KPRC 2 has confirmed to mikemcguff.com that Cathy Hernandez has joined the station as a temporary reporter from KDVR and KWGN Denver where she's been since April 2014 .
It's a return home for the Houston native.
In fact, I'm excited to report that Hernandez was on my blog way back in 2007. When I was just a lowly web producer, I was tasked with building a Houston Texans cheerleader section for abc13.com that included a contest where Hernandez and other contestants were vying for a spot on the squad.
She eventually made it, but left the bright lights of football stadiums for those of TV studios a few years later.
According to her bio, Herenandez first started in the TV news biz at KPRC as an associate producer.
Before Colorado, Hernandez worked as a reporter, anchor and producer at KTSM and KDBC in El Paso.
"I’m pleased to share that I’m joining FOX 35 in Orlando as their weekday evening meteorologist, starting June 1st," Garner posted to Facebook. "I’m no stranger to Florida’s weather, as I’ve worked in Tampa TV and was born near Jacksonville.
"I am delighted to return! I look forward to bringing nearly 20 years of severe weather and hurricane season experience to the FOX 35 Storm Team. Thank you to everyone who has expressed such kind messages and well-wishes!"
Back to Garner... his Houston television fans have been asking me to blog about TV Guide's "Sexiest Weathermen on Earth in 2015" current status, so here you go.
Christine Noël announced she will join FOX 31 Denver KDVR as an evening co-anchor with Jeremy Hubbard starting January 22, 2025.
Here is what Noël said online:
"Denver, I’m (finally) baaack! I’m thrilled to announce I’ve joined the incredible team at @fox31denver — starting Jan 22nd, you can catch me alongside the incomparable @jeremyhubbard on FOX31 News at 5,9 & 10pm.
When I moved back to Denver from Houston, I just kept praying the right position would open.
During that time, my husband and I welcomed a beautiful son into the world and I have loved every moment of being fully present at home with him.
Then God opened this door and I knew it was the right time and the right place— and I couldn’t be more excited to share your stories in a place I call home.
I’ve missed you, Colorado! Thank you for the warm welcome back to the airwaves #KDVR #Colorado #News"
I've been waiting for this moment, as Noël hinted in the past that she would be back anchoring TV news.
Houston television viewers will recognize Noël from her years at KPRC 2 were she anchored the afternoon newscasts from February 2019 to November 2022.
"In just a few weeks, I will join the FOX 31 and 'Colorado's Own 2' Pinpoint weather team as the morning meteorologist for FOX 31," Garner posted. "I am absolutely humbled at this rare opportunity to cover the uniquely extreme weather found only on the Front Range. I can't wait to teach my wife and kids how to ski, and introduce our dogs to some of the most beautiful hiking trails in the country."
He is replacing Greg Dutra who is leaving Denver for another TV job the station reported.
“We are proud of the momentum behind the FOX31 Morning News,” said Joan Barrett, VP and General Manager of KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV. “Being able to add Brooks to our Pinpoint Weather team will continue to build on the most accurate forecasting that we’re proud of at FOX31, and we’re proud that Coloradans are turning to us on air, online and in the community.”
Back in 2013, Garner came to KHOU 11 from WFLA News Channel 8 Tampa.
Before Tampa, Garner worked at WIS Columbia, S.C. and KMEG Sioux City, Iowa.
The Emmy award winner is a graduate of Mississippi State University’s broadcast meteorology program and also has a degree from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.
Well, KPRC 2 has started putting information out there about the new show. Hosts have been hired from out of state, producers are being hired from other stations and with all eyes on the NBC affiliate because of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, let's get started.
The show's title will be Houston Life and it will debut August 22nd. It will air weekdays at 1pm (replacing Days of Our Lives at that time slot).
The Houston Life hosts are in Houston now (or on their way). So who are they?
One is a familiar name to San Antonio TV viewers. Former WOAI meteorologist Jennifer Broome is coming into host from FOX 31 KDVR Deniver's Good Day Colorado.
Coming in from Los Angeles' largest independent public television station, KCET, is Derrick Shore. He's been a reporter for the station's news magazine SoCal Connected.
Stephanie Gonzalez who does video segments for the Houston Dash will be a reporter for the show.
‘HOUSTON LIFE’ TO PREMIERE AUGUST 22nd KPRC2 DEBUTS NEW DAILY LIFESTYLE SHOW
Houston, TX, August 9, 2016: KPRC2 is bringing a new brand of live, local entertainment to afternoon television. Houston Life premieres Monday, August 22nd at 1pm with hosts Derrick Shore and Jennifer Broome. The Monday-Friday, hour-long lifestyle show will showcase what makes America’s fourth largest city a great place to work, live and play.
“The show will be a celebration of what is happening each day in our dynamic city,” said KPRC2 Vice President/General Manager Jerry Martin. “It’s going to be jam-packed, high energy and a lot of fun to watch.”
Houston Life will be produced live, on location each day from The Galleria. The studio is on Level 1, adjacent to Nordstrom and across from LensCrafters. Shoppers and fans are invited to come by and be part of the experience.
“We will tap into fashion, pop culture, food, music, lifestyle trends and hot topics,” said Don Graham, Executive Producer of Houston Life. “And we will connect with viewers daily through social media so that they will have access to the show’s lively content
anytime, anywhere.”
Co-host Derrick Shore joins Houston Life from Los Angeles, where he was the host of SoCal Connected on KCET Television. He is an award winning journalist who has appeared on CBS News, NBC’s Today, ABC’s World News Now, Channel One News and Current TV. Derrick has also been cast in several scripted TV dramas and feature films.
Co-host Jennifer Broome comes most recently from Denver, where she was a meteorologist at KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV. She spent ten years in Texas as the Chief Meteorologist for WOAI-TV in San Antonio from 2000-2010. She is a self-described foodie and wine lover who loves adventure and has sky dived with the Army Golden Knights and flown a F-16 with the Air Force Thunderbirds.
UPDATE 8/1/2016
Looks like the Houston Life Galleria studio rumor is true:
Check this out. Mediaweek is reporting that some Fox O&Os are syndicating their news shows to nearby affiliates in smaller markets - creating a regional network:
Lacking the resources for news, stations in smaller markets approached Fox about the idea, [Dennis] Swanson said. For KFQX, the pact with KDVR put it in the news game, taking its ratings from hash marks to a 1.2 and 1.0 rating in May and July among adults 25-54. In exchange for the programming, KDVR gets a portion of the inventory to sell and breaking news content from the western part of the state provided by KFQX’s sister station and CBS affiliate, KREX, in the market.
So does that mean KRIV Fox 26 could be seen in smaller markets like Beaumont, Victoria and College Station? That is if those markets have a Fox station.
Makes sense, the Fox O&O gets a bigger audience and more money, plus the affiliate gets a possibly higher rated show to sell advertising for.
Early last week, KTSM/KDBC (and KVEO Browsville) anchor Phillip Mena officially signed off the El Paso stations, had some cake and left for new opportunities.
Phillip Mena
Friday evening, we learned on his Facebook page that Mena is heading to Houston and KPRC 2. Mena will be co-anchoring the weekend news with attorney Irika Sargent.
"While I'm saddened to leave my hometown of El Paso, I'm excited about living in Houston and working for such a storied station at KPRC," Mena told mikemcguff.com. "I look forward to becoming very involved in the Houston community and telling its stories. I'm also excited that I'll be arriving just in time for the crawfish boils and the Astros games."
According to his bio, while attending Arizona State University, Mena wrote sports articles for The Arizona Republic and worked at the local ESPN radio affiliate as a producer. During summer breaks, he would also write sports stories for The El Paso Times. He interned at FOX 10 KSAZ-TV in Phoenix. After college, Mena continued to write for The Arizona Republic and worked as a producer for a sports show on Fox Sports Radio in Phoenix.
In April 2010, Mena returned to El Paso as a TV news reporter.
Mena says he starts at KPRC 2 April 23rd.
The El Paso TV world (Market 91) is full of people making big market jumps. A quick scan of my blog shows that three KFOX El Paso TV folks made big jumps in the last few years - KNBC 4 Los Angeles' Jacob Rascon, Hema Mullur of KDVR in Denver and Derek Shore of Sacramento's CBS owned KOVR. As for the big move from El Paso to Houston, the only other person that comes to mind is KTRK 13 anchor Elissa Rivas who also came from KFOX.
The lesson here is: College TV journalism majors, go work for KFOX. It is either a really good station or there is something in the water there.
Hema Mullur announced on Facebook that she is leaving CBS Austin KEYE where she is a 5/6/6:30/10pm weeknight evening co-anchor.
Here is a portion of what Mullur posted on Facebook:
"After 9 years, my time at CBS Austin has come to an end. Thank you to the Central Texans who welcomed me into their homes nightly to tell stories, provide updates on breaking news, and serve as a trusted resource in times of crisis. I’ve celebrated the biggest milestones of my life in this city, so Austin will forever be a second home and have a piece of my heart.
For now, I am relishing this extra time with my beautiful family. After 17 years of working the late news schedule, nothing feels sweeter than having dinner with my daughter and putting her to sleep at night without having to rush back to work! I’m taking the summer to rest and recharge before heading back this fall to continue earning my Juris Doctor at one of the best law schools in the nation.
I did not plan to end my career as a journalist and looked forward to using my legal education in that capacity, but if I never find myself in another newsroom again I leave knowing I’ve done the kind of work and been the kind of teammate my communities and coworkers deserved. The number of people who have already reached out with a kind word tells me I’ve done at least one thing right over these many years. More than anything, I’m proud to be an Indian American woman who has thrived in an unconventional career path. I am sad Central Texas will no longer have that prominent representation, but I will forever cherish every comment I received from fellow South Asians who took the time to tell me how proud they were to see my face and hear my name on TV. "
Mullur joined KEYE 42 in 2014 from FOX31 KDVR and KWGN 2 Denver, Colorado where she was an evening anchor.
The Plano raised anchor returned to school at The University of Texas School of Law in August 2022.
The University of Texas at Austin grad (Plan II Honors and Broadcast Journalism) previously worked in such Texas TV markets as an anchor/reporter for KFOX 14 El Paso and morning anchor/reporter/producer for Newswest 9 KWES Midland/Odessa.
Denver TV news is becoming quite the topic on my blog lately!
I have noticed over the last months that Denver and Texas are swapping television journalists left and right and more and more Colorado-area folks are reading my blog.
Sure, we've seen Houston and Denver TV stations swap personnel over the years.
We've watched Sally Mamdooh and Christine Noël join KPRC from the "Mile-High City." KHOU 11's general manager Robert Springer came here from Denver. On the flip side, we saw KHOU 11 reporter Jacqueline Crea take off for Colorado.
At the same time we have to remember that Houston TV constantly hires and loses talent from/to all over the country at this point.
But less than a month ago, practically on the same day, we saw:
Before joining KEYE in 2014, the Plano raised University of Texas at Austin grad (Plan II Honors and Broadcast Journalism), anchored/reported for KDVR/KWGN Denver, Colorado.
The award-winning journalist also worked in such Texas television markets as an anchor/reporter for KFOX El Paso, and morning anchor/reporter/producer for KWES Midland/Odessa. Huma interned at FOX 7 KTBC Austin.
Former KHOU 11 Houston meteorologist Brooks Garner covered a tornado live on air that was hitting his own station's studios at Lake Mary FOX 35 Orlando WOFL Central Florida, located in Seminole County.
"Everybody in the FOX 35 building, get to your safe space under your desk, if you're not in a designated area," Garner said on-air during the coverage. "We're catching debris right now on the roof. Debris is on the roof right now. We're hearing...you can see the debris flying there on the camera. This is a tornado! Seek shelter immediately."
WOFL reports that the EF2 tornado touched down at 9:36 a.m., with winds peaking at 115 mph. No fatalities or injuries were reported.
"We didn’t know how strong the tornado was going to be or what impacts it would have on the studio, as it approached and hit," Garner told mikemcguff.com. "Thankfully, the building is strong, and the twister weakened a bit."
August 2026 marks 10 years since KPRC 2 Houston’s lifestyle program, Houston Life, first premiered, launching a decade-long run of live television, local personalities, celebrity guests, food, fashion, entertainment, and stories celebrating life in the Bayou City.
Houston Life debuted Monday, August 22, 2016, at 1 p.m., replacing Days of Our Lives in the time slot.
The hour-long weekday program was designed to bring a new brand of live, local entertainment to Houston afternoons and showcase what made the city a great place to work, live, and play, the station said at the time.
From the beginning, Houston Life took an unconventional approach. Rather than broadcasting from a traditional television studio, the program originated live each weekday from The Galleria. The show's studio was located on Level 1, near Nordstrom and across from LensCrafters, allowing shoppers and fans to watch the production in person.
“The show will be a celebration of what is happening each day in our dynamic city,” KPRC 2 Vice President and General Manager Jerry Martin said when the program was announced. “It’s going to be jam-packed, high-energy and a lot of fun to watch.”
“We will tap into fashion, pop culture, food, music, lifestyle trends and hot topics,” added Don Graham, Executive Producer of Houston Life when it debuted. “And we will connect with viewers daily through social media so that they will have access to the show’s lively content anytime, anywhere.”
Graham brought considerable experience to the project. Before launching Houston Life, he spent years as the executive producer of Great Day Houston at KHOU 11. Earlier in his career, he also served as Executive in Charge of Production for The Gayle King Show in the 1990s.
The original Houston Life team featured co-hosts Derrick Shore and Jennifer Broome, along with reporters Stephanie (Gerry) Gilbert and Stephanie Gonzalez.
Shore joined KPRC 2 from Los Angeles, where he hosted SoCal Connected on KCET. An award-winning journalist, he had previously appeared on CBS News, NBC's Today, ABC's World News Now, Channel One News and Current TV. He also had credits in scripted television dramas and feature films.
Broome came to Houston Life from Denver, where she worked as a meteorologist at KDVR-TV and KWGN-TV. She already had a strong connection to Texas, having spent a decade as chief meteorologist at WOAI-TV in San Antonio from 2000 to 2010.
The early days of Houston Life were not without their challenges.
Producing a live television show inside a shopping mall proved to be something of an experiment, with the crew having to deal with the unpredictable realities of broadcasting outside a conventional studio.
“Doing a LIVE show in that setting really was like a giant experiment,” Shore recalled.
One memorable mishap involved a local chef preparing chocolate mousse for a cooking segment. The chef arrived early to prepare the dish, but just before the segment was scheduled to go live, the entire dessert ended up on the floor.
The demonstration table was being moved onto the elevator floor of the set when it apparently became unbalanced.
“Somebody picked up that table, it wasn't balanced, and that whole dish went upside down on the floor of the set,” recalled Courtney Zavala, who would later become one of Houston Life's most recognizable co-hosts.
Broome's time on the program was relatively brief. In 2017, the original co-host announced she was leaving Houston Life. KPRC 2 turned to Zavala, a longtime member of the station's news team and former weekend morning anchor, to take over as Shore's co-host.
Zavala joined Shore and became a central part of Houston Life for the next several years.
In 2018, KPRC 2 added another memorable member to the Houston Life family: Tex, a 10-week-old male Maltipoo adopted from the Houston SPCA. The dog quickly became part of the show's personality and a familiar face to viewers.
That same year, Houston Life underwent another major change when the program moved from its Galleria location to the KPRC 2 studios on the Southwest Freeway.
In 2019, Lauren Kelly joined the show as a reporter from MIX 96.5 KHMX mornings. Kelly started contributing to the show in 2016 as a guest on its "Trending Topics" segment.
By 2020, Houston Life was ready for another significant change.
KPRC 2 announced that the program, which had become Houston's No. 1-rated daytime lifestyle program, would move from its 1 p.m. home to 3 p.m. beginning August 17, 2020. The new time slot positioned Houston Life as the lead-in to KPRC 2 News at 4 p.m. The 3 p.m. experiment, however, would not last permanently. In September 2022, KPRC 2 announced that Houston Life would move back to its original 1 p.m. time slot.
Then, in January 2023, another major chapter came to an end. After more than 20 years at KPRC 2 and more than five years with Houston Life, Zavala left the station. January 17, 2023, was her final day on the program. Her departure marked the end of a significant era for Houston Life, but the show continued to evolve.
Later in 2023, Tessa Barrera joined Shore as the new co-host. Barrera was already a familiar voice to Houston radio listeners as co-host of The Rod Ryan Show on 94.5 The Buzz KTBZ. Barrera brought her radio background and energetic personality to the afternoon lifestyle program, joining Shore as Houston Life entered its eighth year on KPRC 2.
And after nearly a decade, another hosting change arrived in 2026. Barrera announced she would leave her Houston Life co-host position after three years on the program, with March 31, 2026, marking her final day on the show. She later joined Hello Houston in August 2026.
As Houston Life celebrates its 10th anniversary in August 2026, the program's history is ultimately a story about adaptation. What began as an ambitious experiment broadcasting live from a shopping mall has grown into a longtime fixture of KPRC 2's daytime lineup.
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.
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.
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
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.
Local broadcasting veteran Bob Goosmann has been named chief meteorologist for NewsRadio 1080 KRLD, effective immediately.
“Bob lives and breathes North Texas weather, and greatly respects KRLD’s commitment to accurate and dependable forecast information every ten minutes” said Bruce Gilbert, Vice President of News/Talk/Sports Programming for CBS RADIO Dallas-Fort Worth. “NewsRadio 1080 KRLD listeners can rely on him, not only for accurate forecasts, but also for the information they need to stay safe when severe weather strikes.”
Goosmann is an award-winning meteorologist with twenty-six years’ experience in radio and television. Most recently, he was chief meteorologist for KDAF-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth. Prior to that, he held the same position at KDVR-TV in Denver. He also served as chief meteorologist for KRLD’s sister CBS Television station KTVT (CBS 11) in Dallas-Fort Worth for nine years. In addition, he has worked at stations in Providence, Rhode Island and Richmond, Virginia.
Goosmann’s work has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press, the Colorado Broadcasters Association and the Press Club of Dallas. He holds a Bachelor of Science in meteorology from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the AMS Seal.
(This post is from a release sent to me by CBS Dallas)
Houston Life debuts on KPRC 2 with a quick paced format
Just like a bunch of other Houstonians' first day today, the hosts and crew of Houston Life are starting out fresh, not in a classroom, but a brand new locally produced KPRC 2 lifestyle show.
Hosts Jennifer Broome (former WOAI San Antonio meteorologist, FOX 31 KDVR Denver's Good Day Colorado) and Derrick Shore (formerly of KCET Los Angeles) started the show by jumping out of a plane in a recorded segment (now doing that live would have been a technical masterpiece). I would imagine the skydiving stunt is a great metaphor for the first day launch of a new talk show.
After a catchy theme song (complete with lyrics), through the magic of TV, the next us viewers saw were the hosts live from their new studio digs at the swanky Houston Galleria expansion next to Nordstrom. The duo even got some cheers as they ran through the set door from the shopping mall crowd.
If you've ever worked in television, then you know soap opera fans are passionate. The ones who are still watching, even more so, as their viewing options are dwindling. Shore calmed tensions by quickly mentioning that Days of Our Lives was moving from 1pm to right after Houston Life at 2pm.
Like Sands through an hourglass, these are the days of our zombies? Yes, after a quick clip of the hosts skydiving again, a zombie was featured chained on set. I am not joking. Did not expect this. Turns out it was a quick segment about the Houston Escape Room game with what I'm guessing was a fake professor. I wonder if the show will ever let me come on the air dressed as a werewolf?
Houston Life doesn't seem to stay on anyone subject too long. Next, it was a whirlwind tour of places around the Bayou City. We saw a quick clip of the hosts at iFLY. Then a quick edited package segment of the hosts at Topgolf.
After the first commercial break, Chef Ronnie Killen was live in the studio doing one of the things he does best...barbecue and the sauces to go with it. From personal experience, if you want to eat at Killen's Barbecue in Pearland, get there early. The menu items go fast and once all the food is gone, the place shuts down for the day. This was the longest segment of the show so far.
After the second commercial break, the hosts appeared in a recorded segment participating in a beer bicycle tour to the Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Once at the beer HQ, they got a behind the scenes tour of the operation. And just to show that Shore has no fear, he went to the main beer hall full of customers and danced around interviewing people while wearing a lederhosen. I believe this was a Houston TV first for me.
Obviously the show is live, so after break three, the hosts checked back with KPRC 2 meteorologist Justin Stapleton for a quick weather update. Next up, an edited package segment of Shore and Broome getting batty at the Waugh Drive Bat Colony. A favorite of Houston TV feature segments. This was followed by an in studio interview with bat expert Suzanne Jurek.
Not related to the show, but during the next TV ads, I learned The Texas Hammer, attorney Jim Adler, is being joined by his son Bill, who is also a Texas Hammer. I never thought we would have two hammers.
Reporter Stephanie Gerry was up next in an edited package report from Houston Texans tailgating. The package went to black all of a sudden, then Gerry was in the studio with the hosts for more tailgating talk with Houston Pitmaker. Afterwards Houston Texans cheerleaders showed up talking about their new calendar! The cheerleaders displayed a proclamation from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner declaring today Houston Life Day.
After the break, was an in studio interview with the principal and students from the British International School of Houston with a few performances. This seemed to be one of the longer segments of the show.
The show ended with cake, confetti and champagne. The zombie stayed around for this too. Maybe he should have come back to help kill a little time (insert rim shot).
Broome and Shore appear to have good chemistry and are clearly comfortable doing this type of format.
Houston Life Executive Producer Don Graham who helped start and was in charge of KHOU 11's Great Day Houston for many years, clearly has lots of experience in the talk show arena. In fact, he even did time as the Executive in Charge of Production for the The Gayle King Show back in the 90s.
One thing Graham and the staff seem to want is to keep the attention of the Facebook generation. For the most part, the show moves at such a quick pace that viewers never really get too much of one thing. One could argue there might not be a lot of in depth information, but on the flip side, if anything gets too boring, viewers won't have time to flip the channel (or start browsing social media on the so-called second screen).
Outside of the one blank screen and time to kill at the end, the show seemed pretty error free. That's quite a feat since the show takes place live from a location other than an actual TV studio. The only other problem was with the channel 2 website. Online users were promised a livestream of the show but it wasn't there. Where the video player was supped to be was a graphic. I saw a complaint on the show's Facebook page too.
KPRC 2 Houston weekend morning newscast viewers saw Cathy Hernandez and Brittany Jeffers behind the news desk Sunday, and from what mikemcguff.com understands, this is the new permanent 2023 "KPRC 2 News Today" weekend morning anchor team along with longtime meteorologist Khambrel Marshall.
Hernandez and Jeffers apparently are not just fill-in anchoring as they have been off and on (with a mix of other KPRC talent), after Sofia Ojeda left the newscast last summer.
No word on which newscast Sabirah Rayford, who was hired to anchor the KPRC 2 News Today weekend morning news in 2021, will anchor from this point on. Either way, she will still be a reporter during the week based on her normal schedule.
The Houston native was made a full-time reporter in 2016. The University of Houston grad got her TV start as channel 2 associate producer, later moving on to KTSM 9 News and CBS4 Local KDBC El Paso.
Astros will lose longtime voice after 2012, but not Milo Hamilton, the man behind it
From the moment he first sat behind a microphone as a young serviceman in 1945, Milo Hamilton has never been the retiring type. As he embarks on his final year as the home-game radio voice of the Astros, Hamilton went to great lengths to emphasize he isn’t retiring.
Richard Justice Disses the Chron
When he left his job as the paper's lead sports columnist to write for MLB.com, Richard Justice was effusive in his praise for the Houston Chronicle. That changed last weekend.
Batch of photos shows early days at KPRC
Part of the collection of Houston Post negatives kept at the Houston Chronicle includes what must be about 100 photos from when KPRC operated on Post Oak, where the Williams Waterwall is today.
MOVING
Michael Garofalo joined WOAI in San Antonio as morning anchor. Most recently, Michael was an anchor at WKMG in Orlando. (Napoli Management Group)
Raul Martinez will join the sports team with KDVR in Denver at the end of March as weekend sports anchor and reporter. He leaves KVIA in El Paso where he has been the sports director for the past six years. (Napoli Management Group)
Paul Cicala is promoted to sports director from weekend sports anchor at KVIA in El Paso. (Napoli Management Group)
Terri Gruca renews her agreement with KVUE in Austin as primary anchor. (Napoli Management Group)
The Soup Cans blog points to a TV news controversy in Denver:
In the photo, Channel 31's [KDVR] Libby Weaver and Natalie Tysdal do their best suggestive girl on girl pose and Weaver pulls off a pretty good impression of Marlene Dietrich in drag. SEE MORE
I don't see this going over well with Texas news anchors.
Fox4 adds meteorologist Ali Turiano
Dallas-based Fox4 has filled its weekend meteorologist vacancy by hiring Ali Turiano from Orlando-based News13, a cable station servicing the greater Central Florida region.
Chris Henao is KSAT 12 San Antonio's new assistant news director. He comes from KNBC LA where he was the investigative producer or the last two years. His other Texas stops include a role as both a photojournalist and later producer in the KHOU 11 investigative unit. Before that he was a photog at KXAN Austin and KGBT Harlingen in the early 1990s. Outside of Texas he also worked at KCTV and WXIA.
WOAI-TV losing its weatherman
John Gerard, WOAI-TV’s chief meteorologist for the past four years — and the man who helped birth the station’s signature “4 Zone Forecast” — is leaving San Antonio for a weather post on the CBS affiliate in Miami.
Fox 26 KRIV associate producer Trina Adger announces that after nearly four years, she is heading to KBTX Bryan/College Station as a reporter.
KIAH 39 Director of Marketing Theressa "T" Virgil leaves Houston after six years to work as senior director of creative services for UP TV in Atlanta.
Houston native Cathy Hernandez moves from anchor/reporter at KTSM and KDBC El Paso to reporter at KDVR & KWGN in Denver.
Meet DBR's New Regional Editor-In-Chief
Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize juror George Haj will join ALM on April 21 in the new role of regional editor-in-chief for Florida, Georgia and Texas. Haj comes to ALM from the Houston Chronicle, where he is senior editor of local news.
KGSR hires new program manager
There’s a new addition over at 93.3 KGSR-FM. Haley Jones has been named program director for the 23-year-old station.
Popular traffic reporter returning to Austin's airwaves
Joe Taylor, who most recently worked at Time Warner Cable News and, before that, at 590 KLBJ-AM, has been hired to provide traffic updates several times a day for four local radio stations.
KCEN-TV gets news director
Jim Hice is leaving Louisville, Ky., to become the news director at KCEN-HD, the local NBC affiliate, NBC has confirmed.
As I've said before, I'm not clairvoyant. Please let me know of any other personnel changes hitting the Houston media scene.
The Soup Cans blog points to a TV news controversy in Denver: