citykid09 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 What happend to Don Nelson His Picture is no longer on the intro of any of the shows he was on. Did he retire? I know Shara Fryer left to do reports but what is happening to Abc 13? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 shara fryer left channel 13? wow, she's been there forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 ABC13's Shara Fryer takes on exciting new challengeABC13 Eyewitness News(9/03/04 - HOUSTON) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Don Nelson Must have been fired??????I did not see him say that he was leaving channel 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 If he is gone, Don and 13 may not have had a say in the matter. Most of the traffic people on the air in Houston aren't directly employed by their stations. They are employees of Metro Networks, which can (and often does) move them around as they see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 If anyone should be fired, it's Ed Brandon.------------Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLEDate: THU 04/27/89Section: APage: 25Edition: 2 STARBrandon equates his coke addiction to `skid-row alcoholic'By DIANNA HUNTStaffFormer television weatherman Ed Brandon said Wednesday a 10-year cocaine habit left him as addicted as a "skid-row alcoholic," but he denied the rumors of sexual improprieties that have circulated around him.Brandon, cheerful and upbeat in his first public interview since he abruptly resigned from KTRK -Channel 13 earlier this year, said he is taking it "one day at a time" in an effort to kick the habit."I used drugs for 10 years," Brandon told the Chronicle. "I'm sure I started out as the typical person who was making a lot of money and was presented with this attractive way to escape life's problems."I turned out to be one of those people who just should not have done it. I'm just as bad as the skid-row alcoholic when it comes to that."Houston police, meanwhile, said Wednesday their investigation into allegations against Brandon had ended without charges being filed against him.Sgt. J.C. Mosier said the decision not to file charges came after a months-long investigation by the department's vice division that included reviewing hours of videotapes, some of them homemade."There's nothing in there that could be looked at as any criminal activity that we could prove," Mosier said. "They (vice officers) don't foresee any charges coming out of it."Brandon, 46, came under investigation last year after a man complained to Houston police that he had been sexually assaulted at Brandon's townhome in southwest Houston. The same complaint included allegations of child pornography. No charges were filed.Brandon denied the allegations but later agreed to settle out-of-court for $3 ,500 when the man threatened to file a lawsuit over the alleged assault, said Houston private investigator Clyde Wilson, who was hired by Brandon to handle the settlement. Brandon resigned his position at Channel 13 just a few days later.Brandon admitted later in a written statement that his drug dependency left him vulnerable to blackmail, and he elaborated Wednesday - two weeks after his release from a drug treatment program - on his ordeal."I have feelings that I brought this on myself because of my drug usage, and I left myself open," he said. "On the one hand I'm very angry about it, but I know that it's the way I was leading my life."I thought I could do drugs socially and I couldn't."Brandon said his years of drug abuse affected not only his lifestyle, but his health and career as well."The drug use was causing problems in my life," he said. "I had extremely elevated blood pressure, and that's under control now. It turns out that I'm just normally prone to have hypertension, but I was exacerbating it with drugs."Brandon was admitted to a local psychiatric hospital and spent several months in a drug treatment program. At the time, he said, he was aware of the swirl of rumors that began to circulate throughout the city, but said the hospital environment insulated him from the full impact."They're so bizarre, and they're not true," he said. "Just having my name brought up in connection with those things is just horrible."Brandon said his recovery was helped along, though, by the cards and letters he received from people who had watched him during his 17 years with Channel 13."A lot of people were really concerned, and I'm very grateful for that," Brandon said. "It helped me a lot."The decision by Houston police not to file charges should also speed his recovery."I'm very pleased that no charges will be filed," said private investigator Wilson. "We were confident that the man who had made the original allegations was a contemptible liar."His attorney, Marian Rosen, agreed."We felt confident all along that there would not be any criminal charges filed. I think that what Ed wants to do at this point is go forward with his life, to put those problems behind him and get back to work at what he loves doing."Now, Brandon says, he is struggling to do just that - without thinking too much about the future."The job situation is something that is definitely on my mind, and I don't have one right now," he said. "But at this point, I'm trying not to worry about anything. My main goal is to continue to get physically healthy. I feel absolutely fantastic right now, and I want to keep feeling that way."I have a drug problem, I'm solving it, and I'm just feeling good. I'm taking things one day at a time."Brandon, whose real name is Winham Edward Branstetter, came to Houston in 1972 from Austin's KHFI-TV, where he had worked since 1969 as a weatherman and host of talk shows at 5 p.m. daily and on Friday nights. He was born in Texarkana and grew up in Austin.Brandon studied radio-TV at the University of Texas, and his first jobs were as a radio disc jockey on stations in Texarkana and Longview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 But Don was much more than a traffic guy. He did reports and all kinds of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 where did you get that old article? I did not know that about Ed! How in the hell did he get his job back? I can never look at him the same way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 that news is older than my daughter! Puh-leeze! As far as Don Nelson goes, I'm going to miss him if he's been fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 where did you get that old article? I did not know that about Ed! How in the hell did he get his job back? I can never look at him the same way! Ed returned to Channel 13 in the early 1990s after being gone for a few years and undergoing rehab for his addiction issues. He has since been off the air a few times for heart problems and last year Tim Heller replaced him as the station's chief meteorologist, but Ed remains on the 6:00 newscast. I don't think Don Nelson was with Metro Traffic. He has worked at Channel 13 for many years, including before Metro Traffic even existed. He also has done a lot more than just the morning traffic reports, such as weather reports, feature stories, and cohosting the old Good Morning Houston morning show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I wished we hung onto Frank Billingsly for our weather, he would have been the weather director now. I always thought he was rather cool. Now he's playing 2nd banana to a dog. Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Do you guys remember Ted Ishler? He use to do funny reports for KTRK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Do you guys remember Ted Ishler? He use to do funny reports for KTRKYes but I rarely found him that funny. On the other hand, I did always enjoy Alvin Van Black's "Alvin at Night" segments where he went to all the high society functions (in what must have been the world's largest tuxedo). Didn't he die a few years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I don't watch much morning television, so forgive my ignorance, but is Johnathan Walton still doing his schtick on 11? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Yep he is. I generally switch channels when he comes on. I generally don't enjoy his reports. Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Don was on TV last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGrayGuy Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I grew up watching Ed Brandon back when he was skinny (early 80s). This was when he was in the heart of his cocaine addiction. He left for a couple of years and came back as big as a house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 How come we're rehashing the dirt on Ed Brandon from 15 years ago?Yes, the man had a problem - a very bad one. As I recall, some hustler was attempting to blackmail him, too. Rather than sweeping it under the rug, Ed acknowleged that he had a problem. Channel 13 should be commended for sticking by a faithful employee, and Mr. Brandon should be commended for turning his life around. Would you rather that he was tossed in the trashbin? If people cannot be given a second chance, what motivation would anyone have for reforming himself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Well said, Dbigtex! Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceCity Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 He and Osama are grilling out tonight with Elvis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 These days you can have a coke addiction well into your middle years and still become POTUS. Progress... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 so is that an upgrade from someone who "didn't inhale?"Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 Why does PAX TV carry KHOU News at 11? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debmartin Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 i think don nelson was on "dialing for dollars" on channel 13 before he was on the news. the woman on the show with him was jan glenn and she was married to bob allen, the sportscaster. they later divorced. as the world turns, on channel 13.debmartinmy friends and i used to call brandon "ed the head". yes, he turned his life around which was no small accomplishment. it was generally decided that his being close friends with dave ward saved his job, along with the obvious reason that he was well perceived by the public.debmartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 MAN, these anchors are real people with real problems!This really shows you guys that, YES! the smiling faces behind the camera who bring you the "local" and national news and weather have troubled lives- just like any other human being! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Why does PAX TV carry KHOU News at 11?All television stations are required to carry some local content that is of public service. Small stations like PAX meet that requirement by carrying rebroadcasts of other local news broadcasts.For example, WBQC-CA/Cincinnati(25) carries the rebroadcast of WCPO/Cincinnati(9).PAX doesn't actually operate its own facility. It's run from KHOU's technical center, though PAX maintains seperate offices elsewhere because it is licensed to Conroe, not Houston. There was a plan in the works to run KHOU and PAX by remote control from Dallas. Much of the equipment was put in place, but I don't know if they ever got around to finishing the project. When it was completed, KHOU/Houston(11), KHOU-DT/Houston(31), KPXB/Conroe(49), KPXB-DT/Conroe(5), WFAA/Dallas(8), WFAA-DT/Dallas(9), KENS/San Antonio(5), KENS-DT(55)/San Antonio, KVUE/Austin(24), KVUE-DT/Austin(33), and KBEJ/Fredericksburg(2) were all to be run by remote control from Dallas. There was also talk of adding WWL-TV/New Orleans(4), and WWL-DT/New Orlenas(36) to the project, but last I heard that didn't get off the ground.When you have a small station, like KPXB being run from inside a larger station like KHOU, very often that smaller station gets bought by the larger one in a few years. Or at least that was true until this year. With the brouhaha in DC over ownership rules, very few TV stations are bring bought or sold anymore until the mess gets straightenede out. No one wants to take a chance buying a station they might be forced to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceCity Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Coke addiction? Maybe he is undercover with the POTUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 There was a plan in the works to run KHOU and PAX by remote control from Dallas. Much of the equipment was put in place, but I don't know if they ever got around to finishing the project. When it was completed, KHOU/Houston(11), KHOU-DT/Houston(31), KPXB/Conroe(49), KPXB-DT/Conroe(5), WFAA/Dallas(8), WFAA-DT/Dallas(9), KENS/San Antonio(5), KENS-DT(55)/San Antonio, KVUE/Austin(24), KVUE-DT/Austin(33), and KBEJ/Fredericksburg(2) were all to be run by remote control from Dallas. There was also talk of adding WWL-TV/New Orleans(4), and WWL-DT/New Orlenas(36) to the project, but last I heard that didn't get off the ground.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>What do you mean by remote control. Where they going to move all of the news crews to Dallas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 What do you mean by remote control. Where they going to move all of the news crews to Dallas?No, not the news operation -- the running of the station. News operations are generally small parts of the overall television station. The part that would be run by remote control is an area known as "master control" or "local air control" where programs are played back, commericals are inserted, network programs are aired, network and syndicated feeds are recorded, etc...Houston would be left with the news operation, sales, and local management. It would only eliminate about 10 jobs at each station.Although, for years there have been people of the opinion that KHOU's news content is dictated by remote control from the mothership in Dallas, but that's a discussion for another time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 Does anyone know what happened to Bob Boudreaux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Cheryle Keck is offically gone from the station, due to illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Don was hosting the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade on Saturday with channel 13 so I don't think anything has happened to him thankfully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Nelson is very involved in the BBQ cookoff festivities and was reporting all last week. I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 What happened to Tom Koch in the mornings at abc 13? He is no longer there and his picture and place has been replaced with Tom Abrahams. Tom Koch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 What type of illness doe Cheryle Keck have? I noticed she had been missing from the morning news for a while but her picture was still on their website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Here picture has been gone now. I don't know what illness she has. I saw Tom Koch on the weekend news. I guess he switched places. Does anyone know whats going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I heard the Bob Boudreaux story from a friend who worked at Channel 13. Unfortunately that was many beers ago...Too bad I can't remember it...it was a hell of a story. Almost as exciting as the Ed Brandon story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I heard the Bob Boudreaux story from a friend who worked at Channel 13. Unfortunately that was many beers ago...Too bad I can't remember it...it was a hell of a story. Almost as exciting as the Ed Brandon story.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>What is the Bob Boudreaux story? Wondered that myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Cheryle Keck is offically gone from the station, due to illness. ABC13 just announced that Cheryle Keck passed away today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) ABC13 just announced that Cheryle Keck passed away today.STFU.EDIT - Wow, you were serious. Edited January 19, 2006 by Jeebus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) What is the Bob Boudreaux story? Wondered that myself.I never heard the Bob Boudreax story, too bad you couldn't ask Dave Ward when he used to frequent "The Volcano" nightly. Could have waited for him to get liquored up, then hammer him for the info. Edited January 19, 2006 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Cast that stone!They did fire him Kathysue, but they left the door open for a return. The news release said he resigned, but we all know how that works -- resign or be fired. Ed got into a recovery program and he was out of broadcasting for a couple of years before Dan Patrick gave him a part time job doing some call-in shows on KSEV. That's something Ed is very good at, because he did a daytime call-in show on KTRH back in the mid and late 70s, in addition to his weather gig at KTRK. He worked at KSEV for more than a year rebuilding his credibility and reputation, until KTRK decided to take him back in his old job on a probationary basis. He had to prove he had rehabilitated himself before KTRK would even talk to him. I have my doubts about your information, because KTRK wouldn't have even considered letting him come back if there had been even a HINT of pedophilia. It was published knowledge at the time that an adult man had complained to police that he'd been sexually abused in an encounter with Ed. Police investigated but found no proof of that. They did find pornographic videos, but none involving children. Police said they found no evidence that a crime had been committed. Even so, Ed was out at KTRK because of his cocaine addiction.This guy went through pure hell, and he knows he's the luckiest guy in the broadcast business. Very few high profile people ever recover from a fall like the one he made. Ed gives thanks to God every day for getting that second chance. You talk as if you don't believe in the power of redemption. I think Ed has earned his. Edited October 17, 2006 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan the man Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) What is the Bob Boudreaux story? Wondered that myself.Not quite sure, but the Chron archives note that about a year after the Ed Brandon fallout, Bob Boudreaux stopped anchoring Live at Five and was later told by his agent (from NYC) to shave his mustache. He also reportedly turned down on offer from Fox 26 and wound up with 13's weekend gig. Edited September 27, 2007 by stan the man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Is Tom Cook quitting the 4:00pm news? This site says that he might be replaced with Mike Barajas nephew: http://blog.whereismatt.tv/?p=95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) Is Tom Cook quitting the 4:00pm news? This site says that he might be replaced with Mike Barajas nephew: http://blog.whereismatt.tv/?p=95tom is working 5am and 4pm now....sounds like a better gig to me. ilona and the nephew will be the new ken and barbie or they are trying to up their gay quotient. Edited January 19, 2008 by musicman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Is Tom Cook quitting the 4:00pm news? This site says that he might be replaced with Mike Barajas nephew: http://blog.whereismatt.tv/?p=95Wow, This is shocking. When is his last day anchoring the 4pm newscast? When will Erik start? Will he still be anchoring the morning newscast? I wouldn't think KTRK would fire him. He does a great job. He's one of KTRK's top anchors, and has been with them since the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Whatever happened to KHOU's Joanne King? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) KTRK has a new 11:00 anchor: ERIK BARAJAS joins KTRK in Houston as the weekday 4 PM anchor from weekend anchor at KSAT in San Antonio. http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/onthemove/ar...p;TYPE=Show+All Edited March 25, 2008 by citykid09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 KTRK has a new 11:00 anchor: ERIK BARAJAS joins KTRK in Houston as the weekday 4 PM anchor from weekend anchor at KSAT in San Antonio. http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/onthemove/ar...p;TYPE=Show+AllWhen does he start? What's happening to Tom Koch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Erik Barajas just did his first report for ABC 13 at the top of the 6:00 Newscast, I'm guessing he starts the 4PM Newscast tommorrow, but I could be wrong. According to ABC 13, Tom Koch will just be working the morning shifts which means the 5am-7am Newscast with Sharron Melton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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