position. Originally from Los Angeles and a graduate of Loyola Marymount University, he has been a features reporter or editor at the Orange County Register, Miami Herald, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In January 2011, Barajas unceremoniously parted ways with Channel 26 after a 24-year career. He later became a news anchor for the now-defunct News 92 FM on KROI-FM. Wasserman also received several complaints in person at KPRC's studios. [2] Non Comcast systems on the outer edges of the Houston media market had placed KPRC on cable channel 2. The adrenaline of having a live audience and getting that direct feedback almost immediately when you're doing it, I was like, 'yeah.' She is currently the weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter at CBS Austin. Christine Nol has announced she is leaving KPRC 2. He is currently the executive producer of investigations and special projects for Charlotte's WCNC-TV. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. 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Learn more about him here. Anyone else remembers Tranzana Halstead-Moreno, who used to do weekend morning newscasts for KPRC-TV from 1999 until 2003 ? Dominique Sachse (top left), Ivory Hecker (top center), Daniella Guzman (top right), Tom Koch (bottom left), Rita Garcia (bottom center) and Art Rascon (bottom right) are pictured together in this composite photo. I would say more than anything, it's a quality of life decision.". April 1990 NBC 2 Weekend Newscast with Tim Lake, Linda Lorelle, Ted Shaw & Rick Schwartz, Here's another photograph of NBC 2's sprawled set from Oct. 29th, 1988 during their weekend newscast with Tim Lake & Sylvia Perez, Here's another photograph of KPRC-TV's sprawled set from Oct. 29, 1988 during their weekend newscast with Tim Lake & Sylvia Perez. He is currently the co-host of "Early Today", NBC's early-morning news program. Hecker is now a news personality, according to her social media accounts. Six Since LPMs went live in October 2007, the ratings picture has changed in Houston. joined KIAH-TV in July 2000 as an anchor and reporter. In March 1972, KPRC-TV moved into its state-of-the-art studios on the Southwest Freeway in Houston's Sharpstown neighborhood, where it remains to this day. One of the most notorious pre-emption occurred on July 7, 2001 when KPRC did not air NBC Sports' live coverage of the NASCAR Nextel (then Winston) Cup Series Pepsi 400 from Daytona International Speedway. For several years during the early 1990s, the updates were also aired during the overnight hours with producers and other newsroom personnel anchoring. Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Oops! A Houston native, he joined the Houston Chronicle as a summer 2021 intern. The latest Houston news, weather and sports from KPRC 2. His grandfather is Carl Reiner, left, and his . In November 2015, she left Channel 26 for Tampa's WFTS-TV as a news anchor. Management decided not to renew his contract in 2011, but it wasn't long before Houston METRO took him in as their new spokesman. Lee never did reasonably well with his station, and on June 1, 1950, KLEE-TV was purchased by the Hobby family, owners of the Houston Post, who had signed on KPRC radio in 1925 as Houston's first radio station. READ ALSO:Houston TV news stars who left us in 2017. She is currently the co-anchor of "Today in L.A.," a program on Los Angeles' KNBC-TV. regional public relations manager at Lyondell-Basell. I want to prove to everyone that I belong here and that I'm good enough on my own.' "Growing up, I never was really interested in the news. demoted to the afternoon newscast, a decision that was not met favorably It's Trazanna Halstead-Moreno. (Houston is now the seventh largest TV media market, according to Nielsen.). After college, he spent two and a half years at a station in Salinas, Calif., and then got the call to make the leap to Houston in late 2015. She is currently the anchor for Philadelphia's Fox 29. joined KRIV-TV in January 1990 as a weekend anchor and reporter. Longtime anchor Art Rascon told audiences on Sept. 30 he would depart from the station and local television at the end of the year. Freeman's last day in TV news was on Friday, while Monday. After a freelance stint at WFAA, she is now an anchor/reporter at WSB TV in Atlanta, Georgia. KPRC Show More Show Less 4 of 4 Show business runs in reporter Jake Reiner's family. KPRC 2 is pleased to announce the return of Emmy Award-winning Meteorologist Anthony Yanez to its morning newscast KPRC 2 News Today, following more than six years at KNBC, part of the NBC. This global pandemic has been a constant reminder that work will always be there, but time with family isnt guaranteed forever. I am thrilled to be returning to KPRC News, my home for the past 7 years, in a new and exciting role. ", In a statement, KPRC 2 Vice President and General Manager Phil Lane thanked Nol for her hard work and professionalism. In June 2006, she left Channel 26 and became a news anchor for Chicago's WFLD-TV. "I have benefited from those connections," he said. May 17th, 1989 6:00 PM Newscast with Bill Balleza & Jan Carson: Last time anyone saw Nicholas on TV was back in May 2008 during the Ron Stone tribute. A valued part of our KPRC 2 News team, Christine joined us in February 2019 and has gone on to anchor our Noon & 4:00 p.m. newscasts, also. The University of Indianapolis grad also worked as an on-court emcee for the Indiana Pacers, a digital specialist for WTHR Indianapolis and as a broadcaster for UI's 88.7 FM WICR and UIndy TV. This set was referred to as the "News Center" and was used on-air until 2006, though the physical newsroom still exists in the same area. Rasta previously worked at Los Angeles' KABC-TV and was a weekend anchor for. Romo had been with KTRK since 2016. On September 14, 2009 KPRC-TV removed Dr. Phil from its schedule, due to management concerns over the show's declining ratings and an overdependence on tabloid content such as true crime stories which had little to do with Houston or the program's gimmick shows for sweepsmonths, and had veered away from the original focus of the series on solving common psychological problems. Charlie Van Dyke - voiceover for KPRC-TV (1980s-1994). The station's mail servers were hit with several hundred and possibly more emails in response. Houstons own Daniella Guzman is returning to the Bayou City in January to share the news with you at 6 and 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. ", While in college though, he discovered an appreciation for news that didn't involve balls, gloves and sweaty locker rooms. I cant wait to get back to what I love at the place I call home. Previously, she was a reporter and fill-in anchor at Tucson's KGUN-TV. During the impromptu segment, Hecker alleged that Fox Corporation prevented her from covering anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment and promised to release secret recordings to show what goes on behind the scenes at Fox. Project Veritas, a conservative group known for publishing undercover sting videos meant to expose what the group deems to be political bias in news media, released a video interview with Hecker. Though, this is incredibly bittersweet. The umma cum laude University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign grad interned with ABC Newschannel 15 WICD and CBS WCIA 3 both in Champaign, IL with another internship at NBC 5 Chicago WMAQ. joined KHOU-TV in February 2012 as the weekday morning anchor. Rebecca Surez joined KXLN-TV in May 2011 as a news anchor and reporter. I start on 12/15. KPRC 2 has a wealth of current and former talent, says KPRC 2 Vice President & General Manager Phil Lane. Hes also worked at Chicago CBS owned station WBBM, Fox News Channel, KVUEin Austin,KXIIin Sherman. However the agreement with the Miss Texas organization was made before NASCAR and NBC came to their agreement to carry races in 1999, and despite the wide breadth of time to reschedule, Miss Texas refused to renegotiate or renege on the agreement and allow KPRC to carry the pageant at a new time or on tape delay to accommodate one of NASCAR's tentpole events. Cary Darling joined the Houston Chronicle in 2017 where he writes about arts, entertainment and pop culture, with an emphasis on film and media. She is currently the news anchor for WUSA-TV in Washington D.C. joined KHOU-TV in December 1984 as a sports anchor and reporter. How the Houston Zoo moved its flock of flamingos to a new home, Why the Texans should take Bijan Robinson with the No. She spent 28 years at KPRC reporting on the streets and on the set, first as a traffic reporter and later as an anchor for primetime newscasts. On July 19, 2008 during its 6 p.m. newscast, KPRC debuted its newscast in High Definition. Conan's replacement, Jimmy Fallon, currently airs in his network appointed 11:35 p.m.(CST) slot. She is currently an anchor for Spartanburg's WSPA-TV. I don't have a ton of their weekend stuff from that time, and am looking for it ChannelTwoNews, the clip is called "News Footage of a Houston Rescue on 10/29/1988". The native Texan and mother of five boys earned a BA in Communications from Baylor University and previously worked with Waco's KWTX News 10 and KCEN 6 News, Minneapolis' WFTC-TV, and Jacksonville's WJXT-TV Channel 4 News. Joined KPRC 2 in 2021. NOTE: The "Nightbeat" designation was used again to distinguish late newscasts beginning in the 1990s. She graduated from Rowan University. "I'm a huge Dodgers fan. Hello everyone! NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston: Where are they now . It has carried the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association, every Labor Day since 1970. In 1983, the Houston Post was sold to MediaNews Group, while the Hobby's broadcast holdings were reorganized as H&C Communications, making KPRC the flagship television station of H&C. He co-anchored news from 6.30- 9am with Abby Eden. According to a user of the Daly Planet blog, the first 30 minutes of the 2007 NFL Kickoff game between the New Orleans Saints and theIndianapolis Colts was shown with default audio in Spanish rather than English.Scroll down to the "comments" section of the page KPRC inadvertenly aired the secondary audio program provided by Telemundo (also owned by NBC's parent company, NBC Universal). Previously, Broome was a meteorologist with Denver's KDVR-TV from October 2010 to 2016. Art Rascon will depart from ABC13 at the end of the year. The race was aired on tape-delay later that night on independent station KNWS-TV, (with permission from NBC) following its scheduled live airing of a Houston Astros game. He. Lisa Hernandez joined KPRC 2 in June 2020 as co-anchor of KPRC 2 News Today with Owen Conflenti and KPRC 2 News Midday with Andy Cerota. She not only leaving the channel but she entirely is taking leave from the television world and wants to have family time. Even though a lot of people looked at my rise in news as being attributed to the connections that come from my father, I felt that I had a chip on my shoulder to be like, 'You know what? Anousah Rasta joined KPRC-TV as a reporter in October 2014 and later as a weekend morning anchor. During that time, he generally received unfavorable reviews. In late 2016, she announced she was leaving the station. In November 2013, he announced he was leaving Channel 26 to become assistant news director for Charlotte's WJZY-TV. Kimberly Davis joined KHOU in June as a morning anchor for #HTownRush. The ABC11 reporter left the station in January 2022 to take a job at ABC7 in San Francisco . This was a fact not lost on O'Brien, who visited various parts of Houston including the main bus terminal to watch an episode of his own show with Houstonians in a classic and hilarious skit. I think variations of it emerged elsewhere on other network affiliates around the same time in the mid or late 80s. Three years later, KPRC culminated in the construction of a new set using the newsroom as a backdrop that was similar to the set atWSVN in Miami. He was formerly the single anchor of WCAU's NBC 10 News at 6 p.m., as well as the co-anchor of NBC 10 News at 4 p.m. with Dawn Timmeney and NBC 10 News at 11 p.m. with Renee Chenault-Fattah. joined KHOU-TV in May 2007 as an anchor. joined KHOU-TV in January 2008 as an investigative reporter and fill-in anchor. Aragon's last day on air with KPRC will be Saturday August 27, 2022. In a statement regarding Freeman's retirement, Lane said: "Shes been a great team member and leader in the newsroom. In May 2008, KPRC announced Marshall would move back on air as Weekend Meteorologist. Before that she was an MMJ/Reporter/Fill-In Anchor/Fill-in Producer for WEEK/WHOI-TV NBC News 25 ABC HOI-19 News Peoria, Illinois. On Nov. 1, Nol announced her departure on Instagram. RELATED. Learn more about her here. It was only until I was at college that I really developed a passion for it," he said. "Coming from Los Angeles, you have a certain view of the world. Julian Gill, Emma Balter, Joy Sewing, Marcy de Luna, Cary Darling and Andrew Dansby contributed to this report. Joined KPRC 2 in November. A view of the KPRC tower in Houston in this undated drone image. Previously, she worked for CBS Philly as an evening reporter and fill-in anchor, according to KHOU. The station operates on digital channel 35, but its PSIP virtual channel is 2. less. tweeted Zach Lashway. The British-born, San Antonio-raised journalist went to college in Houston and previously worked for Fox 26. "I'm gonna miss this one A LOT!!" The station's 5 p.m. newscast at one time even reported finishing in fifth place, behind rival news stations KHOU and KTRK-TV, syndicated reruns of The Simpsons on KRIV, and a Spanish-language newscast on KXLN. During the 19801982 run of the NBC soap opera. Hey guys. Former KTRK 13 reporter Andy Cerota started at the station in 2003. KPRC was the first station in Houston with weather radar, videotape for field reporting, the first TV station with a fully staffed Austin news bureau, and the first TV station in Houston to hire female and African-American reporters. After 16 years, Lorelle resigned her post after she was Because of its affiliation with NBC, KPRC was the first station in Houston to broadcast the first color program in Houston and was subsequently the first to broadcast in full color.The station first broadcast on January 1, 1949, as KLEE-TV, and was owned by hotelier W. Albert Lee. 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