

Houston Chronicle

1. Brian M. Rosenthal
2. John McClain
3. Evan Mintz
4. Charles Apple
5. Alison Cook

DISCLAIMER: No Houston radio stations are listed in the Share Rocket database.