TV anchors broadcast from home

Houston news anchors are staying home, but still delivering the news on TV

Thanks to COVID-19, TV anchors are starting to stay home and do the news. No fancy sets or advanced lighting needed. Technology has made it possible to be deliver the news with a phone thanks to companies like LiveU and Dejero.

So far, I have seen instances of KHOU 11's evening anchor Len Cannon broadcasting from home. KHOU's Brittany Aucion also produced Cannon's show from home.

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KENS 5 San Antonio morning anchor Sarah Forgany is also broadcasting from her home. Since originally writing this post, I have heard and observed that TEGNA stations have a policy to keep one anchor broadcasting from home. Add KHOU's Brandi Smith into the mix.

Meanwhile, with a more high tech setup, FOX 26 KRIV morning anchor Sally MacDonald was using a higher end camera.

Before Houston meteorologists started broadcasting remotely, the first I saw do it was NBC 6 WTVJ Miami morning meteorologist Angie Lassman has been doing just that. She posted an Instagram story on how she did it. Her laptop remotely accessed the station's weather computer so she could forecast/design the graphics while one phone put her on camera and another dialed into IFB so she could hear the producers and on air feed.

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Live from the second floor! Changed up the home studio. @linadeflorias and I are practicing even more social distancing and showing you we can still bring you the news from home. #amnewsers #homestudio #morningtv

A post shared by Sally MacDonald (@sallymacfox26) on Mar 20, 2020 at 4:36am PDT

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First live shot from my home. #socialdistancing #khou

A post shared by Len Cannon (@len_cannon) on Mar 18, 2020 at 11:26pm PDT

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‪as everyone is being asked to stay home, we are taking social distancing seriously & minimizing the number of people in the studio. this morning I am working from home to bring you the news. Turned my living room into a mini-studio. See you at 6AM. @KENS5 #socialdistancing

A post shared by sarah forgany (@sforgany) on Mar 20, 2020 at 3:44am PDT

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Happy birthday, @kprc2justinstapleton! There’s no one I’d rather be cooped up with than you. ❤️

A post shared by Brandi Smith (@iambrandismith) on Mar 21, 2020 at 7:33pm PDT

Technology is AMAZING! Today I produced a whole newscast from home & @lencannonKHOU anchored from his home. It took a huge team @khou to pull this off... all while social distancing. #khou11 #SlowtheSpread #FactsNotFear pic.twitter.com/M5g5L6L1uK

— Brittany Aucion (@brittanyaucion) March 20, 2020

*This post has been updated

Texas TV news and radio job moves July 2021

Best TV news bloopers July 2021

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

WFAA Reporter Lauren Zakalik leaves the station.

Samuel Gardner III joins CBS 11 KTVT as Content Manager from KYW Philadelphia.

Suzanne Brunner joins WFAA Daybreak as a morning news specialty anchor and reporter. She previously worked at KARK Little Rock as an anchor and reporter.

Lori Brown renews her contract with FOX 4 KDFW.

KXAS NBC 5 producer Poinesha Barnes to join ABC 7 Chicago WLS Eyewitness News team as a special projects producer.

KKDA (K104)/Dallas & The 'DeDe In The Morning' Show Want To Add One More Cast Member.

City Of Dallas Seeking Non-Profits To Operate WRR.

Dallas Morning News parent sees first year-over-year rise in subscription revenue in six years.

Joe Trahan named WFAA weeknight sports anchor

HOUSTON

Maria Reeve named top editor at Houston Chronicle.

Cox Media Group names Stephanie Callihan as Director of Sales for Country KKBQ (93Q), Classic Rock simulcast KHPT/KGLK (The Eagle 106.9/107.5) and Classic Country KTHT (Country Legends 97.1)

Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog celebrates 15 years of service at abc13 KTRK.

Michael Garfield celebrates 20 years with iHeartRadio Houston.

KPRC2 Amy Davis returns to her investigative reporter roots with the station.

97.9 The Box KBXX's 'Good Morning H-Town' Wins Houston Chronicle Readers Poll.

Longtime abc13 KTRK morning executive producer Brett Birkinbine leaves the station to join Crosby ISD as PIO.

Art Sobarzo joins KPRC as Brand Manager.

KHOU 11 producer Brittany Aucion leaves the station after more than a decade in the news business.

KTRK abc13 producer Christina Bradberry leaves the station.

Anayeli Ruiz renews her contract as a reporter/MMJ at KHOU 11.

Brandon Walker renews his contract as a reporter at KPRC 2.

KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander celebrates two years in Houston.

Local actor, former FOX 26 employee in need of a 2nd transplant.

Keaton Fuchs named abc13 KTRK news director
Mayra Moreno adds 4pm & 6:30pm anchor duties
Courtney Carpenter joins abc13 KTRK
KPFT puts building up for sale
"Cowboy Dave" Bayless exits 100.3 Morning Bull
Jonathan Martin holds brunch for new Houston TV hires
Hannah Mackenzie joins WLOS ABC 13 Asheville, NC
FOX 26's new promo takes on other Houston TV stations
Tom Abrahams releases "Buffalo Bayou"
Anthony Yanez returns to KPRC 2
Steven Romo and Stephen Morgan are engaged
Zack Tawatari joins KHOU 11
Ben Terry, battling cancer, broadcasts weather reports from Houston hotel to KPLC Lake Charles
Vincent Crivelli leaves KPRC 2

SAN ANTONIO

Man who opened fire at KSAT journalists fatally shot by officers.

KSAT’s GMSA producer officially becomes U.S. citizen.

Isis Romero exits KSAT San Antonio
Alexis Del Cid to leave News 4 San Antonio WOAI

AUSTIN

Mari Salazar joins 7News WHDH Boston from KVUE Austin.

CBS2 and FOX28 Iowa MMJ Emily Chavez joins CBS Austin KEYE as an MMJ/Reporter.

Carolina Cruz returns to on-air reporting at Univision Austin.

KVUE Reporter Tori Larned moves to dayside schedule from mornings. 

Matt Grant joins KXAN as an investigative reporter from WJZY Charlotte.

KXAN exudes hopefulness in promo based on its logo’s letterforms.

Tawauna Cole leaves KVUE where she was an executive producer.

101X KROX adds The Greg Beharrell Show to weeknights.

Avery Tomasco's baby announcement for the win!

AROUND TEXAS

Nexstar Media Names Jeff Miller Vice President and General Manager of its Media Operations in Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas.

Ginny Sweeney joins 12News KBMT as news director.

Celina Renae Quintana leaves KTSM to join The El Paso Children's Hospital as marketing coordinator.

Trey Serna and Sandra Rodríguez debut as KGRV’s new morning anchor team.

KRGV adds Brandon Benitez as new weekend sports anchor.

David Gibson joins KETK Tyler as weekend sports anchor.

Olivia DiVenti leaves KTXS Abilene to join WACH in Columbia, SC.

Trent Bennett joins KAKE Wichita as a weekend anchor/reporter from KETK Tyler.

Arielle Schafer joins KLBK Lubbock as Sports Reporter/Weekend Anchor.

Cierra Shipley leaves KXXV Waco/Temple/Killeen to join the Waco police department.

Jordan Evans joins KTUL Tulsa as weekend evening meteorologist/environmental reporter from KXXV Waco/Temple/Killeen.

Brandon Benitez joins KRGV Harlingen/Weslaco as weekend sports anchor and reporter.

Cameron Stuart joins Big 2 KMID Midland/Odessa as sports reporter and weekend sports anchor from FOX 44 KWKT Waco, Temple and Killeen.

Some KVII Amarillo departures.

Shelby Montgomery joins KOCO 5 Oklahoma City

REMEMBERING

Former KPRC 2, KHTV 39 and KNWS 51 anchor Dr. JoAnn Vallie Rush, 68, has died.

Larry Don Johnson, the first Black news director and weekend anchor at Channel 39 KHTV, has died. He also worked at KYOK, KCOH and KKBQ.

Former KTVT 11 news director John Whitson has died.

Houston TV & radio job moves

What went down in the Houston media job scene while I was on my blogging break

Qui West leaves 97.9 The Box KBXX
Qui West in his first interview since his departure from 97.9 The Box, he talks his new projects, his podcast “Qui West Uncut."

From WBRZ to KHOU
This actually just happened...WBRZ news producer Brittany Rivas Aucion is heading to KHOU for the same job she announced on Twitter.

Charlotte ND Returning to Houston, WWOR Station Manager to Help Out in Interim
WJZY-WMYT news director Geoff Roth has announced he’s leaving the Charlotte FOX owned station and going back to KRIV in Houston. Face it, Houston is better than anyplace else.

Michael Shiloh Named News Dir./Morning Drive At Salem Radio's Houston Cluster
MICHAEL SHILOH been named News Dir./morning drive for SALEM RADIO’s cluster of News-Talk KNTH (1070 THE ANSWER)/HOUSTON, Christian teaching KKHT (100.7)/HOUSTON and Business News KTEK (1110) /HOUSTON.

KPRC's Joe Campos retires
He was at KPRC 2 since 1974, and now photographer Joe Campos has retired.

The Houston Chronicle names a senior editor
Maria Carrillo has been named the Sunday senior editor and a senior editor of enterprise at the Houston Chronicle.

Jessica Holloway lands KTRK abc13 reporter gig
Former KVUE 24 reporter/fill-in anchor Jessica Holloway starts reporting at KTRK abc13.

James Starks

James Starks joins KPRC 2 as sports anchor/reporter
James Starks comes to KPRC 2 as a sports anchor/reporter from WLTX Columbia, South Carolina.

Don Kobos retires from KTRK abc13
Assistant news director and former reporter Don Kobos to retire from KTRK abc13.

Wendy Granato is KTRK abc13 news director
Wendy Granato gets newly expanded role of KTRK abc13 Vice President of News and Digital Content.

KTRK abc13 EP Jerry Vazquez to be KTMD news director
From KTRK to KTMD, executive producer Jerry Vazquez becomes Vice President of News.

Amanda Perez leaves KPRC 2 for Fort Bend ISD
KPRC 2 reporter Amanda Perez will graduate to the PIO world at FBISD.

Steve Fixx leaves Houston radio
Former 93.7 The Arrow and Rock 101 KLOL DJ Steve Fixx leaves radio world.