Texas TV news and radio job moves June 2021

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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.

Where is Jose Grinan?

UPDATE JULY 6, 2021
Jose Grinan returns to the FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor desk.

"My man" is back in da house ⁦@FOX26Houston⁩ 🙌😆 Beyond excited to welcome back ⁦@JoseGrinanFOX26⁩ - plus this is the first time we've been together in-person in 16 months! pic.twitter.com/5MIUtd2fxI

— Melissa Wilson (@MelissaFox26) July 6, 2021

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Over the last few weeks, viewers have been asking me about the whereabouts of FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Jose Grinan.

Other viewers are taking to Twitter to ask other Fox 26 talent about Grinan.

Grinan has been off the air before. 

In 2016, he had back surgery and in 2014 neck vertebra surgery.  

Hope to see Grinan back soon!

Another FOX 26 morning regular, Mike Iscovtiz, went missing a few weeks ago, but is back now.

(Thanks Luis)

Texas TV news and radio job moves November 2019

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Alanna Quillen joins NBC5 as new early morning reporter

Jairo Lozano leaves Telemundo San Antonio for Univision Dallas.

CW 33 KDAF trying out new anchor team?

99.5 THE WOLF KPLX morning host Nathan Fast has departed.

Cumulus Media Re-Signs The Musers On KTCK.

KERA Names A New CEO: Nico Leone, Who’s Pushed For Collaborative Journalism


HOUSTON

WATCH the KLOL documentary trailer.

Former national reporter, city editor and Sunday editor at the Houston Chronicle, Tony Freemantle, retires.

104 KRBE Inks 'The Roula And Ryan Show' To Multi-Year Deal.

Former Channel 2 TV reporter Ryan Korsgard stars in a Houston love story with charming wedding.

Houston Chronicle reporter Jenny Deam joins the paper's investigative team.

Jonathan Adams has been promoted to managing editor of the Houston Business Journal.

KHOU 11's Kyle Porter has been promoted to Lead Visual Storyteller.

- KiTiRik - Houston's greatest TV host?
- Famous media HISD graduates
- Jonathan Martin is inspiring Houston's youth with "Beyond the Game"
- Jose Grinan honored by Houston Association of Black Journalists
- The New 93Q’s Kevin Kline Runs the Arctic Circle for Pediatric Cancer Patients
- Bo Corona launches Puro Tejano Fierro 101.1 HD2
- Telemundo Houston wins big at Saturday's Lone Star Emmys
- abc13 KTRK anchors switch schedules
- Chita Craft says goodbye for maternity leave
- Where is Stephanie Simmons?
- KTRK abc13 tower gets lit
- Natalie Bomke offers tips for aspiring journalists
- Rashi Vats and Daniel Gotera having baby #2
- The Astrodome past and future
- Tiffany Craig is getting married
- Houston Film Critics Society Announces New Award for Best Stunt Coordination Team


SAN ANTONIO

KENS-5 names Aaron Wright as the evening anchor alongside Deborah Knapp.


AUSTIN

Meteorologist CARLO FALCO moves to weekends at KTBC-TV in Austin (from KOKH-TV, Oklahoma City).
- Steve Swienckowski at DCA Talent http://www.dcatalent.com.

Cori Coffin, formerly of KVUE, joins NBC News as a freelance anchor in New York.


AROUND TEXAS

KKTX/Corpus Christi's Jim Lago To Retire.

Immaculate Heart Media’s Purchase Of Nine Stations From Salem.

KDDD-A/Dumas, TX To Go All-Christmas Friday, Launching New Format After The Holidays.

Jose Grinan honored by Houston Association of Black Journalists

FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Jose Grinan honored at 2019 Houston Association of Black Journalists (HABJ) Media Masquerade Ball

FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Jose Grinan was honored by the Houston Association of Black Journalists Saturday night at its 2019 Media Masquerade Ball themed: “Eyes Wide Open, Mouths Never Shut" held at the Groovey Grill Mansion in Historic Third Ward.

Grinan was honored for his commitment to excellence in Houston media, leadership and community support.

The KRIV anchor has been with the FOX Television Station since 1993.

Before Houston, Grinan was an anchor/reporter for KDFW in Dallas - Fort Worth in the early 90s. In fact his bio says he was one of the first reporters on the scene at the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas. He also worked as a correspondent and host for Crime Watch Tonight and as a freelance correspondent for CNN.

From 1984 until 1990, Grinan worked for WTVJ Miami. Before that he worked as an anchor for the Satellite News Channel from 1982 to 1983.

Grinan was at Miami's WCKT (now WSVN) from 1978 to 1982.

He got his start at KTSM AM-FM-TV El Paso in 1975 as a reporter and weekend anchor.

As I've written here before, Grinan also appeared in the 1972 movie The Daredevil with George Montgomery.

Grinan attended the University of South Florida.

Other Houston journalists who received special recognition included honorees include Melanie Lawson, Isiah Carey, Jonathan Martin, Deborah Duncan, Khambrel Marshall, Brandon Walker, Shannon Lanier, Sharron Melton, Phyllis Bailey, Kathy Sapp, Jerome Solomon and Charles Hudson.

Also present was GRAMMY-nominated rapper and VH1 reality star YoYo.

Honoring our Fox26 legend ⁦@JoseGrinanFOX26⁩ at ⁦@HoustonABJ⁩ Masquerade. ⁦@FOX26Houston⁩. Congrats Jose!!! pic.twitter.com/NrLqDztiyn

— Jonathan Martin Fox26 (@JMartinTV) November 3, 2019

Thanks @HoustonABJ for the amazing award & recognition for journalistic work in the community! I am so honored! What a great way to celebrate this year’s Masquerade Ball ! And my colleague @MrShannonLanier got one too! Great night for @CW39Houston “Morning Dose”! #habj pic.twitter.com/72twBkjpDg

— Sharron Melton (@sharronmelton01) November 3, 2019

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Shout out to rapper YoYo @yoyofearless for coming to the Houston Association of Black Journalists convention! YoYo's iconic song and video with Ice Cube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJe2tOS90E

A post shared by Isiah Carey (@isiahcareyfox26) on Nov 3, 2019 at 7:14am PST

HABJ is a nonprofit organization of media professionals from the Houston area with members in every facet of print and broadcast media. Part of HABJ’s mission is to provide professional development, honor excellence in journalism, cultivate young journalists and ensure accurate coverage of the minority community. Consistent with its mission, HABJ provides scholarships, future workforce development and summer training opportunities for college students majoring in communications. Additionally, HABJ presents community outreach programs, seminars and town hall forums free for community groups and communication professionals.

Casey Curry does weather on FOX 26 KRIV

The Houston TV tour continues for Casey Curry!



UPDATE
Where is Casey Curry going to work?


Sunday I broke the news that meteorologist Casey Curry was no longer working for abc13 KTRK.

Monday, Curry exclusively told mikemcguff.com about her appearance on KPRC 2's Houston Life.

Wednesday at noon, she was with anchor Jose Grinan on FOX 26 KRIV doing the weather segment.

Where will this Houston TV tour continue next? I guess every station wants a chance to woo Curry.

Any radio stations interested? The Chronicle?

By the way, anyone know where Lisa Vaughn is?

Stephen Morgan joins FOX 26 KRIV

Anchor/reporter Stephen Morgan joins FOX 26

Covering Houston TV has become like the The Fast and the Furious. Instead of cars zooming back and forth, replace that with anchors and reporters coming and going.

UPDATE 2021

Steven Romo and Stephen Morgan are engaged 

Stephen Morgan joins FOX Weather 

Now I've never actually seen any of the The Fast and the Furious movies, and that's including the original Roger Corman version from 1955.

But the latest franchise is so popular that one of its movie stars is considering a run for president.

Anything is possible these days.

"Make America Tough Again" - President The Rock.

Where was I?

Oh yeah, talking about how fast Houston TV talent arrive and exit these days.

After having to fall on the sword for missing Deneige Broom coming to FOX 26 KRIV, I'm now just hanging out on the FOX owned and operated station's bios page.

And it's already paid off!

Heck, at the time of this posting, new FOX 26 reporter Stephen Morgan has his bio up with no text! It's just his picture.

Let me fill you in on the rest.

Morgan comes to Houston from KRBK 49 Springfield, Missouri where he has been an anchor/reporter since 2013 according to his LinkedIn profile.

He has a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Meteorology from Saint Louis University.

That's all I got.

McGuff...mic drop.

By the way, for those asking where FOX 26 morning anchor Jose Grinan is, he posted a video saying he's back at work after being gone for two weeks.

Hopefully you saw my update last Friday when I blogged FOX 26 meteorologist Lisa Vaughn announced she is coming back to work.

Where is Lisa Vaughn of Fox 26?

UPDATE MARCH 23, 2019
Lisa Vaughn is pregnant

UPDATE FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Lisa Vaughn back on air at KHOU 11

UPDATE APRIL 20, 2018
Lisa Vaughn exits FOX 26 KRIV

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Lisa Vaughn returns to FOX 26 KRIV

UPDATE JULY 21, 2017
Lisa Vaughn took to Instagram stories and posted the following message:

"Thank you for asking peeps. I will be back to work in August. much love, Lisa."

Where is FOX 26 meteorologist Lisa Vaughn?

FOX 26 meteorologist Lisa Vaughn

When certain FOX 26 personalities go missing there is a Houston TV viewer APB put out.

I'm beginning to think some KRIV viewers get together and form search parties. They get rescue Collies and play them recordings of the anchor or weather person's voice.

"Lassie...where is [fill in FOX 26 talent name]? Go find her girl..."

via GIPHY
I've already had headlines like Where is FOX 26's Mike Iscovitz? and Where is Jose Grinan of FOX 26?

The latest search party has formed for meteorologist Lisa Vaughn. Viewers are hitting me up, asking where is Lisa? Is she still at KRIV?

Call off the search parties and give Lassie a bowl of water...it's really hot in Houston these days after all...because I have the answer.

A rep with FOX Television Station was nice enough to respond to my questions during the holiday to tell me Vaughn, "didn't leave the station."

That is all I know right now.

Is Vaughn taking leave to work on a fall fashion line since she's been getting press for her dress making?

Is she on vacation?

I don't know.

What I do know is that I'm going to stop blogging for a while. Don't worry, it won't be as long as my spring break. There are too many things going on in the Houston media that no one is talking about yet that I have to tell you about!

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Lisa Vaughn returns to FOX 26 KRIV

Rashi Vats of FOX 26 is pregnant

UPDATE FEBRUARY 2017
Rashi Vats has a baby

FOX 26 KRIV reporter Rashi Vats and KHOU 11 sports reporter Daniel Gotera are having a baby boy

Rashi Vats and Daniel Gotera

Daniel Gotera is going to be one busy dude in February. That's because the KHOU 11 sports reporter will be covering the Super Bowl, oh...which happens to be in Houston in 2017, then he and his wife are having a baby!

You may have heard of his wife, FOX 26 KRIV reporter Rashi Vats, who made the big announcement today on her station. After the on-air announcement, anchor Melissa Wilson and Vats appeared to be shedding tears of joy.

What if there had been a battle between channel 26 and channel 11 to see who could get the scoop first?! I'd like to see that Proof of Performance. In actuality, anchor Jose Grinan apparently almost spilled the beans early on Facebook! See, all journalists want to be first with the breaking news.

The mom to be is looking for advice from viewers and co-workers.

"When I went to get my registry done, I had no clue what I was doing," confessed Vats on Facebook Live (embedded below).

Trust me, I know the feeling.

The TV power couple are having a boy. No name has been chosen.

UPDATE FEBRUARY 2017
Rashi Vats has a baby

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Texas TV & radio job moves September 2016

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

KTVT has promoted Scott Padgett to chief meteorologist, effective immediately. He joins Doug Dunbar and Kaley O’Kelley weekdays on the CBS 11 News at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

Ashleigh Barry, most recently at KPHO and KTVK in Phoenix, will join the KXAS/Channel 5 news team in early October.

Analía Fiestas and Andrea Aguirre Alvarado have joined Telemundo-owned station KXTX as video journalists.

HOUSTON

Rockets Announce Changes to Broadcast Team for 2016-17

Laura Elder has been named managing editor of The Galveston County Daily News.

Houston Public Media News 88.7 Health & Science desk reporter Carrie Feibel is leaving Houston to become the health editor at KQED in San Francisco. Carrie’s last day at the station will be Oct. 5. Houston Public Media is committed to continue offering insightful and leading-edge health coverage and will be filling the position.

Steven F. Hotze, M.D., founder and CEO of Hotze Health & Wellness Center, Hotze Vitamins and Hotze Pharmacy, has returned to Houston radio with “Dr. Hotze’s Wellness Revolution,” a new talk show airing weekdays from 1-2 pm CT on KPRC-AM 950 and iHeartRadio online. Dr. Hotze is the best-selling author of "Hormones, Health, and Happiness" (Forrest Publishing, 2005) and "Hypothyroidism, Health & Happiness" (Advantage Media, 2013). He has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows across the nation, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliates, “CBS Morning Show” and the Biography Channel.

KPRC 2 news producer Cody Schultz moves to New York to work at the Fox Business channel.

Brian Holson is the new sales commercial producer at KPRC 2.

Former KPRC 2 reporter Sylvia Perez joins Fox 32 Chicago WFLD as weekend morning anchor.

- Deborah Wrigley returns to KTRK abc13
- Jose Grinan...why aren't you on FOX 26?
- Jason Bristol Joins KHOU 11 Sports Team
- Lauren Tostenson leaves KHOU 11
- Andrea Watkins to leave FOX 26 KRIV
- GM Roger Bare to leave KIAH CW39

SAN ANTONIO

KENS 5 reporter Dillon Collier jumped to his longtime "dream" job at No. 1 local TV news outlet KSAT.

Former "Survivor" champ Kim Spradlin has waved goodbye to her second TV act -- KENS' 'Great Day SA' -- to focus on mommy duties and interior designing.

AUSTIN

Longtime 90.5 KUT-FM radio host Bob Branson announced his official retirement.

Former UT football player Emmanuel Acho joins Fox 7 morning team.

Univision San Antonio news and operations supervisor Ismael Martínez heads to Univision 62 Austin.

AROUND TEXAS

Kristen Chapman joins WPEC West Palm Beach, Fla. as an MMJ from KETK Tyler.

KLTV Tyler meteorologist Sarah Fletcher joins KWCH Wichita, Kansas.

REMEMBERING

Jim Pruett of Rock 101 KLOL's Stevens and Pruett has died

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Jose Grinan...why aren't you on FOX 26?

Where has FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Jose Grinan been?

Jose Grinan

I've been getting lots of questions on the whereabouts of one FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Jose Grinan who has been absent from Houston TV since July.

Well, a FOX Television Stations rep tells me he is recuperating from back surgery.

I'm told Grinan is recovering well.

He's on target to return to the FOX 26 morning news in early October.

Poor Grinan had to go through neck vertebra surgery in 2014. He suffered from a stroke in 2010.

Here's to a speedy recovery for our own Houston Daredevil anchor.



UPDATE 10/10/2016
Jose Grinan returns to FOX 26 KRIV after back surgery.

So happy to be back with my morning colleagues... and You!

A photo posted by Jose Grinan (@josegrinan) on Oct 10, 2016 at 4:37am PDT

Houston TV personalities hit the runway for Star of Hope

18th annual Haute for Hope Houston TV fashion show for the homeless children of Star of Hope

Event Chairs Shana Wood and Elizabeth Wood Edgeworth invited Houston’s best known radio, television and print personalities to strut their stuff on the runway to help raise money for the homeless children of Star of Hope.

During the 18th Annual Haute for Hope Celebrity Fashion Show & Luncheon media fashionistas walked the runway outfitted in summer creations from Kendra Scott, BB1 Classic, LUCHO, and NIMA Boutique & Bridal.

Star of Hope’s Children’s Critical Care Fund provides daily programs and services for infants to 18 years of age. Proceeds from the event helps ensure that children at the Mission will flourish emotionally and intellectually during their stay.

Star of Hope was able to serve over 1,800 children last year.

KPRC 2's Dominque Sachse (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KHOU 11's Deborah Duncan (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KHOU 11's Chita Johnson (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KPRC 2's Andy Cerota & KHOU 11's Courtney Perna (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

FOX 26 KRIV's Melissa Wilson (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KHOU 11's Mia Gradney (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

FOX 26 KRIV's Jose Grinan (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KTRK abc13's Natasha Barrett (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KHOU 11's Greg Hurst & Sunny 99.1's Dana Tyson (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KTRK abc13's Kaitlin McCulley (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

KUHT TV 8's Ernie-Manouse & KTRK abc13's Kaitlin McCulley (Photo: Daniel Ortiz)

FOX 26's Michelle Merhar announces baby #3

Viewers who were asking on Facebook were right, FOX 26 anchor & Traffic Authority Michelle Merhar is expecting

Michelle Merhar

Instead of just scripts and coffee, this morning on the FOX 26 KRIV news set, there was a teddy bear, pickles, cookies, chips and baby bottles!

The secret is out, anchor and Traffic Authority Michelle Merhar is pregnant with baby numero three.

"We don't know the gender yet, I don't know if we are going to find out yet, I don't know I kinda want to be surprised," an excited Merhar said.

Baby #3 arrives in July to meet Merhar's other kids Abby, 2, and James, 18 months.

"Hoo-wee you are going to have your hands full," added co-anchor Tom Zizka.

"We're doing the no sleep thing all at once, we're trying to knock it all out," replied Merhar.

I don't even really need to go into the current Houston TV baby wave we're in again. As you can tell from the links below, I'm going to busy in the next few months with birth announcements. But I can confidently say this, I will be nowhere as busy as the folks having kids!

Personally I am out of the baby phase of my life. It is now the beginning of the driving one here, one there, this birthday party, that birthday party, this sports activity, that sports activity. Get this, in the month of January we had birthday parties each Saturday and Sunday of the last two weeks.

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Fox 26 Meteorologist Mike Iscovitz, Jose Grinan FOX 26 Tom Zizka on Fox 26 Michelle Merhar FOX 26 Traffic Authority sit on set with a teddy bear, pickles, cookies, chips and.... BABY Bottles!Hmmm. Guess who's having a baby?!?!?! See big announcement here
Posted by FOX 26 Houston on Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Where is FOX 26's Mike Iscovitz?

FOX 26 KRIV meteorologist Mike Iscovitz is forecasting a return

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UPDATE 10/23/2014
Mike Iscovitz is back on FOX 26 KRIV today.
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Mike Iscovitz

FOX 26 KRIV morning meteorologist Mike Iscovitz must feel good job security right now.

 He hasn't been on the air in weeks and his viewers are concerned about his whereabouts.

FOX Houston viewers are hitting Iscovitz up on Facebook, Twitter and asking me in attempts to find out if he is OK.

While he didn't get back to me directly, he did answer a viewer on Twitter concerning his MIA status saying, "Thanks. I'm having serious low back issues and a couple of other things too. I'll be back soon."

Just so you know, Iscovitz is my father-in-law's favorite meteorologist. Hopefully this makes him feel better too.

Earlier this year, FOX 26 KRIV anchor Jose Grinan was also off the air after neck vertebra surgery.

Here's to good health for the FOX Houston news team!

@texmex1073 thanks. I'm having serious low back issues and a couple of other things too. I'll be back soon.
— Mike Iscovitz (@Fox26Mike) October 2, 2014

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UPDATE 10/23/2014
Mike Iscovitz is back on FOX 26 KRIV today.

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End of days for KTXD's The Texas Daily
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Conan sets guest list for Dallas shows
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Ex-KLIF Afternoons Kurt Gilchrist On The Prowl
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Judge reinstates fraud lawsuit against KCOH station operator
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Ted Johnson moving to KILT afternoon drive show
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A day at Great Day Houston
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Comcast won’t purchase struggling CSN
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S.A. TV host relates prison past
Solis, who is on KABB’s “Daytime @ Nine” four days a week alongside host Kimberly Crawford and also serves as correspondent for WOAI’s “Living,” spoke of his checkered past which includes an arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as well as a conviction for DWI.

PHOTOS: KENS 5's Sarah Forgany, Karen Grace model 35th annual Style Show
The Salvation Army Woman's Auxiliary hosted its 35th annual Style Show and Luncheon Saturday. Local TV personalities, including KENS 5's Sarah Forgany and Karen Grace, modeled gently-used clothing items that were auctioned off during a silent and live auction.

S.A. anchorwoman expecting first baby
KABB’s “Fox News First” co-anchor Monica Taylor is pregnant with her first

KENS-TV anchor Knapp engaged
If you’ve noticed that KENS-TV anchorwoman Deborah Knapp has been looking even more radiant than usual, there’s a reason.

WOAI-TV ex Broome shocked by graphic news slip
S.A. viewers of video — showing a Twitter pic of a penis that accidentally made it on to a Denver newscast — may have recognized a familiar face amid the stunned and embarrassed visages of the KDVR morning team: former WOAI-TV meteorologist Jennifer Broome.

S.A. Confidential: Alanna Sarabia, 'Living' co-host/WOAI entertainment buff
She has the daunting task of keeping up with impossibly vivacious Shelly Miles on “San Antonio Living” at 10 a.m. weekdays on WOAI. That's only one of the TV challenges faced daily by rotating lifestyle show co-host Alanna Sarabia, 25.

Ex-KLRN chief: Last days with dad ‘precious’
Mario Vazquez, who recently left the highest position at San Antonio’s public TV station to care for his ill father, called it “the best decision I have ever made in my life.

Missing Plane MH370 Graphic Epically Messed Up By KXAN News
Spelling and geography - two things pretty crucial to a graphic on a news show. Tell that to Texas’ KXAN news who managed to misplace both with this epic fail...

Austin-based owner of KXAN sold for $1.6 billion
Austin-based LIN Media, owner of local NBC affiliate KXAN and dozens of other stations across the nation, is being acquired in a $1.6 billion deal,

Bob-FM back atop Austin radio ratings
Bob-FM is back atop the Austin radio ratings, according to the latest data from Nielsen.

96.3 RnB adds Suga Rae to DJ lineup
Suga Rae has joined the DJ lineup on 96.3 RnB, holding down the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift.

New York Times names Jake Silverstein as Magazine editor
Texas Monthly editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein has been hired to serve as editor of The New York Times Magazine.

MOVING

Jarrod Carroll used to be "Allen Parkway" on the radio telling us about clogged freeways - if you're from Houston, no doubt a great radio traffic name. Carroll took a decade detour into the world of TV assignments (KTRK, News24Houston), but is back on the radio doing traffic under his real name on News 88.7 KUHF. Catch him weekdays from 5 to 10am.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Ron Trevino returns to KHOU 11, addresses DWI arrest
- Houston TV anchors celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2014
- Culturemap vs Houstonia Magazine
- Ford Atkinson retires from Fox 26 KRIV
- Ashley Johnson joins Fox 26 from PHL17 in Philadelphia
- Keola Lui-Kwan gets Hot 95.7 afternoon shift and more
- Brian Collister to leave KTRK abc13
- News 88.7 KUHF cleans up at Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards
- KHOU 11 reported on Montrose apartment night before big fire
- Elliott Wood takes over 94.5 The Buzz afternoon drive, program director duties
- Hilary Whittier sneaks into Fox 26 after WPIX NY
- Art Rascon to be honored at Sylvan Rodriguez Scholarship Gala
- KTRK abc13 studios shot at again; suspect in custody

Texas TV sweeps results, funny Feb. TV bloopers plus more

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- Newscaster Swallows Rope of Her Own Snot on Live TV
- WPBF Anchor Drops ‘S’ Bomb
- WFAA's Cynthia Izaguirre gets punked
- Dale Hansen Gets Auto-Tuned And It Made Me Smile
- F-bomb dropped on 'Today,' shocks Kathie Lee
- Brian Williams Raps "Rapper's Delight"
- This Traffic Reporter's Daughter Has Made Him Listen To 'Let It Go' A Few Too Many Times
- Camera error on BBC News
- Danger at 11! News Teases from 1985
- NBC 5 KXAS PM Connected
- Can you hear me now?

Texas TV sweeps February 2014 results
- Fox4/NBC5 skate to local newscast golds in Olympics-skewed February "sweeps"
- Fox 4 KDFW February 2014 sweeps Highlights
- KPRC 2 declares big wins in February 2014 sweeps
- Univision 45 KXLN Houston February 2014 sweeps victories
- Fox 26 KRIV & My20 KTXH February 2014 sweeps highlights
- WOAI takes prime-time gold, but KSAT No. 1 for news

Tanya Eiserer Leaves Dallas Morning News
Tanya Eiserer Leaves Dallas Morning News for WFAA.

As her retirement nears, Gloria Campos looks back
When Gloria Campos came to work for WFAA-TV (Channel 8) in 1984, she recalls, construction cranes were everywhere. Dallas was growing and on the move — in business development, for sure, but especially in population and diversity.

DallasBlack.Com Keeps Plagiarizing Local News Sites
Dallas police made an arrest on suspicion of setting up at least two Craigslist robberies. The news first appeared Tuesday on WFAA's website. An hour later, DallasBlack.com had the story.

DFW media team up for right to know
In recent weeks, newspapers in Fort Worth and Dallas and the region’s four TV stations affiliated with the major broadcast networks did something they’ve never done before, they worked together to help protect open records and open hearings in the Texas judicial system.

Houston Chronicle explains its 'Oh cum on' blog post
“Tasty or tasteless?” a Texas reader asked me in an email about a Houston Chronicle blog post headlined, “Oh, cum on.” (First sentence: “Jizz seems to be on everyone’s lips lately!”)

Buttocks steal show during Mardi Gras news report
KPRC-TV reporter Samantha Ptashkin joined an exclusive club when a man's bare buttocks made an auspicious debut behind her during a live shot directly from Galveston's Mardi Gras celebrations.

60 years ago: A Houston hoax is born
On the front page of the Feb. 24, 1954, Houston Post was an odd one. Word got out from puzzled employees at Channel 2 (KPRC) that between September 1953 and January 1954, the station had received letters from England indicating that their televisions had picked up signals from KLEE. Accompanying the letters were photographs identifying KLEE’s call letters.

Sam Malone on YouTube
The Sam Malone Show on AM 1070 The Answer can now be viewed worldwide LIVE on YouTube. If you miss it between 7am-10am CST, you can watch it later on demand. YouTube is part of the show's multi-platform broadcast strategy. The show tells me it was the first to deliver a radio show LIVE on Facebook. The Sam Malone Show can also be heard on iHeartRadio.com, TuneIn.com, www.AM1070TheAnswer.com and viewed on Phonoscope Cable Channel 11.

CSN Houston updates
Creditors’ list compiled, Rockets want their money, Astros file appeal brief
- CSN Houston bankruptcy case turns to day-to-day matters, including employees’ paychecks
- Judge: Astros, Rockets and Comcast should focus more on network and less on lawsuits

Radio executive Gow has Kickstarter campaign for sports media training program
Radio executive David Gow, whose Gow Media company owns KGOW (1560 AM) and KFNC (97.5 FM) and Yahoo! Sports Radio, has launched a Kickstarter funding campaign to create a sports media “training camp” for would-be broadcasters.

S.A. radio, TV notables rally ’round ailing broadcast pal
Lisa Gonzales Kerkez, who was known as the bubbly “Lisa-Lisa” on KTFM’s popular morning show of the ’80s and who recently was hit by the double whammy of breast cancer and a serious heart problem, said she has been overwhelmed by the support from names she worked alongside so long ago.

S.A. anchors get 'serious': more glasses, less hair
San Antonio's anchorwomen are getting more and more serious — at least that's what their outward appearance on the TV news tells us.

KLBJ-FM shuffling its DJ lineup
KLBJ-FM is shuffling its DJ lineup.

The Trouble with the Trib
The Texas Tribune was supposed to be the best new idea to save journalism. Instead, it is destroying it. What believers hoped was going to be a watchdog has turned into a lapdog by taking big dollars from lobbyists and corporations.

REMEMBERING

KSAT12 remembers longtime news director
Jim Boyle led San Antonio news team for 29 years.

Former Texas Station Owner Roy Elsner Dies
Texas radio station owner ROY Elsner died Friday.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Houston radio's winners and losers in crazy January
- Two former Fox 26ers striving to reinvent TV news
- Gloria Campos to retire from WFAA; Cynthia Izaguirre to replace
- Maria Corrales joins Fox 26 from Univision 45
- Where is Jose Grinan of FOX 26?
- Gunshots fired at KTRK abc13 studios
- Vicente Arenas jumps to CBS News from KHOU
- Dominique Sachse tattoo?
- Michelle Merhar due in July with baby boy
- KUHT, KUHF and KUHA launch new Houston Public Media website
- 'The Dwight Howard Show' Debuts March 4 on CSN