The television station's call letters were changed to match its radio cousin on July 3, 1950. "It feels like a form of performance and I got that adrenaline rush from doing that, anchoring and reporting.". Prior to the digital transition, KPRC was the only Houston station on the VHF dial that did not air on a cable channel matching the over-the-air analog channel, due to interference from the low-band VHF terrestrial signal. Vanessa Richardson appeared on NBC Sports coverage the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race at Daytona International Speedway the weekend of January 29, 2022. Learn more about him here. Previously, she was a news anchor for Charlotte's WBTV-TV. Aragon's last day on air with KPRC will be Saturday August 27, 2022. Swipe through to see a gallery of Houston TV anchors. She graduated from Rowan University. demoted to the afternoon newscast, a decision that was not met favorably Six Here is a part of what Aragon wrote on Facebook. Freeman's last day in TV news was on Friday, while Monday marks the start of Nol's final week at KPRC 2. On Nov. 18, 2017, she announced she was leaving Channel 2 and heading back home to California. Not sure if it's current, but he was running a quite successful independent printing firm right after he left tv. joined KRIV-TV in 2004 as a reporter. Previously, she was an advertiser for Group One Marketing and Houston's KTMD-TV.In 2012, she left Channel 2 to co-anchor Chicago's WMAQ-TV's weekday morning newscast. "Coming from Los Angeles, you have a certain view of the world. In her announcement, Sachse said she would focus on her social media presence, including a YouTube channel with over 1.5 million subscribers, and a book slated for release on April 5, 2022 titled Life Makeover: Embrace the Bold, Beautiful, and Blessed You.. Hello everyone! Me & @KHOULauren debut Sun AM show in 1/2020, so its fitting we worked 1 last time. I'll be focusing on health, book reviews, educational stories, parenting, and even some home decor.". Its newscasts prior to the Post-Newsweek buyout were more traditional in comparison. ?? She then made the move to California in 2014 to. ), KPRC 2 welcomes Daniella Guzman back to Houston news, Houstons own Daniella Guzman is returning to the Bayou City in Januar. Last night was the final day for NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston Weekend Sports Reporter Lainie Fritz, who left the station after 3 years. 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. The newest addition to the KPRC news team hails from Nashville, Tennessee. The station also saw ratings decline in the mornings and also at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. KPRC was also hit with a boycott by black civil rights activist Quanell X and others after the demotion of two African-American anchors. It's Trazanna Halstead-Moreno. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist crossed 25 states reporting on the 2016 elections for NBC News, and he was also sent to England, Turkey and Spain. 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. A post shared by Lauren Freeman Roth (@laurenfreemanroth). LPMs replace the old diary method of measuring ratings. 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Then this big news drops. News anchors for KPRC in the 1990's included Brett Lea (who had anchored at KRPC-TV's former sister station under H&C Communications ownership, WTVF in Nashville), future Chicago news anchor Rob Johnson and Khambrel Marshall, a former sportscaster for KPRC's then-sister station WPLG-TV and news anchor at WCIX/WFOR-TV in Miami. Though, this is incredibly bittersweet. After ten years on the job, Cerota left for KPRC 2 in an anchor/reporter position. Kay Bailey Hutchison (1967-1972): first female TV reporter at the station; later went on to serve in the TX House of Representatives (1973-1977); won 5 statewide elections as TX State Treasurer (1991-1993) & United States Senator (1993-2013): her last campaign ended embarrassingly as she got crushed by Governor Perry in the March 2nd, 2010 GOP Gubernatorial Primary by 20 + percentage points. "Let me tell ya..@ChristineNoelTV has been one heck of a colleague and an even better friend. He is currently a communications and media training instructor for The Ammerman Experience. Jacob Rascon will join ABC13 as a reporter and anchor in 2022. Houston will always hold a special place in my heart. "And what's that going to say? Giff Nielsen was the sports director for KHOU, but more importantly, he was an NFL quarterback for the Houston Oilers. Previously, she was a community news and breaking news reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. He is a senior studying philosophy, computer science and journalism at Duke University. 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. pic.twitter.com/HagK8cDxOb. Mamdooh joined KPRC in July of 2018 from KMGH Denver, Colorado. On Aug. 1, 2017, she announced she would be leaving Channel 2 and going back to Colorado. As much as he is appreciative of KPRC and Texas -- "I love Houston," he says, "the people are just so nice here" -- the rush he now gets from reporting the news is not as intense as he'd like it to be. Joined KPRC 2 in February 2021. I look forward to helping Houstonians get their day started bright and early and cant wait to reconnect with the community I love and have missed dearly.. 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. Prior to KPRC 2, Ojeda served as an anchor/reporter at WNEP 6 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, anchor/reporter at WTEM 18 in Elmira, New York, and anchor/reporter at WIVT/WBGH NewsChannel 34 in Binghamton, New York. FILE - A headshot of Steven Romo, a general assignments reporter with Houston's KTRK-TV. Rascon, who has co-anchored the midday and 5 p.m. newscast for 23 years, said he wanted to focus on personal and community service projects. Its been a wonderful 2 years here! But it's more than a matter of simply changing stations or trading hurricanes for earthquakes and the Astros for the Dodgers. Born in Lima, Peru, Sofia moved to the U.S. as a child, growing up in New Jersey. Learn. Addison Green, a meteorologist for KHOU, announced on Nov. 28 that he would leave the station after Nov. 30 to return to his home state of New York as a weekday meteorologist with News 12 in the New York City area. She departed for stations in San Antonio, Tulsa, and southern Illinois before arriving in Oklahoma City, according to her KOCO 5 profile. He later became a news anchor for the now-defunct News 92 FM on KROI-FM. Before moving Houston, I worked for news stations in Kansas City, MO; Charleston, WV; and Rapid City, SD. News stations don't typically like to promote the leaving of any anchors or reporters, especially if they decide to jump ship to a rival outlet. Sign Up for Hulu + Live TV hulu hulu.com $64.99 Shop Now The popular KPRC anchor and social media influencer revealed. On Instagram Monday, Nol wrote: "Winter is coming.. and so am I. Previously, she was an anchor for Lansing's WILX-TV. 13 KTRK-TV, 1973-2007] Deceased. The station operates on digital channel 35, but its PSIP virtual channel is 2. 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". In 2010, the station changed its slogan from "Right Here, Right Now" to "News at the Speed of Life". In September 2013, she announced she was leaving Channel 26 to join Chicago's WFLD-TV as an anchor and reporter. Anyone else remembers Tranzana Halstead-Moreno, who used to do weekend morning newscasts for KPRC-TV from 1999 until 2003 ? 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. Likewise it did not carry the short primetime run of the poker series Face the Acein August 2009 (along with WDIV and Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV), pre-empting both episodes with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital programming. During that time, he generally received unfavorable reviews. Steven Romo (who is married to Stephen Morgan, above) left his role as ABC13 weekend morning anchor and reporter to move to New York City with Morgan. Though, this is incredibly bittersweet. In December 2013, he announced he was leaving CW 39 to become news director for Dallas' KDAF-TV. The ABC11 reporter left the station in January 2022 to take a job at ABC7 in San Francisco . Prior to Channel 11, he had worked at New York City's WABC-TV. But there are things about Houston that he will take with him. Ladies& Gentlemen: Those who are or used to be fans of NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston back in the good ole days, might remember these anchors or reporters, who worked for the NBC station. Nol's colleagues also wrote messages in support of her. In November 2013, he announced he was leaving Channel 26 to become assistant news director for Charlotte's WJZY-TV. joined KRIV-TV as a reporter in February 2014. Jan Carson was recently doing some business stuff in the private sector. Tony Kovaleski (1997-2001) [now with KNTV-TV], Linda Lorelle (1989-2006): Weekend Anchor & later Weekday Evening Anchor [now with KUHT-TV's Red, White & Blue show], Sylvia Perez (1985-1989): Weekend Anchor/Health Reporter (formerly with ABC 7 WLS-TV Chicago, IL & FOX 32 WFLD-TV Chicago, IL), John Quinones (1975-1978) [now with ABC News], Jacque Reid (1997-2000) [later with BET Nightly News], Janet Shanilan (1995-1997) [currently with NBC News], Spencer Tillman (1987-1997) [later went to WABC-TV & currently with CBS Sports], Chris Wragge (1998-2004) [later went to WCBS-TV], Paula Zahn (1981-1983) [formerly with CBS News & CNN], Marvin Zindler (1950-1954) [later went to Ch. She not only leaving the channel but she entirely is taking leave from the television world and wants to have family time. Advertisement She is not only leaving the station, but she is also stepping away from the hectic schedules of broadcasting. I think variations of it emerged elsewhere on other network affiliates around the same time in the mid or late 80s. The station's mail servers were hit with several hundred and possibly more emails in response. Heres the text of Martins email which Gutierrez posted to social media: Today we say goodbye to a friend and colleague, Kris Gutierrez. What are people going to say about that? !The name "Rilwan" actually means "The one we've been waiting for" More fun facts about Rilwan: https://t.co/xre7vtZ1LgYou can follow him here, Facebook, or on Instagram at @KPRC2Rilwan!Houston, let's give Rilwan a warm welcome! "KPRC was the only top 10 (market) station that I got a look from and the only one that offered me a gig and I was absolutely floored by that," he said. My wife, my kids and I will always be thankful for the love and support weve received from this community and Ill always be grateful for the tremendous opportunity that KPRC 2 gave me not just once, but twice.. She was then promoted to the weekday evening anchor This new shift will allow her to bring her journalism skillset to an entirely new audience. She starts on Jan. 10. Meteorologist Anthony Yanez Anthony Yanez (Anthony Yanez) Returned to KPRC 2 in September 2021. Richardson was in the Peacock Pit Box on pit road where she served as an analyst and was on-air with Marty Snider and INDYCAR veteran driver James Hinchcliffe. The Wichita Falls native moved to Houston in 1969 and studied journalism at the University of Houston before joining KPRC as a police beat reporter. Famous journalist Sofia is leaving the KPRC after 7 years of attachment with the channel. Previously, he was an administrative assistant in the U.S. District Court. Pattie Shieh joined Fox 26 KRIV in 1989 as chief videotape editor. Previously, she was a reporter and fill-in anchor at Tucson's KGUN-TV. Conan's replacement, Jimmy Fallon, currently airs in his network appointed 11:35 p.m.(CST) slot. Rebecca Surez joined KXLN-TV in May 2011 as a news anchor and reporter. In May 2008, KPRC announced Marshall would move back on air as Weekend Meteorologist. I want to prove to everyone that I belong here and that I'm good enough on my own.' Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. "I am so grateful for your love and support and endless kind messages. KPRC 5 p.m. anchor Kris Gutierrez has left the Houston NBC affiliate after almost two years there. She also works on Houston PBS' "Red, White and Blue.". Yesterday, my social feeds were full of the recently posted KPRC 2 "Space Reporter" job opening. One actually ended up at the TV station in Victoriaa little overten years ago and they definitely got a good amount of use out of it before they switched to one that was more HD friendly. KPRC-TV has been an NBC affiliate from the very first day since NBC Radio had good relations with its radio counterpart. joined KRIV-TV in April 2010 as a morning news anchor and reporter. Dave Rossman/For the Chronicle Show More Show Less 50 of 54 Linda Lorelle (right) joined KPRC 2 in 1989 as a . In 1972, KPRC acquired two key KHOU personalities, anchorman Ron Stone and sportscaster Ron Franklin, for its evening newscasts. That particular set was not designed solely for NBC affiliates, however. pic.twitter.com/Vs2m7H4H2R. Then, in 2017, she announced she was becoming a real-estate agent and would be hosting a real-estate segment on KPRC-TV. Report: Houston is the No. Pasted as rich text. His last day at the station will be Aug. 3. Former KTRK 13 reporter Andy Cerota started at the station in 2003. Lauren Freeman announced that she is leaving KPRC 2 Houston in November 2022. A self-described cinephile, Balogun joined KPRC as a reporter in November. Fittingly for Reiner, the film -- hitting theaters July 13 -- is set in the world of journalism. A Houston native, he joined the Houston Chronicle as a summer 2021 intern. However, this was actually a hoax. 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. Kimberly Davis joined KHOU in June as a morning anchor for #HTownRush. Here's one picture of NBC 2's logo with background with the TX State flag: You can post now and register later. This global pandemic has been a constant reminder that work will always be there, but time with family isnt guaranteed forever, said Gutierrez. The former anchor filed a lawsuit against the station, citing breach of contract and defamation. In March 2009, she joined KTRK-TV as an anchor and reporter, but parted ways with Channel 13 five years later. In 2012, Guzman left Houston for Chicago to co-anchor WMAQ's morning newscast with Stefan Holt, son of NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. joined KHOU-TV in January 2008 as an investigative reporter and fill-in anchor. I took improv classes, took stand-up comedy classes and I was always wanting to perform.". August 25, 2014 in Houston Television. A Houston Chronicle reporter and photographer joined the Northeastern Trail Riders Association to document the highlights and challenges of life on the trail during the group's 108-mile journey to the 2023 Houston Reporter Jake Reiner leaving KPRC/2 in August to pursue family business, Black trail riders head to Houston rodeo parade after grueling, joyful 6-day journey. After five years, her last day at the Tegna-owned station will be Dec. 28. Beyond career considerations and love of the Dodgers, Reiner says it's also a matter of just wanting to go home. However, the station still delays Last Call with Carson Daly until 2:05, showing infomercials at 12:35 a.m. in the show's network timeslot. With anchors such as Ron Stone, Bill Balleza, Jan Carson, Linda Lorelle, Dan O'Rourke, Bob Nicholas, weatherman Doug Johnson and sports anchors Ron Franklin and Craig Roberts, the station's newscasts, while usually in second place, often competed for and even placed first at times. years later, she graduated to a reporter and morning anchor position. Daniella Guzman will start at KPRC on Jan. 10, anchoring the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, replacing Dominique Sachse. Longtime KPRC reporter Phil Archer began his television news career in 1976. Gutierrez said he left to help his parents who need more help these days.. Gutierrez returned to the station in March 2020 from KXAS in Dallas. 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. Vanessa Richardson has left KPRC 2 as a sports reporter/anchor according to colleague Keith Garvin. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Angry fans flooded KPRC's email system with a reported 4,000 e-mails. Rasta previously worked at Los Angeles' KABC-TV and was a weekend anchor for El Paso's KTSM-TV. "But I think what's most valuable is what you do with those connections, how you rise to the occasion. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019 . 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). Dominique Sachse, an Emmy Award-winning evening anchor for KPRC, announced at the end of September her departure from the station on Oct. 29. Previously, Jang was a morning news anchor and reporter for Seattle's KCPQ-TV. ", While in college though, he discovered an appreciation for news that didn't involve balls, gloves and sweaty locker rooms. From 1985 to 1992, the station used the newscast title "Channel Two News", and broadcast round-the-clock updates throughout the day, including during NBC primetime programming. regional public relations manager at Lyondell-Basell. In a statement regarding Freeman's retirement, Lane said: "Shes been a great team member and leader in the newsroom. Thursday, September 23, 2021 Jacob Rascon is leaving KPRC 2 Jacob Rascon is leaving KPRC 2 according to his weekend co-anchor Sofia Ojeda. He went on to become a sports anchor and reporter for KRIV-TV in August 1998. 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. Romo had been with KTRK since 2016. NBC 2'sset also had the blue background during The Scene at Five from 1988 until 1989. Rita Garcia joined ABC13 on July 26, hosting weekday morning news from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Texas native Rita Garcia returned to Houston television on July 26 to host ABC13s weekday morning news with co-anchor Samica Knight and meteorologist Elita Loresca from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Garcia, who replaces longtime anchor Tom Koch, had once worked at Fox 26 before moving to Los Angeles to anchor the Good Day LA morning show on Fox 11. His grandfather is Carl Reiner, left, and his . Gayle Anderson (1986-1991): "2 On Your Side" Reporter/Midday Anchor (now with KTLA-TV), Wes Hohenstein (2003-2006): (Weekday Morning Meteorologist): [now with WNCN-TV in Raleigh, NC]. Over three decades, Koch, pronounced Cook, covered 10 hurricanes and a dozen national political conventions, as well as reporting from Rome and the Baikonur space port in Kazakhstan. She's the CMO for the YMCA of Greater Houston now: http://www.naydo.org/about-us/naydo-council/trazanna-moreno,-apr,-chief-communications-officer,-ymca-of-greater-houston.html. less. On July 19, 2008 during its 6 p.m. newscast, KPRC debuted its newscast in High Definition. Learn more about him here. There, she broadcast live from the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The competitiveness is also magnified by Nielsen Media's Local People Meters (LPMs), which were introduced to the Houston market in the Summer 2007 to measure ratings. He says he decided not to pursue acting professionally after he failed to get into NYU's Tisch School of Drama after high school. In July 2014, she announced she was leaving the station for a public relations role at the Harris County Toll Road Authority. 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. Atkinson left Channel 2 in August 1988 to join Harris County Precinct 3 as an executive assistant. Tom Koch spent almost 40 years reporting for ABC13 after following his future wife down to Texas from the Green Bay, Wisconsin television station where they had met on the job. 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? The Houston Post was bought by Hearst and absorbed into its Houston Chronicle, with the last edition printed in April 1995. joined KRIV-TV in November 2004 as a news anchor. He co-anchored news from 6.30- 9am with Abby Eden. joined KIAH-TV in July 2000 as an anchor and reporter. Two of KRPC 2's most beloved anchors, Christine Nol and Lauren Freeman, both recently announced their exits from the Houston news station. Steven Romo (who is married to Stephen Morgan, above) left his role as ABC13 weekend morning anchor and reporter to move to New York City with Morgan. KPRC 5 p.m. anchor Kris Gutierrez has left the Houston NBC affiliate after almost two years there. Prior to joining the Features desk, he was the social media lead for HoustonChronicle.com and homepage producer for Chron.com. After 33 years anchoring the ABC13 morning newscast, Koch announced on Feb. 1 that he would retire at the end of May. KPRC instead opted to air reruns of The Jenny Jones Show in this time slot. Christine Nol has announced she is leaving KPRC 2. Well, makes sense to me now due to the fact Aragon is on the channel 2 space beat. Since 2004, KPRC has been branded "Local 2. We wish her all the best as she pursues her next chapter in life.. Draloc, Inc. I was also told Richardson said something about leaving during KPRC's last "Sports Sunday" show. 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. She left CW 39 in June 2006 for Chicago's WBBM-TV. Longtime anchor Freeman, signed off on Friday for the last time after 25 years in the broadcasting business, including 16 years at KPRC 2. position. Houston viewers will remember Ojeda from her seven years reporting, and most recently anchoring KPRC 2 News Today Weekends. She is currently the co-anchor of "Today in L.A.," a program on Los Angeles' KNBC-TV. [6] Dr. Phil was replaced byThe Dr. Oz Show in the 3pm time slot. After 35 years in Houston, Nielsen left for Utah to serve as the general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. *Anyone else I left out, just let me know immediately & give your take on others, who used to work for NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston. KPRC moved the show to 12:35 a.m. later in 1998, and finally to his network slot in 2005, where he remained until his departure to host The Tonight Show. 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