Blue Dogs Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Hey there ladies & gentlemen, here's some photos and videos of KRIV-TV Fox 26 Houston newscasts & the list of folks, who used to work at this station in the good ole days: **Below are photos of Fox 26's studio set with the sprawled downtown skyline, which they kept until sometime around 1994. November 6th, 1988: 10:00 PM weekend newscasts with Mike Barajas, Jocelyn Lane, Steve Mark & Shaun Rabb. June 9th, 1989 7:00 PM newscast with John Davenport, Fran Fawcett, Robert Smith & Mark Berman 7:00 PM newscast close with the screenshot of the Fox 26 studio set with their skyline, which ChannelTwoNews mentioned that it was unveiled during the Metromedia days. Here's the list of anchors, reporters, etc., who used to work at Fox 26: Mike Barajas (1986-2011): weekend anchor from 1986 until around 1992; weeknight anchor (1992-2011) Melinda Spaulding (2004-2017): now working at Texas Southern University Angela Chen: moved back to her hometown of Los Angeles, CA Fran Fawcett Jan Jeffcoat Anna Devalantes (later moved to WFLD-TV Fox 32 Chicago) Chau Nyguen Hank Plante Jocelyn Lane Steve Mark John Davenport (I know he died back in 1993, but I'm assuming he was still working for Fox 26 then) Robert Smith (weahter anchor for Fox 26 from around the mid 1980's-until sometime in the 2000's) Ford Atkinson (reporter/weekend anchor) Natalie Bomke (now at WFLD-TV Fox 32 Chicago) Olga Campos Keith Watkins Darian Ward (former Press Secretary for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) until she was forced out due to scandal) Erin Anthony Monique Nation (died in 2001 from cancer: way too young to go) Larry Griffith Todd Duplantis Shaun Rabb (used to do the weather for Fox 26 back during the 80s, he's now working in DFW as a reporter) Ginger Casey (moved to KHOU-TV CBS 11 sometime during 1986) Anita Martini Linda Cheek Heinrich Dave Sheehan If I've missed anyone, let me know and I'll edit the list & comment on the videos of these videos back in the days of Fox 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Here's some others, who used to work at KRIV-TV Fox 26 Ned Hibberd (1988-2013): now assistant news director at WJZY-WMYT in Charlotte, NC Nancy Zambrano: didn't last no more than 5 months: went back to Austin Pattie Shieh (1989-2011): later went to radio station News FM 92 as a reporter. Now currently working at Lyondell-Basell *Her last news report was cussing on live TV, which was LOL LOL LOL. Matt Lavine (1990-2007) Cecilia Sinclair (1992-2007): weeknight weather anchor Carolyn Glanville: Investigative reporter Matt Sampsell (1999-2008): sports anchor/reporter Taslin Alfonzo (2002-2005): morning anchor/reporter: later went to WDSU-TV New Orleans (2006-2009) & currently working as Director of Marketing at the West Jefferson Medical Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 You forgot Kristi Powers, who took over weather at one point.Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think KRIV changed more than just the set. They changed the whole location of the station, moving from Westheimer to their current location on the Southwest Freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Oh yeah, they sure did move out of the Westheimer studios in 1997. I remembered that one.Purple Devil, WNYW-TV gave Fox 26 a replica set back in 1994 (either summer or fall that year).Lloyd Gite used to work at Fox 26 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Isiah Carey used to work in Little Rock... (I've resisted posting this as long as I could. NSFW.) (At least he got a Web Redemption out of it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Mollusk, I sure do remember Isaiah Carey's bug in mouth incident when he was in AR during the mid 1990s. Couldn't stop laughing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Larry Griffith is actually Lanny Griffith who invented traffic in bondage on KLOL. Looks like he's at News 92 FM now, with possibly Mike Barajas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Oops. Forgot to make the edit, sorry for the mistake.Haven't heard from Erin Anthony since she left Fox 26, what's she doing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Latasha Billingsley used to work for Fox 26 for several years before she quits the TV biz altogether to start writing books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beebo Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 What about Jim Marsh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 7:05 AM, beebo said: What about Jim Marsh? Was he was one of the news reporters ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 2:06 PM, Blue Dogs said: Was he was one of the news reporters ? He co-anchored the news with Fran Fawcett in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 7:00 AM, ChannelTwoNews said: He co-anchored the news with Fran Fawcett in the 80s. I'm assuming during their 7:00 PM Newscasts including during the Metromedia days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 7 hours ago, Blue Dogs said: I'm assuming during their 7:00 PM Newscasts including during the Metromedia days ? I'm pretty sure that was Hank Plante & Ginger Casey. Fran Fawcett & Jim Marsh I think were the pair during the first few years of the Fox affiliation. After he left, there was Dave Barker and then after him Mike Barajas started co-anchoring the primetime newscasts for a number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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