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Here is a list of FORMER personalities for KTRK:

Past personalities

* David Glodt (anchor/reporter)

* Charles Harrison (meteorologist/voice announcer)

* Vann Hackett (anchor/reporter)

* Chris Adams

* Vicente Arenas (currently with KHOU)

* Alvin Van Black - entertainment/nightlife reporter (died in 2001)

* Bob Boudreaux - weekend anchor

* Jan Carson (co-anchor with Dave Ward during the 6 and 10 p.m. newscast until 1980 - replaced by Shara Fryer. She left ABC13 for a CBS affiliate in San Francisco with Doug Murphy and returned to Houston in the late 1980s as the co-anchor for KPRC.)

* Mary Ellen Conway

* John Nigel Davenport (died in 1991)

* Joe Diaz (Weekend Meteorologist 1989-1997; currently Chief Meteorologist at KOAT in Albuquerque)

* Deborah Duncan (now at KHOU. Duncan also had a locally based talk show from this station 1998-2002; plans for ABC/Disney to pick it up fell through)

* Diana Fallis (ABC13's first African American female anchor - later served as a media relations liaison with Prairie View A & M University)

* Stephen S. Gauvain (died in 1996 when a Ford Explorer SUV flipped over during the coverage of the Hilton Crawford murder trial in Huntsville, TX. The cause of the accident, a defective Firestone tire, would later lead to an investigation exposed by rival KHOU that led to numerous lawsuits and a complete recall of the tires.)

* Roland Galvan (mid-1980s meteorologist; later moved to KTLA; died December 2005)

* Alan Hemberger (current anchor for KHCW News at Nine)

* Corin Hoggard (sub-anchor/reporter, currently reporter at KFSN)

* Cynthia Hunt

* Debbie Johnson

* Nydia Han (currently at ABC affiliate WPVI/Philadelphia)

* Heidi Jones (Current weekend meteorologist at WABC)

* Dan Lovett

* Meteorologist Frank Billingsley (currently with KPRC)

* Darren Lyn (left to become a Houston-based reporter for ABC's corporate cousin ESPN)

* Doug Murphy (sportscaster - replaced by Tim Melton) (Died in 2005; Moved to KPIX-TV in 1980 and reported for Eyewitness News from 1980-2005 before his death in December in a house fire in Lafayette, California)

* Dan Rather

* Gene Norman (weekend meteorologist, presently chief meteorologist at WGCL-TV)

* Sylvan Rodriguez (died in 2000; left ABC13 for ABC News in 1987, later returning to Houston with KHOU 11. Later married dermatologist Shelley A. Sekula (who later became a Houston City Councilmember since 2002), who later went by Shelley Sekula Rodriguez, c. 2000 - June 2002. Currently goes by Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, M.D.)

For KHOU:

Former Anchors

* Steve Smith (5 & 10 p.m. Anchor) (retired 1999)

* Alma Newsome (mid to late 1970s) (then press secretary for U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland)

* Marlene McClinton (5 & 10 p.m. Anchor)

* Sylvan Rodriguez (Noon & 6 p.m. Anchor) (died in 2000)

* Amanda Arnold (6, 6:30 & 10 p.m. Anchor) (early 1980's)

* Jerome Gray (Weekend Anchor/Noon & 6 p.m. Anchor) (currently on KPRC-TV)

* Nesita Kwan (weekend Anchor) (Currently at WMAQ-TV Chicago)

* Clare Casademont (Noon & 6 p.m. Anchor)

* Felicia Jeter (5, 6 & 10 p.m. Anchor)

* Mike Dunston (weekend anchor/reporter 2000/promoted to mornings 2000-2002)

* Dan Patrick (Sports Anchor--1980s) (then to KSEV-AM; elected to Texas Senate, November 2006)

* Chip Moody (6 & 10 p.m. Anchor from 1984-87) (died in 2001)

* Dan Rather (Anchor/Reporter) (early 1960s)

* Tom Siler (weather)

* Mitch Duncan (Afternoon/Evening Anchor)

* Burt Rozell (6 & 10 p.m. Anchor) (mid 1970s)

* Michael Morgan (6 & 10 p.m. Anchor) (mid 1970s)

* Bill Balleza (Noon & 5 p.m. Anchor) (mid 1970s to mid 1980s) (currently on KPRC-TV)

* Bebe Burns (Morning & Noon Anchor) (mid to late 1970s)

* Ron Stone (6 & 10 p.m. Anchor) (1960s to 1970s then to KRPC-TV)

* Anna Werner (Investigative reporter 1999-2004 currently at KPIX-TV)

* David Grant (Chief Meteorologist 1980's)

* Lisa Foronda (Noon & 6pm (1997-1999), 5 & 10pm (1999-2006)

For KPRC:

* Kay Bailey, reporter (Channel 2's first female reporter) Currently a US Senator.

* Chris Bury, reporter in the early 1980s, currently a correspondent for the ABC News program Nightline.

* Velma Cato, a reporter who moved on to NBC News' Atlanta & New York Bureaus and later became a producer of nationally syndicated programs.

* Ron Franklin, Sports Director who came from KHOU in 1980 and left the station in 1987 for a postion at ESPN.

* Charles Hadlock, a reporter here before his lengthier assignment at KHOU, currently a correspondent for NBC News

* James Hattori, reporter who was hired in the late 1980s and later departed for CBS News and eventually CNN. Currently an NBC News Correspondent.

* Mauri Moore, reporter who moved on to NBC News' Bureau in Tel Aviv. Currently a city councilor in Edmonds, Washington.

* Roger O'Neil, reporter in the late 1970s and currently a correspondent for NBC News.

* Tom Jarriel, worked behind the scenes in the news department as a reporter for a number of years. Formerly of ABC News

* Dan Molina, A reporter who had moved back and forth between KPRC & NBC News throughout the 1980s and 90s eventually becoming KPRC's Austin Bureau Chief. Currently a freelancer, as well as a consultant for several broadcast relations firms.

* Janet Shamlian, Was a weekend anchor & reporter during the mid 1990s. Currently a correspondent for NBC News

* Cal Thomas, Notable syndicated newspaper columnist & commentator.

* Spencer Tillman, who began as a sports reporter/anchor during the 1987 offseason period when he was playing with the Houston Oilers. Later moved to WABC-TV in 1997 and joined CBS Sports in 1999.

* Larry Weidman, a reporter who later moved on to helm NBC News' Rome Bureau.

* Paula Zahn, anchor (now an evening show host at CNN).

Good list, thanks. Others you can find on Wikipedia.

notes on this list

KTRK:

Had a good young anchior Tim Ryan who went to Chicago early 80's

Don't think Dan Rather ever worked at KTRK

Jan Carson came back to Houston not late 80's but in 1983 replacing Paula Zahn who was dropped after one contract

KPRC:

Notable anchor/reporters not on this list: Terry Anzur and Anna Bond mid-80's then both faded away but Anzur has a website. Tim Lake late 80's went to Philadelphia and is still working as anchor there. Dan O'Rourke 80-95 runs media company in Houston and freelances for networks. Larry Audas 85-90's went to Little Rock now in station management.

Listed as KPRC reporters: Velma Cato worked the assignment desk and sometimes produced shows. Mauri Moore was a special assignments producer/show producer. Larry Weidman was the news director who succeeded Ray Miller in 1979. If any of these three was ever on air it wasnt often enough to be called a reporter.

Craig Roberts sports 1980-2004 still in Houston was working at the Tube 55 and other jobs.

KHOU:

Shern-Minh Chow who scores the rare trifecta of working several years each at 11, 13 and 2 in a single long career.

Are you able to quantify how the current news director's philosophy differs from the last one?

Thanks for the question. This is my assessment from observing the no-frills staff Mr Connor continues to assemble, and from his previous brand of serious-minded news in Charlotte NC, including a Peabody award and a Dupont award. This kind of record especially in second or third tier markets doesn't normally come out of nowhere, but from a news director who actually directs the team around him, with a sound knowledge of how the on-air results will be respected by the public and viewed by colleagues/competition judges in other places.

This is no reflection on the previous ND, as I have no knowledge of how Mr Walton may have joined the staff under him. Mr Devlin may have had no hand at all in hirng him, so I can't speculate. But there is a trend of GM's assuming a role in hiring fringe personalities such as this. For example the Buzz lady on KPRC is actually tied to the sales department, though she isn't branded that way.

Great post. I miss Bob Boudreaux. Does anyone know what happened to him. If you listen without looking you'ld think you were listening to Tom Kock. I miss the styles and the hair. Not the hair styles they were a pain to maintain, I mean the hair, I had hair in '84.

joe

Bob has a commercial real estate license and as recently as about a year ago was living in the West U area not far from Channel 13.

Is Walton's World gone from KHOU? Just curious as he is no longer on their website.

Zbrat

Timing of it sounds like his contract was not renewed. The news director who has a pretty developed sense of what good "reporting " is, probably inherited Walton's contract and has spent the time with no intention of signing another with him.

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