Texas TV news and radio job moves February 2026

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Steve Noviello of FOX 4 KDFW brings a playful spirit to the button-down world of local TV news.

Death of a Newspaper: the Long, Awkward Afterlife of the 'Star-Telegram.'

Neal Franklin joins the Dallas Morning News to report on real estate issues. 

KERA acquires producer of public radio’s ‘From the Top.’

- Kara Sewell announces WFAA Daybreak departure
- Kylie Capps announces FOX 4 KDFW promotion
- Dawn White gives birth
- FOX 4 KDFW new studio video update
- Deborah Ferguson celebrates 35 years with NBC 5 KXAS DFW
- CBS News Texas DFW "surprising winner" in Stephen Colbert and James Talarico controversy
- Marc Istook signs off WFAA 8 DFW
- Marc Istook launches podcast
- Dia Wall and Matt Howerton debut on WFAA 8 Daybreak
- Kristin Diaz leaves 1080 KRLD DFW for WTOP News
- Ron Corning returns on KERA's “NTX Now"

HOUSTON

Longtime KPRC 2 caller leaves a legacy of finding the special in every day.

Prairie View A&M University President Tomikia P. LeGrande, Ed.D., has announced the appointment of former KPRC 2 reporter Trazanna Moreno as the University’s Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications, effective March 1, 2026.

Miya Shay and Gene Wu named by Houstonia as a couple powering Houston’s culture scene.

Legendary Houston sportswriter John McClain threatens to 'walk naked down Kirby' if CJ Stroud is traded.

Lea Jolan joins CW39 KIAH Houston as Digital & Streaming Executive Producer.

Yasmin Bangura joins CW39 KIAH as an Account Executive.

Houston Chronicle debuts faster, automated printing press.

KSEV AM 700 Adds Craig Collins to Daily Lineup.

- Daniella Guzman in Milan covering 2026 Winter Olympics
- Isiah Factor Uncensored moves into a battleground
- Daji Aswad is married
- Melanie Lawson's substantial donation
- Melissa Wilson has surgery
- Corley Peel to anchor KPRC 2 Houston weekends
- Tom Zizka is having surgery, too
- Kelvin Henry joins ABC13 Houston KTRK
- Heather Sullivan leaves FOX 26 Houston
- Caroline Brown pregnant with baby #2
- Shern-Min Chow signs off KHOU 11 Houston
- Megan Reyna joins KHOU 11 Houston
- Chita Craft featured in best TV News Bloopers January 2026
- Mayra Moreno's baby shower
- Melissa Wilson surgery updates
- KPRC 2 in a Google Pixel commercial
- The TV anchor 'It' factor by Mark Garay
- KPRC 2 expands 6pm newscast
- Michael Adkison joins Houston Public Media from CBS Austin
- KPRC 2 reporter shares figure skating past
- Samica Knight receives gift from Michael Strahan
- Pat Cavlin leaves KHOU 11 Houston
- Miya Shay celebrates Lunar New Year with Houston media guests
- Houston broadcast veterans launch eSports Radio
- Julia Morales on life on and off the field
- Yet, another KPRC 2 reporter is a crime victim
- Heather Sullivan joins First Alert 4 KMOV St. Louis
- ABC13 now streaming on Disney+ with its other sister stations
- Houston Dynamo FC announces 2026 in-stadium and radio hosts
- 950 KPRC in 1958
- Tony Atkins joins ABC13 Houston

SAN ANTONIO

Former KABB, KENS 5 reporter Lu Parker laid off amid Nexstar cuts.

Former San Antonio reporter returns for all-star 'Survivor' season.

After 12 years on air, WSAN Radio founder Ronald Gordon continues amplifying community voices, connecting San Antonio through music, conversation and service.

- KSAT's Shelby Ebertowski gets engaged
- Myra Arthur joins KSAT 12 Nightbeat
- KSAT12 San Antonio changes weekday morning lineup
- Sarah Forgany stands her ground on natural hair
- Meredith Haas leaves KENS 5 San Antonio
- Devan Karp leaves KSAT 12 San Antonio

AUSTIN

Nexstar Media Group’s KXAN in Austin, Texas, is encouraging viewers to “tap that app” in a new promo that also used a little help from AI.

Austin’s Zone adds Texas Streamers ‘Bucky & BK’ to Afternoons.

Texas Monthly Is a Finalist for Four 2026 National Magazine Awards.

Texas Monthly’s Promise to Readers in the Age of AI.

KXAN Digital Director Kate Winkle leaves the station after 8.5 years.

- Melia Masumoto is leaving KVUE Austin
- José Alonzo joins KVUE Austin
- Madison Myers joins KXAN Austin
- Ava Brendgord joins KXAN Austin
- Grace Thornton leaves KVUE Austin
- Hannah Rucker is engaged
- Adam Schwager joins Nexstar Media Group's Austin political bureau

AROUND TEXAS

John Diaz named NewsWest 9 KWES Midland-Odessa news director.

Sonji Milburn left NewsWest 9 KWES Midland - Odessa, where she was a Multi-Skilled Journalist.

Alexa Conroy joins KXXV 25 Waco/Temple/Killeen as Neighborhood Reporter.

Buddy Logan exits KNUE and Radio Texas Live.

Jacob Daniel joins KRIS 6 Corpus Christi as the Southside and Flour Bluff Neighborhood Reporter.

Destiny Venecia joins KFOX 14 El Paso as a reporter.

KTAB Abilene reporter Mariah Williams leaves the station.

Meteorologist Susana Harbert provides forecasts in English and Spanish on KTAB-TV and Telemundo Abilene in Abilene, Texas. Harbert joins “On Time for Mom Time” podcast hosts, Brittany Pelletz and Stacie Lopez to talk motherhood.

3News KIII Corpus Christi operations manager Scott Jones retires.

Lauren Sierra joins CBS 4 and NBC 23 KVEO Harlingen as a Multimedia Journalist.

FCC changes for some Texas radio stations.

Jessica Poole joins 15 ABC KRHD Bryan-College Station and 25 News KXXV Waco-Temple-Killeen as a neighborhood reporter.

Texas-based ABC affiliates file equal time notices as FCC cracks down on ‘The View’ over Talarico segment.

- KRGV's Tim Smith named 2026 National Weatherperson of the Year
- Texas TV meteorologist underwent deep-brain stimulation surgery
- James Eppler is longest serving FOX34 Lubbock anchor
- KCBD Lubbock doing news in the dark
- Katie Aupperle to leave KBTX 3 Bryan-College Station
- Paul Cicala leaves ABC-7 KVIA El Paso
- Lindsay Liepman swaps KCEN 6 Waco schedule
- Sam Nichols to retire from KTAB Abilene
- The KFDX spicy on-air exchange

REMEMBERING

Former KTRK Houston employee Kitty Borah dies at 90.

Ruben Garcia, longtime San Antonio radio voice and TPR's VP of Technology and Operations, dies at 66.

Houston celebrates the Life and Legacy of Michael “5000” Watts.

Ron Corning returns on KERA's “NTX Now"

After several years away from the local spotlight, Ron Corning is returning to North Texas broadcasting...this time on the radio.

Corning has been named co-host of NTX Now, a new live, weekday morning talk show launching this summer on KERA News 90.1 FM Dallas-Fort Worth and KERA’s digital platforms.

The move marks Corning’s first regular on-air role in DFW since leaving television in 2022. Most recently, he co-anchored The Morning After on CW33 KDAF alongside Jenny Anchondo. Before that, Corning spent eight years as a morning anchor at WFAA. Corning began his career in local television news, leading him to ABC News in New York, where he anchored “World News Now” and reported for “Good Morning America.”

“NTX Now” represents a new chapter for Corning and a return to daily conversations with North Texans. The show will focus on the people, issues, and ideas shaping a fast-changing region, covering everything from politics and civic life to education, arts, innovation, health, and culture.

“It’s a bit of a dust storm right now as people seek sources they trust,” says Corning. “KERA has always been so solidly grounded in this community and has never lost sight of the importance of fact-based journalism and compelling storytelling around the events and people that shape our region. KERA is meeting the moment with this new show, and I’m so grateful to be a part of it.” 

Corning will co-host alongside Miranda Suarez, an award-winning KERA reporter known for her in-depth coverage of Tarrant County government. Together, the pair will guide live discussions designed to inform, reflect, and connect listeners across North Texas.

Suarez is an award-winning reporter who started at KERA News in 2020. Her public radio career began when she served as a newscast intern at WBUR in Boston, followed by a full-time reporting fellowship at Wisconsin Public Radio. Before joining “NTX Now” as co-host, Suarez covered Tarrant County government for KERA News. Her reporting drove discussion at local government meetings and led to the closure of a West Texas private prison that violated the state’s safety standards. Suarez plans to bring that commitment to meaningful journalism to the talk show format.  

“I see ‘NTX Now’ as a gathering place for our audience where we can just sit together and figure out what’s going on locally,” says Suarez. “I’m excited to spend an hour with our listeners every morning.” 

“This has been an opportunity that KERA has been measuring and anticipating for some time,” says Executive Producer, Stephen Becker. “With these two charismatic personalities — who are deeply embedded in North Texas culture and are beloved, respected journalists — we aim to earn the ear and trust of North Texas listeners.” 

“‘NTX Now’ will be an excellent complement to our existing program lineup,” says Nico Leone, President & CEO of KERA. “Paired with NPR’s coverage of national and international news, statewide reporting from The Texas Newsroom, and ‘Think’s’ ability to spark curiosity — ‘NTX Now’ will provide a compelling, deeply regional context for KERA’s listening audience and will explore solutions to the issues shaping the future of our communities.” 

The program will air weekday mornings on KERA News 90.1 FM and will be supported by a podcast, video, social media content, and live community events — extending Corning’s familiar presence into new platforms while keeping his connection to North Texas audiences front and center.

- Marc Istook launches podcast

Inside DFW with Jenny Anchondo debuts on CW33 KDAF Dallas

"Inside DFW with Jenny Anchondo!" debuted on CW33 KDAF in Dallas - Forth Worth May 2, 2022.

In late March, I posted "Changes coming to CW33 KDAF DFW's Morning After?"

Well, the answer is certainly yes.

Gone from the old CW33 KDAF DFW's "Morning After" days seems to be co-host Ron Corning (former WFAA 8, ABC News) who does not appear with Anchondo in the re-branded Inside DFW show.

KDAF promises the new show will provide "a DFW-centric experience" each day from 9-10am.

As I posted before, one new addition is lifestyle reporter Landon Wexler who came from CBS 42 WIAT Birmingham, Alabama.

Changes coming to CW33 KDAF DFW's Morning After?

Looks like changes are coming to CW33 KDAF DFW's "Morning After" show with with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo.

UPDATE MAY 2, 2022
Inside DFW with Jenny Anchondo debuts on CW33 KDAF Dallas

I received a viewer email saying the show has been in repeats as of late.

UPDATE: A source in Dallas told me that the show still has not been on the air lately.  Corning replied to a viewer via Twitter that the show would return with new episodes March 28th.

Also on social media, we learn Anchondo has been pre-taping various segments, including an interview with actor Mark Wahlberg about his upcoming movie "Father Stu."

@markwahlberg stopped by the CW33 studios to chat with @JennyAnchondoTV about his upcoming film @FatherStuMovie! Be sure to stay tuned in April for the full interview ahead of the mid-April release of Father Stu! pic.twitter.com/vAQL2ZKkub

— CW33 TV (@CW33) March 4, 2022

On her Wahlberg Instagram tease, Anchondo posted "PS Working on something fun & NEW for @cw33dfw."

In fact, Anchondo even asked this week what viewers would like to see on TV.

Next chapter: DALLAS 🤠
I’m @CW33’s newest Lifestyle Reporter!

I have the folks of Birmingham and my colleagues @CBS_42 for making my time here invaluable.

Thanks to my family (blood, squad + mentors) for keeping me up.

Thank you, God for the opportunity of a lifetime 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/BhxBEx3QPL

— Landon Wexler (@landonwexler) March 21, 2022

In the meantime, CBS 42 WIAT Birmingham, Alabama digital reporter Landon Wexler is joining CW33 as a lifestyle reporter.

I noticed Wexler did not mention the name "Morning After" and so I am guessing there will be a new name and format possibly coming for the lifestyle show.

Stay tuned.

Texas TV news and radio job moves February 2021

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

WFAA wins duPont-Columbia Award, broadcast equivalent of Pulitzer Prize, for reporting on climate change.

Nexstar Broadcasting President Timothy Busch to Retire.

Ron Corning of CW33 KDAF's Morning After interviews Tammy Dombeck about her CBS federal age discrimination lawsuit concerning her time at CBS 11 DFW KTVT.

CBS 11 KTVT Photojournalist Sal Rios Shares Personal Struggle With COVID-19.

Mark 'Hawkeye' Louis Inducted Into Country Radio Hall Of Fame.

Rachel Ryan joins middays for New Country KSCS 96.3 FM in Dallas, TX.

WFAA 8 Health & Wellness Reporter Sonia Azad celebrates five years with the station.

Entercom Promotes Vince Richards And JT Springer In Dallas.

Joel Burke Exits PD Post At KCBI (90.9)/Dallas.

WFAA 8 Daybreak says goodbye to senior producer Tiffany Johnson who is moving to the TEGNA station's 5pm newscast.

Hannah Davis to co-host WFAA's 'Good Morning Texas'; Alanna Sarabia Leaving
David Goins leaves WFAA
Katelyn Maida fills Kevin Kline seat on The New 93Q from New Country 96.3 KSCS

HOUSTON

Former CW39 KIAH Station Manager, Harvey Saxer, joins KMBC/KCWE Hearst Kansas City, Missouri as Director of Sales.

Operations manager Bernard Francis takes Disney buyout from abc13 KTRK and retires.

Susan Carroll, senior editor for investigations at the Houston Chronicle, joins ProPublica as a senior editor for its Local Reporting Network.

Houston Chronicle business of health care investigative reporter, Jenny Deam, joins ProPublica as Washington, D.C. based health care reporter.

David Baes, known on air as David Bradley, took the helm as general manager of KPFT 90.1 FM.

The KSBJ Morning Show celebrates our 5 year anniversary.

SportsRadio 610 KILT-AM only Houston sports station cited in national poll.

The E.W. Scripps takeover of Ion Media has led to a big shakeup of subchannels on KPXB channel 49 and all other Ion stations across the country.

KHOU 11 news director Nick Burch has left the station.

Tom Koch retiring from abc13 KTRK
Yes, Justin Stapleton and Brandi Smith are a couple
Brhe Berry is pregnant with baby #2
Elita Loresca returns
Chelsey Hernandez is married
Dominique Sachse's Valentine's Day video
Texas TV anchor love stories
Lauren Leal filling-in on CW39
Changes coming to 90.9 KTSU mornings
Did KPRC reporter meltdown on live TV?
ATSC 3.0 TV in Houston and DFW
Courtney Fischer recovering from COVID-19
Rekha Muddaraj gives birth to baby #3
Deven Clarke joins KPRC 2
Phil Archer to retire from KPRC 2 after 44 years
Houston TV anniversaries decades in the making!
Mattress Mack on Ellen DeGeneres Show
Dominique Sachse talks Houston freeze

SAN ANTONIO

Y100 San Antonio Sets New On-Air Lineup.

Randy Beamer announces retirement from News 4 San Antonio WOAI
Audrey Castoreno gives birth to baby

AUSTIN

KLBJ-FM Moves Dudley & Bob with Matt Back To Mornings.

Deb O’Keefe Departs Mornings At 101X Austin.

Marin Austin joins FOX 7 KTBC

AROUND TEXAS

Iris Rodriguez Named KTLM News Director.

KTXS (Abilene, Texas) News Director Jamie Burch joins KXXV 25 Waco, Temple, Killeen.

Charlie Hodges wrapped up his broadcast career by anchoring the morning shift of newscasts on the Texas State Network.

KGNC/Amarillo Adds Kelsey Schuler As MD/Content Director/Night Host.

KTEX/McAllen Midday Host Amanda Mey Goes On ‘Permanent Maternity Leave.’

Weekend sports anchor/reporter Claudia Faust leaves NewsChannel 10 KFDA Amarillo, TX to join Sports360AZ Arizona.

Hits 101.3 Brings Oldies To Waco.

KIII wins big in Corpus Christi Best of the Best awards

REMEMBERING

97.1 The Eagle KEGL radio host Russ Martin was found dead in his home early Saturday morning, according to Frisco police.

Houston, TX media moves of 2020

Where did your favorite Houston or Texas anchor/reporter leave or come from during 2020?

JANUARY

Barbi Leo joins KIII 

KHOU 11 launches its first ever Sunday morning newscast

Anayeli Ruiz joins KHOU

Madd Hatta Show on 97.9 The Box cancelled

Jessie Watt joins Mix 96.5’s “The Morning Mix” 

Lisa Hernandez leaves KHOU 11

Chauncy Glover adds 6:30pm news duties

Brandi Smith new KHOU Saturday morning anchor

Larry Seward leaves KHOU

Sophia Beausoleil leaves KPRC 2

Matthew Seedorff joins FOX 26 KRIV

Hannah Mackenzie joins KPRC 2

Heather Sullivan joins FOX 26

Katherine Marchand leaves abc13 KTRK

Sophia Beausoleil joins NBC 5 KXAS

Bill Balleza signs off KPRC 2

VIDEO: Bill Balleza's goodbye on last KPRC 2 newscast

FEBRUARY

Raven Ambers joins abc13 KTRK

Luis Gerardo Nuñez joins “Noticiero Telemundo Houston” at 4pm and 4:30pm

MARCH

Anavid Reyes joins KPRC 

Kevin Roth joins abc13 KTRK

Kris Gutierrez rejoins KPRC 2

"The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show” returns to Houston on RadioNOW 92.1

KPRC 2 photojournalist John Treadgold talks 44 year Houston TV career

APRIL

MaryAnn Martinez leaves KPRC 2

Roxie Bustamante joins abc13 KTRK

Taniya Wright leaves KPRC 2

Lisa Hernandez joins KPRC 2

Michael Lopardi joins KPRC 2

MAY 

Roula Christie launches syndicated 'Weekends with Roula'

Albert Ramon leaving KVUE Austin for News Nation

Niku Kazori leaves KENS 5 San Antonio

Chris Pruitt named VP and GM of CW39 KIAH

Jennifer Sanders joins KXAN Austin

Sally Mamdooh leaves KPRC 2

Russ McCaskey and Jennifer Lindgren among CBS 11 KTVT layoffs

CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo

John Labus leaves 740 KTRH

JUNE 

Steve Simon exits CW39 KIAH 

Leslie Mouton leaves KSAT 12

Brett Buffington leaves KHOU 11

Niccole Caan new KENS 5 consumer investigative reporter

Juan Beltran exits abc13 KTRK

Lori Bruffett promoted to KBTX GM

Ron “The Show” Hughley joins SportsRadio 610 KILT

Chrisdyann Uribe leaves FOX 26 

Erika Lopez re-joins KVUE Austin

Mike Lee promoted to VP-GM of KWKT & KYLE Waco/Temple/Bryan

NBC 5 KXAS launches "Texas Today," Dallas-Fort Worth’s New Lifestyle Program 

Mark Garcia named VP & GM of KMID Midland/Odessa

James Brown leaves KBMT Beaumont

Hannah Mackenzie leaves KPRC 2

KPRC 2's "Houston Life" moves to 3pm

Houston Public Media experiences staff cuts due to COVID-19 budget shortfalls 

Ramon J. Pineda to lead KRIS Corpus Christi

Sally Ramirez to leave KHOU 11

Russ Lewis to retire from KHOU

JULY 

José Santos leaves Telemundo Houston

Big changes at KRIS 6 Corpus Christi 

Trey Serna leaves CW39 KIAH

Daniel Aguilar takes over as Newscenter 25 KAVU Victoria GM, James Munoz as news director

Deneige Broom returns to WFTV 9

Re’Chelle Turner joins KPRC 2

Newscenter25 KAVU's announces new anchor lineup

KVUE Austin shifts Bryan Mays and Mike Rush

Faith Woodard joins KVEO Brownsville

Mary Kate Hamilton joins KOSA Midland-Odessa

Bailey Vaughn joins KTEN 10

Breanna Barrs leaves FOX 29 KABB

AUGUST

Madd Hatta to advise KTSU The Vibe

Andrew Tate joins KTEN Sherman

Isaac Williams joins NBC 23 KVEO Brownsville

Joe Puma joins KVII Amarillo

Mark Silberstein joins KRIS Corpus Christi

Kalyn Norwood to leave KVUE 24

Brandon Hamilton leaves KWTX 10

Chinedu Ogu joins Great Day Houston

Stephanie Serna named KSAT 12 morning anchor

Elise Hu: From KVUE to VICE News

Joe Sam joins Houston Life

Deborah Wrigley to leave abc13 KTRK

KHOU's Sally Ramirez to executive produce CNBC's “The News With Shepard Smith”

Lainie Fritz leaves TV sports behind for now

Sydney Hernández joins Local 23 KVEO as evening anchor

SEPTEMBER

FOX 26 KRIV debuts “The NewsEdge Early Edition” at 6pm with Kaitlin Monte

Maria Sotolongo leaves CW39 KIAH

Adam Krueger joins CW39 Houston

KVEO Brownsville debuts first-ever Latina anchor team

Collin Myers exits abc13 KTRK

Bob Slovak leaves abc13 KTRK

CW39 Houston NO WAIT WEATHER + TRAFFIC

Lee Sausley announces KRIS 6 retirement

KBTX Bryan-College Station's "Brazos Valley This Morning" teams up newlywed anchors Kathleen and Josh Ninke

KETK Tyler launches new 4 and 4:30pm newscasts

Laura Laughead joins KAMC Lubbock

Bria Bell returns to Dallas at Spectrum News

KRGV Rio Grande Valley hires Marianela Aguirre and Hugo Magallan

Mayde Gomez joins FOX 29 San Antonio KABB

KXAN's CW Austin debuts weather and traffic AM news

Rashi Vats's 5pm anchor journey

Jessica Hunt leaves KSAT 12

OCTOBER

Mike Capps: From KPRC to WFAA, ABC and CNN

Spectrum News 1 to serve DFW/Wichita Falls and other parts of Texas

Lauren Westbrook returns to KWTX 10 Waco

The Mike McGuff blog is 15 years old!

DECEMBER

KHOU Taps Roldan, Boslow and Klein to Lead Content Team in Houston, Texas

Kyle Claude named Houston Public Media Executive Director of Content Operations

Russ McCaskey joins WINK News Florida after KTVT

Ashley Paredez joins ABC 15 KNXV Phoenix

Andrea Parquet-Taylor named vice president and news director at CBS Los Angeles

Jerrel ‘Hardbody Kiotti’ Brown leaves 97.9 The Box

Simone De Alba takes over for Irene Cruz News 4 SA WOAI

Mike Gillaspia joins KIII after KRIS

Brett Anthony joins KYTX CBS19

Carrigan Chauvin joins CW39 KIAH

Courtney Carpenter leaves CW39 KIAH

Karsen Buschjost joins Big 2 News KMID Midland/Odessa

CBS Stations Group of Texas to pay Tammy Dombeck $215,000

UPDATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Ron Corning of CW33 KDAF's Morning After interviews Tammy Dombeck about her CBS federal age discrimination lawsuit concerning her time at CBS 11 DFW KTVT.
Part 1

Part 2



===ORIGINAL POST===

Former CBS11 KTVT Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex freelance traffic reporter Tammy Dombeck Campbell will be paid $215,000 and furnished "significant equitable relief" to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced.

Here is more from the EEOC press release:

The EEOC charged that CBS violated federal law when it refused to hire Tammy Dombeck Campbell for a full-time traffic reporter position at the Dallas/Fort Worth station because of her age. The EEOC said that Campbell had worked for CBS 11 as a freelance, non-staff traffic reporter.

When the station’s morning full-time traffic reporter resigned in October 2014, the company initiated a search for a replacement. The CBS job announcement stated that “the ideal candidate” would have a strong knowledge of local traffic in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and that the “applicant must have at least five years professional broadcasting experience.” The EEOC said that CBS 11 hired a 24-year-old applicant for the full-time traffic reporter position. The younger applicant was a former NFL cheerleader, and the EEOC maintained that the she did not meet the hiring criteria CBS had advertised. CBS 11 also had made an offer to a 27-year old applicant who accepted and then withdrew from the hiring process.

Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which prohibits discrimination against people age 40 or older. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. CBS Stations Group of Texas; Television Station KTXA and KTVT-TV, Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-02624) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, after first attempting to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.

Under the consent decree signed by U.S. District Chief Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn, resolving the suit, CBS Stations Group of Texas will pay will pay $215,000 to Ms. Campbell and commits not to engage in age discrimination. The company will also provide training on the ADEA, publish a notice of employee rights, and report to the EEOC on its compliance with the requirements of consent decree.

“Tammy Campbell was clearly qualified for the position of traffic reporter,” said Joel Clark, EEOC senior trial attorney for the Dallas District Office. “The EEOC argued to the court that CBS 11 preferred a younger, less qualified applicant, and that the employer defaulted to unfounded stereotypes about female reporters.”

EEOC Regional Attorney Robert A. Canino added, “In explaining its decision, the company relied on what was called the ‘it’ factor. The EEOC was prepared to prove that, for Ms. Campbell, ‘it’ was her age. We hope that the resolution of this case will be another step forward in moving past ageist attitudes that can limit opportunities in the field of broadcast television.”

RELATED
An exclusive interview with former CBS11 traffic anchor Tammy Dombeck and her EEOC attorneys, who are taking the station to court on charges of age discrimination (2017)

According to her bio, Dombeck has covered DFW traffic on radio for such station as KLIF, KPLX, KZPS and KKDA. In addition to TV news traffic on KTVT, she also covered it for NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas for 12 years.

UPDATE JULY 17, 2020
KTVT released a statement on the settlement to the Fort Worth Star Telegram which said, “We are pleased this matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.”

CW39's Morning Dose adds another hour

KIAH CW39 Houston's Morning Dose adds extra hour to now air from 6am to 10am

Today, CW39 Houston KIAH announced on social media it's adding an extra hour to Morning Dose.

So instead of 6 to 9am, the show will now air from 6am to 10am.

That puts Morning Dose at more hours than most of the other station's AM newscast offerings, but it still has a couple of hours to match FOX 26 KRIV's 4am to 10am.

When Morning Dose re-launched as a Houston only newscast, the station chose to only go head to head with the other stations starting at 6am, and then only competing with FOX 26 after 7am as the other channels go to network programming.

Judge Jerry, which was airing at 9am, has moved to the noon slot. Now what was on at noon before, I have no idea. My skills only go so far. UPDATE: The noon slot was previously occupied by Couples Court.

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(Thanks Christian)

Texas TV news and radio job moves May 2020

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DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Russ McCaskey and Jennifer Lindgren among CBS 11 KTVT layoffs.

CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo.

KTCK The Tickets adds Fox Sports Radio for Weeknights, Weekends.

Univision DFW teams with schools to launch Unidos para Aprender.

- CBSN Dallas-Fort Worth launches with content produced by CBS 11 KTVT
- Newsradio 1080 KRLD wins two 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
- Univision Dallas and other markets grab top spot during May 2020 Sweeps
- Dallas TV news opens and promos from the early 2000s


HOUSTON

97.5 FM KFNC hosts Raheel Ramzanali and Barry Laminack lost their jobs because of the economic downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic the station said.
- Josh Innes joins ESPN 97.5 KFNC

740 KTRH morning news editor John Labus leaves for Harris County job.

Todd Freed's High School Sports Zone show on KUBE 57 has been cancelled due to economic factors stemming from the Coronavirus.

KPRC 2 consumer reporter/anchor Amy Davis celebrates 15 years with channel 2.

FOX 26 KRIV technical director Stuart Green retires from the station since 1986. Before that he was an audio director and camera operator at KXAN Austin from 1980 to 1986.

Amanda Drane joins the Houston Chronicle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Amanda Drane.

The Houston Chronicle won the Newsroom of the Year award in the state’s annual journalism contest, marking the second year in a row the newspaper has earned such a high honor. The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (TAPME), which oversees the contest, made the announcement.

Texans drama provides 610 KILT morning ratings surge.

Reporter Sally Mamdooh leaves KPRC 2.

Chris Pruitt Vice President and General Manager of CW39 KIAH. He comes from Nexstar sister-station FOX 44 KWKT-KYLE in Waco, Temple, Killeen and Bryan-College Station.

Roula Christie of the 104.1 KRBE The Roula & Ryan Show launches Weekends with Roula syndicated show

abc13 KTRK reporter Stefania Okolie starts athletic brand Solely Fit.

Dayna Steele starts new podcast ‘The Rock Star Principles of Success’

When KHOU 11's Dan Rather met Hurricane Carla.

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- Anastasiya Bolton is part of TEGNA's Deep Dive team in Houston
- Houston Colt .45s 950 KPRC radio poster from 1962
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- Brhe Berry's baby is here
- Kris Gutierrez talks faith and God
- Live From The QZ with Chance McClain
- "Producer Hoss" in hospital with COVID-19
- KPRC Doppler 2000 Promo
- KPRC wins two 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
- Riki Rachtman bringing back Headbangers Ball
- Kevin Roth new baby
- KHOU 11 Honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
- The future of TV news work after COVID-19
- How does a Television Work? Simple Explanation of Producing a TV Image
- abc13 KTRK holds virtual town hall to address COVID-19 & communities of color
- Why Sitcoms Stopped Using Laugh Tracks
- Telemundo sets prime time show "100 Dias para Enamorarons" in Houston
- Houston Outlaws to face off in Lone Star Showdown with Dallas Fuel
- Making of A Newscast - CBS Evening News - 1985
- abc13 KTRK Virtual Town Hall discusses COVID-19 impact in Houston Asian American Community
- KPRC 2 anchors & managers answer viewer questions
- Houston TV news opens-promos from early 2000s

SAN ANTONIO

KENS 5 San Antonio morning traffic anchor Niku Kazori has left the TEGNA station.

San Antonio viewers have made KENS 5 Eyewitness News This Morning the city’s most watched morning newscast in the recently completed May Nielsen ratings race.

KSAT 5, 6 and 10pm anchor Steve Spriester featured in Rapper Future's latest album “High Off Life."

Learn a little more about the KSAT meteorologist Justin Horne and the "Junior Meterologist” series.

Get to know Fox-29 and News 4 San Antonio's newest reporter Gloria DeLeon.

KSAT 12 Meteorologist Kaiti Blake has been designated as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society.

KSAT12 welcomes reporter Sarah Acosta back after surgery for ruptured achilles.

- San Antonio TV news opens-promos from early 2000s

AUSTIN

KVUE 24 Austin Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon is heading to News Nation on WGN America

NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse, NY morning anchor Jennifer Sanders returns to Texas at KXAN Austin.

Spectrum Austin Anchor Meg Bonacorsi had been missing from the air a few months ago and and she went on social media to explain why.

KGSR Imports Brooke & Jeffrey For Mornings.


AROUND TEXAS

Three key members of ABC7 Amarillo KVII are leaving at the same time. Chief Meteorologist Steve Kersh, Morning and Midday Meteorologist Alyssa Pawlak and Niccole Caan are all leaving the station. Caan is leaving for a job in San Antonio.

Brittney Cottingham becomes assistant news director at KFDX Wichita Falls.

Olivia Rae Whitehead joins KLBK Lubbock as their weekend anchor/reporter.

Jordan Evans joins the KXXV Waco weather team.

Scripps owned KRIS Corpus Christi lost its TV tower when it went down in high winds.

How the Editor of a Small East Texas Newspaper Won a Pulitzer Prize.


REMEMBERING

Cleverley Stone dies of cancer.

Retired KPRC 2 photographer Wendel Johnson remembered by colleagues and friends in the field

Arif Memon, 58, a well-known DJ for 106.1 HUMFM, was killed in a crash.

Longtime sportswriter, radio host Roger B. Brown remembered for vibrant personality. Brown, the Star-Telegram’s first full-time black sportswriter, covered the Dallas Mavericks and high schools.

Former KTSA/San Antonio, Texas Public Radio News Anchor Brent Boller dies.

CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo

Earlier in May I asked if CW33 KDAF Dallas getting TV morning news again? The answer is yes, but not a traditional morning newscast.

KDAF announced that it's launching Morning After Monday, June 1st at 10am on air and online. First the station produced Morning Dose, now it is the Morning After...I like it.

The show, which will be hosted by Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo, promises to be, "equal parts informative and entertaining, engaging viewers as they go in-depth on topics that are top of mind locally and nationally."

“With the addition of Morning After, CW33 clearly recognized that in the last year Ron and Jenny have cultivated an audience and a following in the video podcast space,” KDAF Vice-President & General Manager John Trevino said on the station's website. "Bringing these two popular podcasts to broadcast made perfect sense, “This was an opportunity to build on a proven formula that brings hyper-local content to DFW viewers that audiences are craving on both our broadcast and digital platforms. This will also be the only local show at 10am, produced by the only locally owned TV station in the DFW market.”

As I posted a few weeks ago, in early April, KDAF started producing a web show called “Coronavirus: The Daily” with DFW TV personalities Corning and Anchondo along with producer Melissa Plaskoff. The station notes, that the two anchors were first paired to host the Dallas Holiday Parade.

In March 2019, Corning left WFAA 8's Daybreak where he anchored mornings for eight years. Before Dallas, he anchored nationally for World News Now, ABC World News This Morning and The Daily Buzz. Since channel 8, Corning has been helming the vodcast Morning After with Ron Corning, so the name continues on with his new project.

Anchondo returns to CW33 where she previously co-hosted the syndicated version of Morning Dose. Before KDAF, Anchondo anchored the FOX 4 KDFW weekend morning newscasts, “Good Day Saturday” and “Good Day Sunday” and reported for "Good Day" throughout the week. She also worked for WXIN Indianapolis, KOLD Tucson, AZ, KNDU/KNDO Kennewick, Washington and KQQQ-AM Pullman, Washington.

After Morning Dose, Anchondo hosted the Second Shot podcast.

Is CW33 KDAF Dallas getting TV morning news again?

UPDATE MAY 29, 2020
CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo

Are we watching a CW33 KDAF daily digital show morphing into an actual morning television newscast?

Could a daily digital show on CW33 KDAF Dallas really be development for a new morning television newscast? Well, a tease on social media pretty much says that, but more on that in a minute!

After NewsFix and the syndicated version of Morning Dose were cancelled before Irving-based Nexstar Media Group bought Tribune Media, CW33 KDAF in Dallas-Fort Worth stopped producing newscasts.

Morning Dose's syndicated set at KDAF in Dallas, was shipped to Houston and the show, in name only, continued on CW39 KIAH with a new team.

Now it appears KDAF is set to start morning news on its TV signal once again.

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In early April, the station launched a digital program called “Coronavirus: The Daily” hosted by DFW TV personalities Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo with producer Melissa Plaskoff.

Corning, as DFW watchers will know, left WFAA 8's Daybreak in March of 2019. He was an anchor on the show for eight years. Before that, you might have seen him nationally on World News Now and ABC World News This Morning or The Daily Buzz.

Anchondo's last TV gig was co-host of the syndicated version of Morning Dose. Before that Anchondo anchored the FOX 4 KDFW weekend morning newscasts, “Good Day Saturday” and “Good Day Sunday” and reported for "Good Day" throughout the week. Before Texas, she worked for WXIN Indianapolis, KOLD Tucson, AZ, KNDU/KNDO Kennewick, Washington and KQQQ-AM Pullman, Washington.

UPDATE MAY 29, 2020
CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo

After Morning Dose, Anchondo has teamed up with her husband for the podcast, Second Shot with Heath Oakes and Jenny Anchondo.

Now there are teases on social media that this digital project is going to TV. It doesn't get anymore clearer than "Sneak Peek! New AM show coming soon to [CW33] #REHEARSAL".

Here is where I will throw in my unsolicited two cents, no matter what any TV station says, digital shows are not where the money is...not yet at least. The moneymaker, even with declining TV news viewership before the coronavirus, is the actual television signal.

In Houston at least, I look at some of the view counts the station's digital shows get on YouTube and they are minuscule compared to the actual television news broadcasts. It appears hitting a thousand views would be a cause for celebration.

UPDATE MAY 29, 2020
CW33 KDAF DFW launching Morning After with Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo

If you have any Dallas media news tips (or any Texas market) let me know. I mainly cover Houston TV news, but will gladly cover other parts of our great state.

Texas TV news and radio job moves April 2020

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Sportscaster Newy Scruggs celebrates 20 years with NBC DFW 5 KXAS.

FOX 4 KDFW meteorologist Evan Andrews' dogs, Penny, is a media hit.

Mike Rhyner invented a radio format in Dallas that changed the country and made him a legend. Then, unexpectedly, he retired.

Freddy Oldenburg has been named VP of news for WNJU, the Telemundo station in the New York market after KXTK Dallas-Fort Worth.

CW33 KDAF launched the digital program “Coronavirus: The Daily” featuring veteran local broadcast news personalities Ron Corning and Jenny Anchondo.

Radio host ‘Doc’ Gallagher gets 25 years for bilking Christian investors out of millions.


HOUSTON

Reporter Esmeralda Medellin leaves Telemundo Houston KTMD after working there since 2017.

Houston Chronicle appoints Drane as biz reporter.

Remember the KPRC 2 banana error, abc13 KTRK has its own error without the promotional campaign afterwards.

Two Houston Chronicle investigations team was honored by the National Headliner Awards.

KHOU 11 consumer reporter Tiffany Craig celebrates 10 years with the station.

Tino Cochino Radio debuts afternoons on Radio Now 92.1-FM KROI Houston and Radio Now 100.9-FM WNOU Indianapolis.

KTRU sustains its sound from a distance with new remote programming.

Cathy Matusow Balke leaves Houstonia Magazine editor job for a similar role with the Houston Grand Opera. (Thanks Susan Farb Morris)

- TEGNA, owner of KHOU and many Texas stations, announces furloughs
- KPRC 2, KHOU 11, FOX26, CW39 join forces for COVID-19 PSA
- Nick Natario takes stay at home studio to next level
- MaryAnn Martinez leaves KPRC 2
- Mary Benton appointed Director of Communications for Mayor Sylvester Turner
- Carlos Robles using augmented reality weather graphics from home
- Mia Gradney anchored CBS Weekend News Easter weekend
- KTRK GM Granato: "TV is seeing a huge resurgence"
- “abc13 Eyewitness News at 9 PM on CW39” debuts May 11th
- Lauren Talarico announces baby #2
- Rashi Vats and Daniel Gotera have baby #2
- Dominique Sachse: How to look and sound your best on Zoom
- Taniya Wright leaves KPRC 2
- KPRC's Ari Alexander raps Paul Wall lyrics live on channel 2
- VIDEO: 1993 Houston radio station promos
- Lisa Hernandez joins KPRC 2
- VIDEO: The 1947 Texas City Disaster
- VIDEO: Randy McIlvoy talks sports broadcasting during COVID-19
- Houston film critics review "Movies on Lockdown" free for broadcast
- Michael Lopardi joins KPRC 2
- abc13 KTRK's Dave Ward has been hospitalized
- Maria Salazar's baby is here
- Univision cancels some weekend newscasts, announces job cuts
- Tom Abrahams' new book is about a pandemic


SAN ANTONIO

KCYY Y100 announced Joe Pesh as its new morning co-host.

- KENS 5 Reporter/MMJ Roxie Bustamante joins abc13 KTRK


AUSTIN

Austin American-Statesman photojournalist Lola Gomez tests positive for coronavirus.

The Austin American-Statesman launches a new streaming station, the Statesman News Network, with Jeff Ward.


AROUND TEXAS

KXXV Waco-Temple-Killeen anchor evening anchor Lindsay Liepman moves to mornings with Joe Gumm and Josh Johns. Niyah Gonzalez joins the station to anchor evenings with Todd Unger.

El Paso NBC affiliate KTSM posted an apology Saturday for comments made by news anchor, Patricia Maese.

Hunter Davis has joined Fox News as an MMJ based in Austin. She moves from Waco’s KXXV-TV, where she was the weekend anchor/reporter. - Eatman Media Services

Michael Behrens joined the 13 ON YOUR SIDE WZZM Weather team after TEGNA sister station KYTX CBS 19 in Tyler.

Second Classic Rocker Blasts Off In Rio Grande Valley.

Hank-FM Comes To Wichita Falls.

Radio veteran Scott Gaines has been named OM for Alpha Media's four-station cluster in Amarillo and PD/afternoon host for Country KGNC.

KGNC Amarillo Adds ‘Big D & Bubba’ For Mornings.

Ted Cruz To Propose Law Banning Chinese From Airing 'Propaganda' On Mexican, Canadian Border Stations Aimed At America.

iHeartMedia To Require Two Weeks Of Unpaid Vacation For Salaried Employees.

KIII's John-Thomas Kobos on the suit mullet.


REMEMBERING

abc13 KTRK Photographer Willie Dixon remembered by Houston media world.

Ivory Hecker returns to FOX 26 after father's death.

Fmr. KHOU photographer John Shaw loses wife to COVID-19.

KTEN Denison News Director Mark Farrell dead at 55.

Longtime Dallas Radio Personality Jimmy Stewart Passes.

R.I.P.: John Roberts Townsquare Media Tyler, TX OM.

Texas TV news and radio job moves May 2019

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

WFAA 8's current GM Brad Ramsey becomes Tegna senior vice president and Carolyn Mungo, executive news director is promoted to VP-station manager.

Valerie Butler Guyton is the new Assistant News Director for KXAS 5.

Laura Harris has been named as NBCDFW KXAS' weekday morning co-anchor alongside Deborah Ferguson.

Former WFAA-TV anchors Ron Corning and Alexa Conomos are back in business, together for new podcast.

WFAA8's Daybreak goes softer with hiring of sports/entertainment/game show host Marc Istook as co-news anchor.

Jeff Kolb Joins KDFW Dallas As Sports Reporter.

Kezhal Dashti leaves WFAA8 after short stay with Daybreak.

KTVT CBS 11 anchor Doug Dunbar has soloed his way through three straight sweeps periods and won all of them in the ratings of total viewers.

HOUSTON

Khambrel Marshall celebrates 20 years at KPRC 2.

Recent departures at KHOU 11.

Susie Loucks left TV to become the communications coordinator for Harris County Medical Society.

Chris McDonald returned to CW 39 KIAH as a photographer and content contributor.

Millie Cardenas-Quintanilla returns to Telemundo Houston KTMD from HISD.

Radio One Promotes Dustin Kross At KROI 92.1 FM RadioNOW.

The Houston Press is Looking for News Freelancers.

- Lisa Hernandez shocks KHOU 11 crew with gender reveal
- Deilia Ray Williams named KTRK abc13 Marketing Creative Director
- Houston Public Media Announces New Digital Series, Arts Podcast, and Music Series
- Steve Riley named Houston Chronicle Executive Editor
- Dominique Sachse is having more fun?
- Haley Hernandez is expecting
- Tom Abrahams in Houston Noir
- Brooks Garner's meeting with Beto O'Rourke
- 91.7 NGEN debuts new lineup May 13, 2019
- Dayna Steele revisits 'Rock to the Top' with Sammy Hagar
- Darby Douglas enters next chapter
- FOX 26 traffic wall "fight"
- Dave Ward's new book; a new Marvin Zindler shirt
- Get a look at the new SkyEye13 tech skymapping
- Melissa Wilson's son Caleb reaches major milestone
- Samica Knight has her second baby
- Where is The New 93Q Morning Zoo's Erica Rico?
- Houston TV news moms honored by LCAHouston
- Michael Berry renews agreement with 740 KTRH
- Kelly Ryan Joins Dean & Rog on 106.9-107.5 Houston’s Eagle

SAN ANTONIO

KSAT lifestyle reporter David Elder doesn’t have any formal broadcast training, but that hasn’t stopped him from creating one of the most popular foodie segments in the San Antonio market, “Elder Eats”

Tony Cortez Joins KSMG For Evenings.

Alpha Media News/Talk 550 KTSA/107.1 K296GK San Antonio has announced it will revamp its on-air lineup

- Bill Barajas, KSAT 12 San Antonio anchor/reporter, joins KPRC

AUSTIN

KVUE sportscaster Stacy Slayden is leaving the TV news biz for PR.

Sandra Gonzalez started as associate producer at Spectrum News Austin.

- Shawn Clynch leaving KVUE Austin

AROUND TEXAS

KWTX chief forecaster Rusty Garrett announces retirement.
- KWTX Waco Ups Brady Taylor To Chief Forecaster

KIII Corpus Christi names Nia Towne news director.

KSAN News 3 San Angelo Chief Meteorologist Josh Johns leaves the station after 3 years to take KXXV Waco weekend evening met gig.

KMID Midland/Odessa's Caleb Califano announced he's becoming an MMJ at KWTV Oklahoma City.

KDDD/Dumas, TX Flips To Classic Country.

REMEMBERING

Houston News Veteran Capella Tucker Fondly Remembered By Colleagues.

Gerry Fraley, who spent three decades covering baseball and other sports for The Dallas Morning News, died.

KOKE/Austin Mourns Former News Dir. Dick Ellis.

Lubbock Radio Sportscaster, Salesman Johnny May Dies At 75.