Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 highlight videos

The Texas Radio Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2018 and they have been inducted into the Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in Kilgore.

On the click, watch the highlight video for each new member's career!

Albert Ramon leaving KVUE Austin for?

UPDATE JUNE 15, 2020
Erika Lopez re-joins KVUE Austin

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

So where is Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon going after he leaves KVUE 24 Austin after a decade?

He just announced announced May 9th on Facebook he was leaving Austin and the TEGNA Texas station:

Hey friends, I have a life announcement to share with you all:

After an amazing 10 years in Austin, I will be leaving KVUE later this month. My last day on-air will be Wednesday, May 20th.

Working at KVUE has been the honor of a lifetime, especially the last 4 years serving as chief meteorologist. I love this station and this community so much, the decision to leave was not an easy one.

I've been blessed to make so many close friends here and work for managers who truly care about my career. This has been a dream job.

Earlier this year I told the management team that I would only leave KVUE for an opportunity I couldn't pass up and that's what has happened. My new employers are planning a big announcement, so I'll be able to tell you all the details about my next career move soon. The good news is that the new gig will still allow me to cover Texas weather extensively.

Thank you for allowing me to be a source for your weather information for the last decade here in Central Texas. I'm grateful for your support and trust over the years, but this isn't goodbye. You'll still be able to see me and follow me on social media for weather updates, especially when the weather turns rough.

Sincerely,
Albert

UPDATE JUNE 2, 2020
Albert Ramon is heading to News Nation

UPDATE MAY 18, 2020
KVUE says goodbye to Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon

Now Scott Jones at FTVLive is reporting that Ramon is heading to Nexstar Media Group's News Nation on WGN America. Yep, gone are the days of my youth watching Bozo and Cubs game from ChicagoLand.

Deadline is reporting the new primetime cable block of news will premiere from Chicago's WGN studios on September 1, 2020.

As for Ramon's new national gig in Chicago, Nexstar hasn't made an official announcement yet.

Ramon started at KVUE almost 11 years ago. In October of 2009 he was named the weekend morning/evening meteorologist/reporter eventually moving up to the chief job in April of 2016.

The Beeville native started in broadcasting in 2004 at K99 Country KRYS-FM Corpus Christi. Just a few months later he joined CBS 10 KZTV Corpus where he also worked his way up to chief meteorologist.

Earlier in 2020, Ramon was actually splitting his time at KVUE and TEGNA sister station KIII Corpus Christi where he was filling in for Bill Vessey who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke.



UPDATE JUNE 15, 2020
Erika Lopez re-joins KVUE Austin

Alan Harwell retires, Larissa Liska joins KRIS 6 Corpus Christi

Alan Harwell is calling it a TV career, retiring from KRIS 6 Corpus Christi has sports director on July 28, 2022.  He was with the station since June 2013.

Harwell returns to work for the Texas A&M Kingsville sports department where he graduated in 1983 when it was called Texas A&I University.

He has been covering Coastal Bend sports since age 15 when he started at KRYS Radio Corpus Christi.

Over the years he has worked for KIII Corpus and stations in Victoria, Longview-Tyler and Youngstown, Ohio.

Taking over as the KRIS sports director position after Harwell is Larissa Liska who is joining from NewsChannel 10 KFDA Amarillo, TX where she held the same role.

Working for KRIS is a homecoming for Liska who was raised in Three Rivers, a small town in between San Antonio and Corpus Christi.

In fact she will be back covering her alma mater George West High School which led her to the University of Texas at Austin where she interned for FOX 7 KTBC and KUT Radio.

After graduating from UT, Liska worked as a:

- News Reporter/MMJ for News Leader 9 WTVM Columbus, Georgia

- Sports Anchor/MMJ WLTZ NBC 38 and The CW GA-BAMA Columbus, Georgia

- Sports director for WBKB 11 Alpena, Michigan

- KSAT 12 San Antonio sports producer

Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 inductees

2018 Inductees of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame

The Texas Radio Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2018 Inductees.

Congrats to all:

T.J. Callahan - KILT Houston
Dave Ambrose - KLIF Dallas
Bud Little - WOAI San Antonio
Don Samuel - KCOH Houston
Bo Roberts and Jim White - KTXQ/KZPS Dallas
Bobby Prado - KONO San Antonio
Chuck Wolf - KIKK Houston
Mike Rogers - KRLD Dallas
Jimmy "Louis" Wilken - KRYS Corpus Christi
Bill Rhode - KKYX San Antonio
Jim Love - KLVI Beaumont
Lew Dee - KSEL Lubbock
Jody Seay - KZEW Dallas
Judy Bormaster Hart - KLIF/KILTDallas/Houston
Mary "Mike" Hatcher - WTAW Bryan/College Station
Dave Scott - TM/Century 21 Programming/Scott Studios Dallas
Bill Hill - WOAI/KRBE San Antonio/Houston

SAY CONGRATULATIONS: Send a message to the inductees

The TRHOF Induction celebration will be held at the Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in Kilgore Saturday, November 3rd at Noon.

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KIII wins big in Corpus Christi Best of the Best awards

KIII was the big winner in the 2020 Corpus Christi Caller-Times Best of the Best awards.

Morning anchor John Thomas Kobos took home the best Columnist or Reporter category and Alan Holt won the best Weather Report category.

The best TV News category also went to KIII.

Besides the TEGNA station, other Corpus Christi media made the newspaper's best of the best cut, too.

Best TV Personality went to KRIS 6 5, 6 and 10pm anchor Katia Uriarte.

Best Local Radio Station went to 99.1 KRYS "K-99 COUNTRY."

Best Radio Personality honors wen to Ed Ocanas of RETRO 104.1.

Dale Nelson leaves KRIS 6 Corpus Christi

Dale Nelson retired from his KRIS 6 Corpus Christi Chief Meteorologist role after 42 years with the Coastal Bend station on December 29, 2023 at 6pm.

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"I cannot thank Dale enough for his commitment to KRIS and the people of South Texas," said KRIS Communications Vice President and General Manager Ramon Pineda on the station's website. "After four decades of service, he's more than earned this retirement. He will be sorely missed, and I could not be more happy for him."

"The Coastal Bend is such a great place to live and I won't be leaving right away — maybe ever," Nelson added. "I've got some unfinished things I want to accomplish outside of broadcast meteorology."

Nelson joined KRIS in 1981 from the chief met position with KTIV 4 Sioux City, Iowa. 

In the decades since joining channel 6, Nelson has been awarded “Best Weathercast” by the Associated Press and “Best of the Best” award from the Corpus Christi Caller-Times many times since 1995.

In addition to Corpus Christi TV, Nelson has delivered daily weather forecasts via radio on Oldies 93.9 KXMR and KRYS K-99.

The University of St. Thomas in Houston grad started his career in 1979 with NBC4 WCMH Columbus, Ohio in his home state.

"Congratulations, Dale, on 42 years of service to our community," said John Metz, the Meteorologist in Charge for the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi. "You have been a reliable source for weather forecasts and a great partner to the National Weather Service in relaying warnings to help save lives. You will be missed!"

Nelson is retiring with a new knee.  He was off-air from early September of 2023 to November recovering from surgery. 

(Thanks Craig!)

News 88.7 KUHF schedule change for January 2017

Houston Public Media announces new schedule changes and new shows for News 88.7 effective Jan. 2
As Diane Rehm retires, new midday show, ‘1A’ with Joshua Johnson launches

HOUSTON – (Dec. 29, 2016) – Effective Jan. 2, Houston Public Media’s News 88.7 weekday schedule is changing to accommodate the addition of two new shows and live broadcasts of several popular programs. The changes will affect the hours of 9 to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday with additional changes to the 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. hours on Fridays.

The two new shows include the replacement for the ‘The Diane Rhem Show’ by NPR member station WAMU WUMA called ‘1A,’ and the award-winning Texas-based program, ‘Think’. News 88.7 will air the first hour of ‘1A’ live at 9 a.m. and ‘Think’ will air live at 1 p.m. Other weekday schedule changes will include:

· ‘Texas Standard’ live at 10 a.m.

· ‘Fresh Air’ live at 11 a.m.

· ‘PRI’s The World’ at 8 p.m.

· ‘Science Friday’ at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Friday only)

· ‘BBC World News’ live at 10 p.m. (Friday only)

“These new changes for 2017 allow us to bring more live feed programming on the weekdays allowing for up-to-the-minute coverage and to be better equipped for breaking news situations,” said Jim Pivero, director of radio operations for Houston Public Media. “We’re also very excited about the two new shows that are coming that we feel will resonate with our listeners.”

With a name inspired by the 1st amendment, ‘1A’ will explore important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. WAMU WUMA further explained in a statement that the program will delve into lighter subjects such as pop culture, sports, and humor and it will act as a national mirror — taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be. The show will be hosted by Joshua Johnson, creator and host of the radio series “Truth Be Told” about race in America.

The new Texas-based show ‘Think’ is an award-winning radio program produced by KERA in North Texas that features hour-long intimate and thought-provoking interviews with regional, national and international newsmakers including authors, politicians, actors, scientists, artists, innovators and more. The program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd, has broadcast exclusively on KERA for more than 10 years and is now expanding to other Texas stations including KUT in Austin, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio and KWBU in Waco.

For a complete line-up of the new News.88.7 schedule, visit houstonpublicmedia.org/preview.

(This post was taken from a release sent to me by Houston Public Media)