Covering Houston and Texas TV, radio, newspaper and other medianoreply@blogger.com (mike mcguff)Thu, 1 Oct 2026 13:08:11 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com11688125http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/en-usnocopyright mikemcguff.commikemcguff,Michael,McGuff,Houston,TV,technologyThe mikemcguff blog podcast will mostly feature technology issues, but you never know when it might lose control and just be entertaining.The mikemcguff blog podcast will mostly feature technology issues, but you never know when it might lose control and just be entertaining.mikemcguffmike@mikemcguff.commikemcguffhttp://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2027/06/charly-edsitty-joins-arizonas-family.htmlHoustonThu, 1 Oct 2026 12:47:37 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-3859034252524023090 Charly Edsitty is returning to Phoenix, where her television career began, to take on a new role as a morning anchor at Arizona's Family KTVK 3TV and KPHO CBS 5 after leaving ABC13 KTRK Houston.Here is what Edsitty said in her announcement:"Hey, Arizona! I am excited to share that I’ll be joining the very talented team at Arizona’s Family on October 12th! I am elated to finally bemike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/texas-tv-radio-job-moves-september-2026.htmlAustindfwHoustonRadioSan AntonioTexasThu, 1 Oct 2026 00:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-6329867349183378152Send tips for the monthly Texas media job list here.- Houston, DFW and San Antonio TV baby news- Texas media layoffs in Fort Worth and San Antonio- Texas TV anchors welcome and announce babies- 2026 Lone Star EMMY NominationsDALLAS - FORT WORTHYonni Rude is the new Urban One Dallas Operations Manager, overseeing 97.9 The Beat KBFB, K104 KKDA, and Smooth 105.7 KRNB.Sarah mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/greg-kerr-joins-kcen-6-waco-temple.htmlTexasWed, 30 Sep 2026 16:30:37 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-3308855347878276312Greg Kerr announced he is returning to Texas television news at KCEN 6 Waco-Temple-Killeen, this time in the mornings alongside Lindsay Liepman.“5am comes quickly, but I’m back at it!” Kerr announced on social media. “I’ve joined Lindsay Liepman and the KCEN morning team in the Waco/Temple market.”Kerr also thanked his wife, Sheryl Kerr, for her support as he made what he described as a “major” mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/darby-brown-leaves-cbs-austin-for.htmlAustinTue, 29 Sep 2026 10:33:32 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4508005189119672565 Darby Brown is leaving CBS Austin KEYE in September 2026 after two years as a sports anchor and reporter.Brown announced she is heading home to Phoenix, Arizona, to join the sports team at 12News KPNX next week.“This move closes the chapter on nearly a decade of sports reporting all across the Lone Star State,” Brown wrote on Instagram. “I gave everything I had to my jobs and communities, and mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/2026-lone-star-emmy-nominations.htmlTexasMon, 28 Sep 2026 21:44:41 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-8213351632320879443 Congrats to the 2026 Lone Star EMMY Nominees.SEE THE LISTmike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/runaway-radio-featured-in-houston.htmlHoustonKLOLMon, 28 Sep 2026 15:34:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-3998718414348634889It's an honor to have my Runaway Radio documentary featured in the Houston Chronicle's "From 'Urban Cowboy' to 'Boyhood,' the 30 Houston films every Houstonian should see."Thanks to arts and entertainment editor Cary Darling for including us.Never did I think that, when I started what was known as the 101 KLOL documentary, it would one day be featured on the same page as some of my Houston mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2027/05/alex-garcia-and-chuck-miketinac-no.htmlSan AntonioSun, 27 Sep 2026 22:39:37 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-2685070694228923114Alex Garcia and Chuck Miketinac's bios have been removed from the FOX 29 San Antonio KABB website.Miketinac has officially marked his time with FOX SA as ended on LinkedIn.In early September 2026, when Sinclair Broadcast Group conducted layoffs at its San Antonio duopoly, FTV heard Garcia and Miketinac might have been unfortunately cut, but both were still on the station's website mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/brandon-schaff-joins-kvue-austin-and.htmlAustinSun, 27 Sep 2026 22:20:14 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-2921168777840880072Brandon Schaff is joining KVUE Austin as a reporter after spending the past year at TEGNA's sister station, WTHR, in Indianapolis.Schaff announced the move on Instagram, saying his next chapter is bringing him back to Texas, where he will join his fiancée, meteorologist Kristin Walla, at KVUE.“Today is my last day at WTHR,” Schaff wrote. “My next chapter takes me back to Texas. I’ll be rejoining mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/kristin-walla-joined-kvue-austin.htmlAustinSun, 27 Sep 2026 22:11:42 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-8684721092859925616Kristin Walla joined KVUE in Austin in May 2026 as a weekend evening meteorologist.- Meet Walla's fiancé, who is joining her at KVUEI was not blogging when Walla headed to Central Texas, so here you go now.You will also catch Walla on KVUE's weekday midday newscasts.Walla began her television career at KIII in Corpus Christi in 2022, where she served as a weekend meteorologist for more than mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/cathy-hernandez-always-houston-texans.htmlHoustonSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:55:36 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-5543980692173669243Cathy Hernandez is going back to her roots, before she joined the KPRC 2 anchor desk, and returning to the Houston Texans sidelines where she was an NFL cheerleader...at least for one game.Here is what Hernandez posted:"Houston, I’M BACK.Before I was an anchor, reporter and mama, I was a Houston Texans cheerleader! Still crazy to think about!I’m heading back to the field October 4 for the Houstonmike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/karen-hua-joins-abc-news.htmlHoustonSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:55:26 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4509384114089475093Karen Hua joined ABC News in Washington, D.C., as a national reporter in May 2026 while I was on a blogging break.TV viewers may remember Hua as the Houston-based national reporter for CBS News, a position she held before CBS parent company Paramount's layoffs earlier this year.Hua joined CBS News in February 2025, relocating to Houston from NBC10 Philadelphia (WCAU), where she spent three years mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/tynisha-jackson-joins-spectrum-news-1.htmldfwSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:55:08 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-9082770662086929486 Tynisha Jackson joined Spectrum News 1 in Dallas as a multimedia journalist (MMJ), returning to North Texas after spending the past three years working in Roanoke, Virginia.An Arlington native, Jackson joined Spectrum News 1 in September 2026."I’m HOME! Excited to share that I’ve joined the team at Spectrum News 1 in Dallas as a reporter," Jackson posted. "I can’t wait to start telling stories mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/brett-anthony-joins-ky3-springfield.htmlTexasSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:54:41 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-451127201601838082Brett Anthony left his CBS19 KYTX Tyler chief meteorologist role in September 2026 for the same job with KY3 KYTV Springfield, Missouri.KY3 announced that Anthony will lead the station's First Alert Weather team beginning this fall. He succeeds longtime Chief Meteorologist Ron Hearst, who is retiring after 38 years serving viewers across the Ozarks.Anthony joined CBS19 in December 2020.Before mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/texas-tv-anchors-welcome-and-announce.htmldfwHoustonSan AntonioSat, 26 Sep 2026 22:53:34 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-1644430475611519971In August, FOX 4 KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth meteorologist Kylie Capps announced she was expecting her first baby. In September, fellow Good Day team member and anchor Shannon Murray is expecting Baby #2. Her daughter was born in 2024. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shannon Murray (@shannonjo) Down I-45, Telemundo Houston KTMD's weekend anchor María Fernanda Sierra mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/dominique-leh-joins-fox-7-austin.htmlAustinFri, 25 Sep 2026 16:55:28 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-5369308150301203112 Dominique Leh has joined FOX 7 Austin KTBC as a reporter, moving from Waco in September 2026.Leh made her on-air debut at FOX 7 and shared the news on Instagram:“Well Central Texas I didn’t go far! Say Hello to your newest reporter at Fox 7 in Austin!Last night I made my on-air debut, and now I get the honor of serving this community which I’m really excited about, and I’m ready to hit the mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/lets-talk-about-caroline-collins.htmlHoustonFri, 25 Sep 2026 01:28:45 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-8851996933607191101When I first saw FOX 26 Houston KRIV evening anchor Caroline Collins' posts on social media about her directing or "punching" her own streaming show, I had no desire to write about it, because it was being done in Houston **FIVE YEARS AGO**.And who knows where else they were doing it before that. If memory serves, KLTV in East Texas did a solo-anchor streaming show back in the late 2000s!!! And mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/ex-san-antonio-tv-reporter-goes-viral.htmlSan AntonioFri, 25 Sep 2026 00:40:09 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-6075302564973286803Former News 4 San Antonio WOAI investigative reporter turned attorney Mariah Medina is going viral in what the syndicated show Inside Edition called the "Right to Bare Arms."I was on Inside Edition today 🙂 pic.twitter.com/KQyIlVI25m— Mariah Medina (@MMedinanews) September 24, 2026 A tweet about Judge Yolanda Huff calling Medina's shoulderless J. Crew dress “inappropriate” in her mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/andrew-latty-latimer-104-krbe-houston.htmlHoustonRadioThu, 24 Sep 2026 23:33:24 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4847686751035158965Andrew "Latty" Latimer is living his dream job as one of 104.1 KRBE Houston's newest DJs. - 104.1 KRBE gets a new look"It’s kind of a surreal situation for me because I grew up in Houston listening to that station and winning concert tickets and movie passes, now I’m the one giving them away," Latty told mikemcguff.comGrowing up in Sugar Land, Latty says working for KRBE feels surreal."mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/houston-public-media-foundation.htmlHoustonThu, 24 Sep 2026 23:31:50 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-6151913702262803961The Houston Public Media Foundation announced the appointment of new board directors and officers.Michael Stewart has been named president of the board of directors, succeeding John Bradshaw, who will continue to serve the board in an ex officio role as immediate past president.“I am honored to serve as president of the Houston Public Media Foundation Board at such an important moment for public mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/telemundo-39-dallas-responde-surpasses.htmldfwThu, 24 Sep 2026 23:23:43 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-8206792541127340287FT. WORTH, Texas – Sept. 24, 2026 – Telemundo 39 Dallas / KXTX, part of NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group, announced its consumer investigative unit, Telemundo 39 Responde, has surpassed $1 million recovered for North Texas community members, marking a significant milestone in the station’s ongoing commitment to advocating for and serving the region.Since its launch in 2014, Telemundo mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/mary-benton-leaving-houston-mayors.htmlHoustonWed, 23 Sep 2026 19:15:45 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4330546741897172195Mary Benton, Houston’s chief communications officer and a senior advisor to Mayor John Whitmire, is leaving the City of Houston for a new role with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO).No doubt Benton is leaving a job that deals with every Houston media property in some way. Benton is a familiar name to longtime Houston television viewers, having spent nearly two mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/justina-latimer-joins-fox-5-atlanta.htmlHoustonWed, 23 Sep 2026 17:38:13 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4636250357045647459Justina Latimer announced she joined FOX 5 Atlanta WAGA as a morning and traffic anchor the same day Leigha McNeil was announced for Latimer's previous KPRC 2 job!At first I thought I got my traffic patterns wrong...but now. Here is a portion of what Latimer posted on Instagram:"I’m thrilled to finally announce that I’ve joined FOX 5 Atlanta as a Morning Anchor! Starting tomorrow you can mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/leigh-waldman-promoted-to-cnn.htmlSan AntonioWed, 23 Sep 2026 14:43:58 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-595732820244685089Leigh Waldman is moving up at CNN after her days at KSAT 12 San Antonio.The network announced on September 23, 2026, that Waldman has been promoted to CNN Correspondent. Beginning October 12, she will be based in Los Angeles and report across CNN platforms as part of the network’s domestic news coverage.Waldman previously served as a New York-based correspondent for CNN Newsource, reporting mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/leigha-mcneil-joins-kprc-2-houston-as.htmlHoustonWed, 23 Sep 2026 10:24:17 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-200744114379016185Looks like KPRC 2 Houston is adding competition for Jennifer Reyna in the morning traffic battle.KPRC 2 announced earlier this morning that Leigha McNeil is returning to Texas to join the station as its new morning traffic anchor. McNeil comes to Houston from WWL-TV Channel 4 in New Orleans, where she held the same position.Quickly, let's take a look at our TranStar cameras for an I-69 detour to mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/09/jeff-ehling-signs-off-abc13-houston.htmlHoustonTue, 22 Sep 2026 23:58:52 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-4675020873463560682 Jeff Ehling officially signed off and retired from ABC13 Houston KTRK on Friday, September 18, 2026, after 26 years with the station.Channel 13 held an event that afternoon to honor and send him off.Later that evening, Ehling had a smaller, more private party at the Cadillac Bar with mostly his morning show team and past colleagues.This event was different from many Houston TV goodbye parties mike@mikemcguff.com (mikemcguff)