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Thursday, July 23, 2020

KVUE Austin shifts Bryan Mays and Mike Rush


KVUE Austin announced that morning Daybreak anchor Bryan Mays is swapping roles with 5, 6 and 10pm evening anchor Mike Rush starting July 27.






"KVUE anchors are shifting seats to keep the news we bring you informational, entertaining, and when we can – fun," the station said on its website.

A few months ago there were big changes when KVUE chief meteorologist Albert Ramon left for Nexstar Media Group's News Nation on WGN America and KHOU 11 meteorologist Erika Lopez returned to fill Ramon's duties.

RELATED
Erika Lopez interviewed by GMA's Ginger Zee

The Central Texas ABC affiliate also says meteorologist Jason Mikell will move to the 4:30am anchor role and eventually traffic anchor when that need returns.

In the meantime, meteorologist Hunter Williams will work both weekend mornings and nights until Mikell's weather team slot successor is hired.

Mays joined KVUE in 2004 as weekend sports anchor. Before returning to Austin (he studies journalism at the University of Texas at Austin), Mays was Sports Director at News 9 San Antonio and Sports Director at KTRE Lufkin.

Rush, a native Houstonian, joined KVUE in 2017 from KSDK NewsChannel 5 Saint Louis, Missouri after six years.

He previously worked at:
- WPMI Mobile, AL Weekend Anchor
- WGNO New Orleans, LA General Assignment Reporter
- KPLC Lake Charles, LA Weekend Anchor
- The University of Houston grad interned at FOX 26 KRIV.

Mikell joined KVUE in 2018 as the weekend Daybreak meteorologist. Befor Texas, he served as the chief meteorologist at WLIO in Lima, Ohio.

Williams joined KVUE as a meteorologist in 2020. Prior to Austin, Williams worked for WMAZ Macon, Georgia.




Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Bryan Mays returns to KVUE Austin mornings


The old AM gang is getting back together at KVUE Austin as Bryan Mays returns to the Daybreak morning newscast with Yvonne Nava starting Monday, April 7, 2025.

UPDATE:  KC Sherman joins as morning meteorologist

Back in July 2020, it was a teary goodbye as Mays left for evenings, swapping roles with then KVUE anchor Mike Rush. 

Mays and Nava had anchored together in the mornings for eight years at that point. In the official return announcement, KVUE states that the duo was often the top-rated morning team in the market.

So what does that mean for current Nava morning co-anchor Rob Evans?

"Rob will continue his role in 2024, leading our newest venture—a solo anchor show on KVUE+ called Daybreak+," KVUE news director Travis Sattiewhite told mikemcguff.com. "He’ll also contribute content and support the Midday and 4 p.m. newscasts."

Now celebrating 20 years with KVUE, Mays joined the Central Texas station in 2004 as a weekend sports anchor. 

Before returning to Austin, where he studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, Mays served as Sports Director at the former cable network News 9 San Antonio (now Spectrum News 1 Texas) and KTRE 9 Lufkin.

Happening down in Houston the same morning at TEGNA's sister station, KHOU 11, is the morning debut of Jacob Rascon.


IN OTHER AUSTIN MORNING TV NEWS...
Fred Cantú retires from CBS Austin after 53 year broadcasting career




Friday, April 11, 2025

Bryan Mays and Yvonne Nava remember the old AM days


As soon as I posted the news about Bryan Mays and Yvonne Nava reuniting on the KVUE Austin morning newscast Daybreak, happy Central Texas viewer comments started coming in. 

As the AM news duo wrap up their first week together, they look back on their previous time together, including an infamous prank!






Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Houston, TX media moves of 2020

Houston, Texas media job moves


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



Friday, July 22, 2022

Erika Lopez does KVUE weather with baby Odie


Erika Lopez proved family comes first as she did the KVUE Austin weather Thursday evening with her baby son Odie. 


UPDATE AUGUST 2022
Erika Lopez to leave KVUE Austin


Anchors Bryan Mays and Ashley Goudeau enjoyed the little weather helper.  

Mays remarked Odie might have been one of the youngest guest meteorologists he had ever seen. Goudeau said Odie was giving her baby fever as he gave her a giant smile.

"Today is unofficially bring your child to work day," the KVUE 24 chief meteorologist told the anchors during the 5pm newscast. "And officially life just happened and you do what you gotta do."

Lopez received a ton of support from her KVUE co-workers. Odie even got a hashtag named for him...#Odieishere.

Odie was born in December of 2021.







Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Erika Lopez is pregnant

Erika Lopez

Erika Lopez, KVUE Austin chief meteorologist, paused her weather forecast for a minute the other day to announce she is pregnant.

UPDATE DECEMBER 2021
Erika Lopez gives birth to first baby

"I have some big news, I have butterflies, but I don't know if they're butterflies or if it's the baby kicking in my belly," Lopez said on the 5pm KUVE newscast to anchors Terri Gruca and Bryan Mays.

Both news anchors guessed the baby is a boy.

Well, as they say, roll the video tape, because what followed was one of the more interesting gender reveals I have ever witnessed (embedded below in this post).

"There's 11 hard eggs and one raw egg," Lopez described in the pre-recorded gender reveal video with her husband Otto Staudt.  "We're going to take turns smashing it on her face and then the raw egg will be the gender."

Well, Lopez was the "lucky one" to find the correct egg and smash it in her forehead.

For those who are wondering, Lopez is having a baby boy to add to the KVUE news family. 

"I just had a feeling," Mays added. "You seem like a great boy mom. A great mom regardless. But it seems like you would be a great little boy, mom."

"I am totally going to be a crazy soccer mom," Lopez replied.  "Like, I cannot wait to be in the sidelines just yelling and embarrassing my boy."

Lopez's baby boy is due in December 2021.

Staudt and Lopez were married in 2019 while the meteorologist worked for KVUE's TEGNA sister-station KHOU 11 Houston. 

Lopez returned to KVUE to be chief meteorologist in 2020 when Albert Ramon left for News Nation.

Monday, August 03, 2020

Texas TV news and radio job moves July 2020


Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.

- 2020 Lone Star Regional Sports EMMY Nominees announced
- The Texas Radio Hall of Fame class 2020

DALLAS - FORT WORTH

Longtime Texas Newsman Derik Lattig named Manager of Spectrum Cable News Office in Dallas Texas. Derik, whose official title is Planning Manager will be overseeing 10 MMJ's covering DFW for Spectrum's new venture which signs on in Dallas Sept 1st. Derik is a CBS Newspath Alum and has worked at stations in Dallas and Houston and across Texas during his 30-year career.

NBC 5 KXAS News Director John Stone adds KXTX Telemundo ND duties.

Cumulus Media hit with round of layoffs in Dallas.

It’s no ‘Last Dance,’ but documentary on SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket's Mike Rhyner will be riveting.

KCBI Dallas listeners respond to 'Feed Your Neighbor' outreach.

Dallas Moring News union organization
- Journalists of The Dallas Morning News and Al Día Dallas announce union organizing campaign
- Dallas Morning News declines to recognize union
- Inside the Dallas Morning News Union Fight

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


HOUSTON

Congrats to Houston-based syndicated host Michael Berry (740 KTRH) who makes the 2020 Talkers Heavy Hundred list.

KHOU 11 anchor Ron Trevino celebrates his 38th year with the station.

abc13 KTRK chief meteorologist Travis Herzog celebrates 14 years of service with the station.

KHOU 11 morning meteorologist Chita Craft celebrates nine years with the station.

KPRC 2 assistant news director Aaron Fernandez-Wische celebrates eight years with the station.

Reporter Cathy Hernandez celebrates five years at KPRC 2.

Ken Hoffman pitches 10 hard-hitting questions to Astros reporter Julia Morales.

Houston Chronicle nabs third place in Society of Features Journalism Awards.

There was a FOX 26 KRIV Isiah Carey Day celebration in downtown Houston where participants helped feed the homeless and prepare them for the pandemic.

Washington’s NFL name change will save Houston Chronicle copy editors a headache.

KPRC 2 Director of Digital and Enterprise Content David Arkin leaves station.

FCC Fines Gow Media's KFNC/Houston $5200 over contest.

Houston Public Media Communications Manager Victoria Cordova has left broadcasting and joined the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) as a media specialist.

This radio station has served blind Texans for more than 50 years.

FOX 26 KRIV producer Ellie Holmes tweets she started three months ago with the station. The last time she was physically at the station was when she interviewed for the job back in March. She previously worked for KSAT and KENS, both in San Antonio.

- José Santos leaves Telemundo Houston
- Shannon LaNier is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson
- Trey Serna leaves CW39 KIAH
- Houston Radio Platinum is now Classic Hits
- CW39's Morning Dose adds another hour
- Taniya Wright reveals why she had to put her health first
- Dayna Steele's "The Woman in the Mirror" debuts
- Shannon LaNier gets ripped in #CutUpCovidChallenge
- Deneige Broom returns to WFTV 9
- Video shows what led to Wayne Dolcefino's arrest in court
- Re’Chelle Turner joins KPRC 2
- Houston TV has most famous bug in mouth reporter...but there are others
- Addison Green appears on the "Joe & Joe Weather Show" podcast
- Taniya Wright talks about surgery recovery
- Steve Campion does weddings
- Astros TV's Todd Kalas to miss beginning of season after positive COVID-19 test
- Darren Lyn reports internationally on Hurricane Hanna
- SportsMap Radio launches from SB Nation Radio


SAN ANTONIO

David Flores, who wrote sports for KENS5 since April 2009, has retired. He worked for many years at the San Antonio Express-News and the Kingsville Record-News before that.

Congrats to KENS 5 producer Tara Moore who welcomed baby Trinity Grace into the world on July 29.

- KENS 5's Audrey Castoreno announces baby news
- Breanna Barrs leaves FOX 29 KABB


AUSTIN

The Austin American-Statesman signs lease, will relocate to Southeast Austin site next year.

- KVUE Austin shifts Bryan Mays and Mike Rush
- Erika Lopez interviewed by GMA's Ginger Zee
- KOKE Austin's Bob Cole recovering from COVID-19


AROUND TEXAS

Texas newspaper editor Carlos Sanchez battled COVID-19.

KBTX employee retires after nearly 50 years - Todd Carroll started his television career at KBTX in 1973.

Townsquare Lubbock And Odessa OM Dave Dunaway resigns.

Joey Parker is the new news director at KTEN Sherman.

Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and KFDX-TV 3 donate $10,000 to “THE Kitchen” Of Wichita Falls, TX.

- Big changes at KRIS 6 Corpus Christi
- KGNS Laredo reports 8 COVID-19 staff cases
- Newscenter25 KAVU's announces new anchor lineup
- KAVU Victoria has new leadership
- Faith Woodard joins KVEO Brownsville
- Mary Kate Hamilton joins KOSA Midland-Odessa market
- Bailey Vaughn joins KTEN 10


REMEMBERING

Former WBAP Country Cowboy, Bill Mack, Dead at 88.

Former WFAA Channel 8 general Manager and sales manager Jerry Michael Blancett passed away.

CBS 4 KVEO Rio Grande Valley morning anchor Dan Joseph, 47, loses battle with cancer.

The parents of late Fox News 29 San Antonio KABB anchor Karen Martinez, die of COVID-19 within days of each other.

- Pioneering Texas TV anchor Judy Jordan dies (KDFW, KLTV, KYTX)
- Lily Jang loses her father
- Former TV photographer German Cortez has died
- KHOU 11 legal analyst Gerald Treece has died
- Former KSAT 12 San Antonio anchor Rosenda Rios has died



Friday, January 02, 2026

Austin 2025 TV and radio job moves


JANUARY

- Brianna Perez joins KVUE Austin
- Ryan Chandler joins NBC News from KXAN Austin
- Austin Burkes joins KATV ABC 7 Little Rock
- Atiana San Miguel joins FOX 7 Austin
- Live from UT Austin, it's the Saturday Night Live archives
- Avery Travis and Will DuPree promoted to KXAN anchors
- Zack Shields celebrates 25 years with FOX 7 Austin



FEBRUARY



MARCH

MAY



JUNE

- Ryan Chandler is trying to save lives
- Rebecca Thomas leaves FOX 7 Austin
- Casey Claiborne leaves FOX 7 Austin
- Kristen Currie fills in on CW39 Houston
- Michael Courier joins KVUE Austin


JULY

- Lauren Rangel leaves FOX 7 Austin
- Tan Radford leaves FOX 7 Austin
- Marc Mullins joins KVUE Austin
- Noah Gross is the KXAN weekend sports anchor
- KXAN Austin gets new control room
- Allison Martinez joins KVUE Austin
- Tatjana Deegan promoted to Audacy Austin Senior VP and Market Manager
- Amanda Ruiz joins FOX 35 Orlando


AUGUST

- Alec Nolan joins FOX 7 Austin
- TV anchors guess is it name-brand or HEB?
- Chelsey Khan leaves "We are Austin"
- Sally Hernandez celebrates 25 years at KXAN Austin


SEPTEMBER

- CBS Austin ND Rob Cartwright joins CBS Boston
- Sierra Waggoner joins KEYE's We Are Austin
- “Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience” documentary out now


OCTOBER

- Taylor Alanis joins KXAN Austin
- Bryanna Carroll joins FOX 7 Austin
- Abigail Velez leaves CBS Austin
- Emilee Miranda joins CBS Austin
- Erin Garza named CBS Austin news director


NOVEMBER

- Abigail Velez joins ABC7 KABC Los Angeles
- Andrew Lamparski joins CBS Austin


DECEMBER





Friday, March 06, 2026

Where is KVUE's Rob Evans?


I missed several departures from Austin TV in 2025.

First is KVUE anchor Rob Evans, who left in June 2025.

Evans joined the KVUE Daybreak team as a morning co-anchor in June 2021 after arriving from TEGNA sister station THV11 KTHV in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In April 2025, when Bryan Mays returned to the morning newscast, Evans transitioned from Daybreak to anchor Daybreak+ on KVUE+.

Before his time in Little Rock, Evans worked at ABC7 WZVN in Fort Myers, Florida. He previously reported at KOLR in Springfield, Missouri.

A St. Louis native, Evans is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Also leaving KVUE in October 2025 was reporter Isabella Basco, who started with the station in 2023. She joined the LCRA as a Communications Specialist in February 2026.

Over at KXAN Austin, Multimedia Journalist Mercedez Hernandez left the station in August 2025 after three years.



Monday, September 26, 2011

TV anchor chased by cops, KTRK discredits Perry, WFAA lawsuit plus more



Great spot featuring WFAA 8 anchor Ron Corning with Dale Hansen. Watch the end, Corning is chased by the cops!

WFAA 8 anchor-reporter Debbie Denmon charges the station with discrimination based on her weight
Uncle Barky reports that WFAA 8 anchor-reporter Debbie Denmon has filed a discrimination suit against the Dallas-based station.

KTRK Story Discredits Rick Perry’s Debate Anecdote
Under pressure from GOP rivals at Thursday night’s debate over his support of an HPV vaccine, Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke of his relationship with a woman suffering from cervical cancer–a relationship that was brought to light by Houston’s KTRK.

Fox 26 anchor Melinda Spaulding to be MIA
Fox 26 KRIV anchor Melinda Spaulding is leaving for maternity leave. Congrats.

KVUE picks new co-anchor for morning newscasts
KVUE 24 Weekend sports anchor Bryan Mays has slid into the spot vacated earlier this year by Olga Campos, co-anchoring the station’s “Daybreak” and “Midday” newscasts alongside Melissa Gale.

HISD hires another ex-Chronicle staffer in communications for $85k-plus
Helen Olin, who managed the copy desk at the Houston Chronicle from 2003-2010, is Houston ISD’s new senior manager of communications at a salary of $85,926. (via blogHOUSTON)

The Eagle changes its schedule
FMQB shows us the revised on-air line-up at 97.1 The Eagle KEGL in Dallas - Mornings: Cindy Scull, middays: Chris Ryan, afternoons: Russ Martin, nights: Nikki Sixx, late nights: Angela Chase.
- Is 97.1 The Eagle KEGL full of bull?

More changes coming to 790 KBME?
Houston Media Watch thinks 1560 The Game's John Granato should follow Lance Zierlein to SportsTalk 790 KBME after rumors surface.
- Houston sports talker swag meter
- David Nuno interviews Brad Pitt and Billy Beane for Money Ball

KSAT and WOAI bits
How fresh is KSAT's hour long news and why were WOAI's Randy Beamer and Elsa Ramon on Sunday night?

Everything old is new again
Most of you probably think that updating a story for the web is something new, something that has revolutionized the news business. In reality, multiple story updates through the day is something journalists have been doing for decades.
- The secret of morning TV news people

Astros anniversary keeps broadcaster Brown busy
Bill Brown is wrapping up his 25th season with the Astros with a look to the past and a plaque at the Minute Maid Park press box.

No pants, no service: Paula Deen & hubby turned away from Houston steakhouse
Paula Deen was in Houston recently for the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show, but she didn't get to re-visit the restaurant on her Houston to-do list.

‘Austin City Limits’ offers first look at this season’s broadcast schedule
The legendary PBS show, which is celebrating its 37th season with a move to posh new studios at the foot of the W Austin Hotel and Residences on West Second Street, has released a portion of its lineup.

'Thunder Soul' follows rise of Kashmere rhythm and blues high school band with Jamie Foxx at helm
Jamie Foxx talks "Thunder Soul," a documentary about one of the all-time great high school musical ensembles, the Kashmere High School Stage Band of Houston in the mid-1970s.

'Project Runway' co-host looking for lucky models in San Antonio
"Project Runway" co-host Tim Gunn is coming to San Antonio to dazzle the runway at La Cantera.

From rabbit ears to LCDs: Austin's first TV repairman has seen it all
Bob Bond, who owns Bond's Television & Electronics in Austin, has been working on TVs for so long that when he started, they came in just two colors - black and white.

MOVING
Hema Mullur moves to KDVR in Denver as weekend anchor from KFOX in El Paso where she was the evening anchor. Mullur is represented by Napoli Management Group.

Better late than never...producer Kevin Hirten joins Wayne Dolcefino in the KTRK 13 Undercover office. Former investigative producer Steve Bivens left last year. According to Linkedin, Hirten previously worked for WAVY. My apologies to Mr. Hirten for just now getting this news up.

TVSpy reports WPDE anchor and reporter Mola Lenghi moves from Myrtle Beach to Dallas as he accepts a reporting job at KXAS.

NATIONAL MEDIA
- Pew: 77% Think News Orgs Are Biased
- Jay Carney schools White House reporters
- Lester Holt new host of 'Dateline NBC'
- Another Walter Cronkite at CBS
- Sirius XM vs. HD Radio: The Battle For the Dashboard
- A Big Twist in a Career, but Not Quite a 360
- Bill O’Reilly’s Civil War
- For First Time in 9 Years, All Three Evening Newscasts Grow Viewership
- As 'All My Children' ends, TV soap opera fans mourn

DIGITAL
- What your Facebook profile timeline will look like soon
- How social should a newscast be?
- Pew: One-third surveyed prefer texting to talking
- Online Ad Spend to Overtake TV by 2016

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Jay Michaels named Mix 102.9 KDMX program director
- Houston radio host profiled in national magazine
- KPRC 2 owner says station needs to improve
- mikemcguff.com wins CBS Houston's Most Valuable Blogger contest
- Media circus around Dr. Michael Brown trial
- KENS 5 taking Mayra Moreno from KIAH 39
- Houston Chronicle's MeMo Kyrie O'Connor named interim editor of the San Antonio Express-News
- KIAH 39 debuts new shows for fall season
- KHOU 11's Doug Miller back as TV reporter
- The KUBE 57 fall 2011 TV program schedule
- Fox 26 KRIV weekend anchor job open
- VIDEO: Houston media get lesson from Rice University

Thursday, July 30, 2020

KVUE's Mike Rush reminisces about Bellaire High School cheer days


As I reported last week, KVUE Austin shifted evening anchor Mike Rush to the morning show and morning anchor Bryan Mays to the evenings.

Rush is getting to know morning anchor Yvonne Nava and meteorologist Mariel Ruiz.

His revelation has a Houston connection, since Rush is originally from the Bayou City.

Turns out he was a Bellaire High School cheerleader.

The University of Houston graduate also interned at FOX 26 KRIV.

UPDATE MARCH 2021

Friday, July 04, 2025

Marc Mullins joins KVUE Austin


Marc Mullins is joining KVUE Austin as an evening anchor with Ashley Goudeau at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Quita Culpepper at 6 & 10 p.m. starting July 14, 2025.

"Very excited to be joining the amazing news team at KVUE in Austin, down in the heart of Texas," Mullins posted.  "I am also eager to learn everything I can about Austin in the same way I was hungry to learn the ins and outs of Indianapolis. After 12 1/2 great years in Indy, a new adventure awaits in the 'Live Music Capital of the World.'" 

He takes over for Bryan Mays, who left evenings and returned to the morning "Daybreak" newscast with Yvonne Nava.

Most recently, Mullins anchored WRTV News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. in Indianapolis from July 2017 to April 2025, when the E. W. Scripps Company eliminated his position after he worked there for more than 12 years. Before that, Mullins anchored "Good Morning Indiana" and WRTV News at Noon from December 2012 to July 2017.

Before joining WRTV, Mullins served as an anchor, reporter, and managing editor at KMTR in Eugene, Oregon, from 2005 to 2012.  This followed an earlier stint at KMTR from 2000 to 2003, where Mullins anchored multiple evening newscasts and coordinated the station’s internship program.

From 2003 to 2005, Mullins worked at WGCL/CBS46 Atlanta as a reporter and fill-in anchor.

The Emmy-award winning anchor/reporter began his career at KPAX in Missoula, Montana, in 1998, where he reported on the Crime & Justice beat.

A Connecticut native, Mullins earned his Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1998.

- Michael Courier joins KVUE Austin





Monday, March 19, 2012

Reporter wipes out video, Sachse and the Bush twins plus more




MORE VIDEO
- Thomas Dolby performs Blinded Me with Science on KEYE
- Reporter Wipes Out in KTXL ‘Viral Video’
- WNYW Weather Forecast with no lights on
- John Stossel on why he doesn't miss ABC
- The Office's Creed Bratton visits KXAN
- Baylor'S Brady Heslip 9 three points

Did Dallas Police Stage an Arrest for KDFW?
Did Dallas police officers stage an arrest for KDFW? That’s the question at the heart of an internal investigation now being conducted by the Dallas Police Department.

Freelance dance brings Selena Hernandez to Fox4 while full-time Emily Lopez is on leave
Freelance reporters for D-FW television stations lately are hopping around while hoping to land permanent situations.

Sachse and the Bush twins
KPRC-TV news anchor Dominique Sachse conducted an interview with the Bush sisters.

North Texas gets new television station this month
North Texas will get a new television station before the end of the month as KTXD launches classic television shows on channel 46 KTAQ on the broadcast dial or 47 on most cable or satellite boxes.

Two new Mexico-based channels arrive on KHLM Houston
KHLM channel 43 has added two new subchannels from Mexico - a general entertainment channel and an all-news channel.

New S.A. anchor grandma gives tips on staying youthful
Hard to believe by looking at her, but Deborah Knapp of KENS’ 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. newscasts is San Antonio television’s only anchoring grandma.

KABB's Mileka Lincoln to KEYE
San Antonio anchor Mileka Lincoln of KABB is going to KEYE in Austin to launch a new morning show.

A Quiet Debut for KXAN’s New Morning Anchor
In what retailers call a “soft opening,” new KXAN-TV morning co-anchor Robert Maxwell simply sat down this morning at 4:30 a.m. beside long time anchor Sally Hernandez and meteorologist Natalie Stoll.

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KVUE news clip pops up on Conan’s show
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Anthony Lewis Maisel Named GM Of KTEN
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"92.9 Shooter FM" Debuts In Waco, Texas
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Big 12, ESPN near TV rights extension
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Monday, September 30, 2024

Mike Rush leaves KXAN Austin


Mike Rush left his weekday anchor role with KXAN Austin in September 2024.

Rush, an eight-time EMMY winner, joined KXAN in June 2022 as a weekend anchor/consumer investigative reporter.

In January 2024, Rush left weekend anchoring for weekdays to join Jennifer Sanders on an expanded 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. newscast.

Before KXAN, Rush worked as an anchor for cross-town rival KVUE from 2017 to 2021. While at KVUE, Rush swapped anchor roles with Bryan Mays in 2020, moving from evening to mornings. 

Prior to arriving in Austin to work for KVUE, Rush anchored for KSDK NewsChannel 5 St. Louis, Missouri, for six years.


Before KSDK, Rush was:


- Weekend Anchor WPMI Mobile, AL

- General Assignment Reporter WGNO New Orleans, LA 

- Weekend Anchor KPLC Lake Charles, LA 


Rush, a native of Houston, was a Bellaire High School cheerleader. 

The University of Houston grad interned with FOX 26 KRIV.




Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Ashley Goudeau new KVUE Austin 5pm anchor

Ashley Goudeau announces that she will be the new 5pm anchor at KVUE Austin.

"I’m so excited to announce that I am joining Bryan Mays KVUE and Erika Lopez -Meteorologist on KVUE News at 5," Goudeau posted on Facebook.  "Don’t worry, I’ll still have all of your political news but I am so excited about this new role. So start your #happyhour with me!"

Goudeau swaps newscast anchoring assignments with Terri Gruca who announced earlier this week she was leaving the 5pm news to anchor the mid-day newscast.

In addition to anchoring the midday news, Goudeau also is the TEGNA station's political reporter.

Before Austin, the Lone Star Emmy Chapter award winner previously reported for KCEN Waco, Temple and Killeen.

Goudeau got her start in the Texas TV news world as an assignments editor for KIAH 39 Houston (Then KHCW).  

The Galena Park ISD North Shore Senior High School grad has a broadcast journalism degree from the Dan Rather School of Communications at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX.  

While attending SHSU, Goudeau anchored and reported for KSHU 7.  She also interned at abc13 KTRK.



Monday, March 29, 2021

Mike Rush exits KVUE Austin

Mike Rush has left KVUE Austin and his new morning anchor role. The longtime anchor confirmed it on Twitter.  

UPDATE JUNE 2022
Mike Rush joins KXAN Austin

UPDATE JUNE 2021
Rob Evans joins KVUE Austin as morning anchor

His bio was recently removed from the TEGNA station's website.

In July 2020, I blogged how Rush swapped his evening anchor role with morning anchor Bryan Mays.

Before KVUE, Rush worked as an anchor for KSDK NewsChannel 5 St. Louis, Missouri for six years.


Prior to KSDK, Rush was:

- Weekend Anchor WPMI Mobile, AL

- General Assignment Reporter WGNO New Orleans, LA 

- Weekend Anchor KPLC Lake Charles, LA 


Rush, is a native of Houston and was a Bellaire High School cheerleader. 

While in school, the University of Houston grad interned with FOX 26 KRIV.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

KCEN anchor Kris Radcliffe has died


Kris Radcliffe, 51, a 22-year employee of KCEN 6 Waco-Temple-Killeen and current evening co-anchor, died Wednesday, the TEGNA station announced.

"KCEN and the Central Texas community lost a truly wonderful person," said Rob Dwyer, President and General Manager of KCEN/KAGS. "Kris Radcliffe, husband, father, grandfather and anchor for KCEN and the community will be missed. Kris was a kind and generous person who elevated everyone he was around.  It is hard to say goodbye."

The station reports his family is asking for privacy after his sudden passing.

Co-anchor Lindsay Liepman opened the KCEN 10 p.m. newscast with a tearful tribute and said that TEGNA sister station KVUE Austin anchor Bryan Mays would deliver the rest of the news for the night with KCEN chief meteorologist Matt Farrell. 

"If I had known yesterday was going to be our last newscast together, I would have ignored the cues to wrap from our producers and just laughed a little longer at all of his jokes," Liepman said on the KCEN 10pm newscast.  "He always has lots of jokes. I would have thanked him for all that he's taught me and given to all of you, the viewers, but that is not how life works out. What you don't get to see on air is the time spent talking about our families and our group chats."

After mentioning KVUE's help, Liepman added, "I simply can't get through the newscast tonight, and I hope you understand."

Starting as the KCEN sports anchor in 2002, Radcliffe joined Texas Today as a morning anchor in 2007, eventually transitioning to evening 5, 6, and 10 pm in 2018.

"Kris was my amazing co-anchor on Texas Today, but also my dear friend," former KCEN anchor Jane Lonsdale wrote.  "We just chatted and caught up on life earlier this month. Thank you for your bright light. Thank you for your advice. Thank you for being an amazing human. You will be so deeply missed."

In addition to anchoring, Radcliffe produced and hosted 200 episodes of the "Money Talks" segment. His knowledge as a RE/MAX realtor for 15 years might have been useful during that reporting. 

For six years, from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, Radcliffe was named the “Waco Tribune-Herald On-Air Television Personality of The Year.” 

According to Radcliffe's bio, the Torrance, California native and graduate of California State University at Long Beach leaves behind his wife Eden, two daughters Tori and Courtney, plus two grandchildren. 

"On behalf of my sister, she wanted me to relay to you our profound thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love and support for her girls, their girls, and families," Eden said in a statement. "She's receiving and reading your texts and posts, but it's simply too difficult to respond at this time."


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