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BREAKING NEWS: Boykins is IN & guess who's his campaign treasurer: former Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown (D):
https://abc13.com/politics/houston-councilman-boykins-makes-his-mayoral-run-official5332575/
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On 3/29/2019 at 1:42 PM, mollusk said:
Oh, so you've met Aunt Violet...
Aunt Violet ?
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BREAKING NEWS: In case people have been living under a rock over the weekend, Houston City Councilman District D Dwight Boykins (D) is considering running for Houston, TX Mayor & his campaign website is up, not sure until he makes an official announcement on his political future considering he's eligible to seeking a 3rd term in the Houston City Council (having been elected in 2013 & reelected in 2015).
https://abc13.com/politics/site-leaked-for-houston-councilman-considering-mayoral-run/5326954/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/410461975-video
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In light of the constant battle over the voter-approved Proposition B from last fall, which Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) is fighting to nullify & dismantle as well as the Turner administration's war on the HFD Firefighters Union & the Houston Fire Department, will this doom his reelection campaign this fall ?
https://abc13.com/politics/in-wake-of-prop-b-way-forward-still-not-clear/5311376/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/houston-firefighters-union-to-discuss-prop-b-developments
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ABC 12 KSAT-TV San Antonio's Bill Barajas will be joining NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston & according to Mike McGuff of mikemguff.com., Barajas will be a reporter.
"In what might be the worst kept secret I'm happy to announce that after almost 9 years, I'm going HOME," Barajas wrote over the weekend. "I have accepted a job at KPRC Channel 2 in Houston. I have one week left at KSAT & while I'm beyond excited to start the new gig I will forever love SA & the friends/co-workers that have become like a family to me."
He's also the son of former FOX 26 KRIV-TV Houston News Anchor Mike Barajas. "Bill is a graduate of the University of Houston just like his old man & he is following in the broadcasting footsteps," Mike Barajas told mikemcguff.com back in 2013 when Bill Barajas started at KSAT 12.
His cousin is also Ch. 13 KTRK-TV Houston News Anchor Erik Barajas. "Erik worked at KSAT before moving up to KTRK," Bill Barajas told mikemcguff.com in 2013. "He always talked about the first rate station that they run there."
In reality, the Barajas clan is now playing catchup in the Houston TV News dynasty world. While Erik & Bill are now working for Ch. 13 & NBC 2 respectively, both of these stations also employ Rascon's.
https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019/05/bill-barajas-kprc-2.html
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On 4/23/2019 at 2:03 PM, Specwriter said:
It's strange that the Post would misidentify the Lt. Governor, Allen Shivers.
"Gov. Jester's death, attributed to natural causes by Justice of the Peace Tom Maes and Dr. Howard L. Evans, automatically
made Lt. Gov. Allan Shriver chief executive of the state."
I have a question, who was the person that swore in Shivers as the 37th Governor ?
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Good afternoon HAIF bloggers. Unless some of y'all have been living under a rock or a secret beach retreat in the West Coast, Ch. 13 brought in Brheanna Berry to join the ABC O&O Station back in early February.
She came from News 3 WTKR-TV Norfolk, VA (she had been there since August of 2017). Plus Berry worked with KELO-TV Sioux Falls, SD as the Morning Anchor/Reporter from March 2016 to 2017; she was also the station's heathbeat reporter. She began her TV News career at KLFY-TV News 10 Lafayette, LA as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter/Multimedia Journalist from November 2014 to March 2016.
Berry graduated from James Madison University with a broadcasting degree & also served in the VA Army National Guard as well as the LA Army National Guard.
https://abc13.com/about/newsteam/brhe-berry
https://www.facebook.com/ABC13brheberry
Let me know your thoughts on Berry at Ch. 13 & how do you think she'll do here in Houston's ABC O&O Station ?
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On 10/20/2009 at 12:24 PM, isuredid said:
Here is the Houston Press account:
Body Undetected For More Than Two Hours in S.P. Rail Station
The Southern Pacific's Austin-to-Houston train roared through the night on an apparently routine trip. Aboard it was
Gov. Beauford H. Jester--dead.
Sometine around 3:30 a.m. today Gov. Jester died in his sleep of coronary occlusion--in layman's language, a blood clot
in the heart.
At that time the train was going through Washington County.
Not until a Negro porter tried to wake up the governor at 7:30 a.m., two hours after the train pulled into Houston's
Grand Central Terminal, was the governor's death discovered.
Gov. Jester's death, attributed to natural causes by Justice of the Peace Tom Maes and Dr. Howard L. Evans, automatically
made Lt. Gov. Allan Shriver chief executive of the state.
Burial will be in Corsicana Wednesday. The body was to be flown back to Austin this afternoon aboard a National Guard
plane, with some 25 other state planes providing aerial escort. Governor Jester will lie in state in the Senate Chamber
for four hours Tuesday.
No One Knew He Was Coming
The governor made the trip alone.
Not even his most intimate friends, including Cotton Man Bob Henderson, his boyhood friend in Corsicana and his Harris
County campaign manager, knew he was coming to Houston.
A State Highway patrolman had been notified to meet the 56-year-old chief exectutive of Texas at the Houston station.
"It was a secret trip--we knew nothing of the governor's plans" said Capt. Glen Rose of the Houston area of the Texas
Highway Patrol.
From what police gathered, the governor, worn by the recently concluded session of the Legislature, plannd to meet an
unidentified Houston friend and the two were to spend a few days resting at Galveston Bay. It was later ascertained that the
Governor's Houston friend who knew about his plans to get away for a few days rest was Lumberman Jim Rockwell.
Mr. Rockwell had engaged a fishing boat and place for the governor to stay on Galveston Bay. State Highway Patrolman
W.B. Hawkins was to meet the governor and either he or Capt. rose was to have driven him to Galveston Bay were, away from
telephone, the governor planned to relax,rest and fish.
Verdict Was Natural Causes
Capt. Rose was called to the depot by Patrolman Hawkins, who was the officer assigned to meet the governor.
E.A. Craft, Southern Pacific executive vice-president, rode from Austin on the same Pullman with the Governor, but didn't
know Gov. Jester had died until after he reached the station in Houston.
Word of the governor's death, broadcast by newspaper extras and the radio, brought a number of the governor's friends to
the railroad station. Among them were Mr. Henderson, who notified Mrs. Jester and went to Houston Funeral Home to view
the body. Rep. Jimmy Pattison of Fort Bend County, Mayor Holcombe and City Attorney Will Sears.
The mayor immediately ordered all public flags at half-staff.
"I've known Beauford since we were boys together at Corsicana" said Mr. Henderson. "I never knew he suffered from heart
trouble." He was always a hard rugged hard-working individual who didn't spare himself.
"The strain of the session killed him" said Rep. Pattison.
The governor got on the train alone at Austin at 11:25 and went directly to Lower Berth Five on the Pullman "Berkeley"
He donned light blue pajamas and retired immediately after leaving word to be aroused at 7:30 a.m. in Houston.
Porter Tried to Wake Him Up
At 5:30 a.m. the train arrived at the Grand Central Station on Washington and was switched from track 1 to tract 2.
At 7:30 a.m., Pullman Porter Charles Jimerson, 66, of 1202 Ruthven, went to wake up the governor.
"It's time to get up" he said softly.
He repeated this several times.
Then Jimerson shook the governor by the shoulders.
"I knew something had happened and called the conductor." related the porter.
Pullman Conductor C.D. Pierce and Patrolman Hawkins went to the lower berth, which was directly in the center of the
car facing north.
"I turned on the light and pulled the curtains apart." said Patrolman Hawkins. "The governor's expression was calm, but
it was apparent he had been dead for some time. There was no pulse. I opened his eyelids and remarked, "Gov. Jester is
dead."
As Patrolman Hawkins notified Captain Rose, Conductor Pierce told the news to D.R. Kirk Jr. 7016 Texarkana, assistant
train master, and S.R. Hay, assitant special agent for Southern Pacific. They in turn notified Station Master C.M. Blackburn
of 2612 Greenleaf, whose dispatcher put in a call to police.
The time of the notification was 7:45 a.m.
Justice of the Peace Maes and Dr. Evens made their medical examination at 8:19 at which time Dr. Evens said Gov. Jester had
been dead four or five hours. The justice of peace concurred.
Railroad officials barred everyone but the doctor and the justice of the peace from the train.
The body was taken to the Houston Funeral Home, where Mr. Henderson and Rep. Pattison got in touch with the governor's family
in Austin.
Mr. Henderson was at home when he heard a radio broadcast, and Mr. Pattison was 15 miles from Houston, driving when he heard
the newscast.
City Detectives L.C. Watts, Lloyd Barrett,John Irwin, and Frank Murray investigated the death.
Mr. Henderson said the governor told him he was tired physically from the strain of the legislative session in two conversations
one six weeks ago and the other just two ago.
"He Was a Good Governor"
"But none of us knew he had any heart trouble." said Mr. Henderson. "We knew he had colon trouble. What a shock this is. You know,
Beauford Jester always wanted to be governor. He was a good governor, and a good man. He never wanted to hurt anybody's feelings."
Rep. Pattison said in recent weeks, Gov. and Mrs. Jester and he and his wife had started taking square dance lessons.
"The governor was a square shooter." said the Fort Bend County representative, who with the aid of the governor suceeded in getting
legislation through that will greatly assist the state's eleemosynary institutions.
In Austin, Mrs. Jester was described as "too stunned yet to know anything." She is at the governor's mansion and remained in her
upstairs room after being notified of her husband's death. With her were two of the three children, Beauford Jr, and Joan. A third,
Barbara (Mrs. Howard Burris) was in New York.
Had Boat Ride Yesterday
The governor took a boat ride on Lake Austin yesterday with his family and staff, the United Press reported. At that time Gov. Jester
complained of being tired.
Just a week ago, Gov. Jester suffered an attack of food poisoning and was confined to the mansion for most of the day.
He worked last Saturday on legislation piled up on his desk as a result of the 51st Legislature's final adjournment.
The flag of Texas was lowered to half-mast at the capitol.
Governor Jester's funeral procession began today in Houston. His body will go from Houston Funeral Home to Ellington Field, escorted
by members of Headquarters Battalion, 41st Artillery of the Texas National Guard. commanded by Brig. Gen. Lewis Thompson of Houston.
The arrival at Ellington is set for 4 p.m.
The governor's body will be taken aboard his favorite plane, a craft named in honor of his beloved state's flower, The "Blue Bonnet" is
a National Guard C-47, flown in from Austin today shortly after the tragic news was released. It is from the 181st Fighter Squadron of
San Antonio. The pilot will be Brig. Gen Harry Crutcher of Dallas, commanding officer of the 63rd Fighter wing. Texas Air National Guard,
and the co-pilot, Lt. Col John B. (Bill) Nottingham of Houston.
A flying escort of 25 F-51 fighter planes will go from Ellington to Austin, their numbers drawn from the 111th Fighter Squadron in Houston,
the 181st of San Antonio, the 182nd of Dallas--All Texas Air National Guard squadrons.
The body was to be accompanied by Adjutant General K.L. Berry.
The body will lie in state from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Senate Chamber at the capitol. Brief funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. and the body then will be taken to Corsicana where services will be held on Wednesday.
Thank you very much for giving us full detail on Jester's funeral services. I read that when the public viewing was held inside the TX State Senate Chamber of the TX State Capitol, they had an open casket with the flag-draped US flag draped on it.
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What are these allegations I'm hearing about Governor Jester died in the company of his mistress ? I've never read any of those details anywhere at all.
Whoever was spreading those allegations must be from FAKE NEWS.
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Look who's joining the CBS Houston TEGNA Station..... Erika Lopez, who had been the ABC 24 News (KVUE-TV Austin) Morning Meteorologist since February 2017; before that she worked with Weather Nation TV in Denver, CO & also KAVU-TV Victoria.
https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019/04/erika-lopez-khou-11.html
https://www.facebook.com/ErikaLopezMeteorologist/
Looks like she'll be replacing the recently ousted Brooks Garner. Thoughts on this development ?
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On 3/28/2019 at 9:56 AM, brian0123 said:
I called out some on Reddit who were complaining about her during the ITC stuff. The gist of why they hated her seemed to boil down to "she didn't sound confident." They said Ed would have sounded tougher. In other words, they needed someone louder with a deeper voice to say the same things she was saying.
It wouldn't surprise me if the hostility against her continues to escalate.
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On 3/26/2019 at 11:20 AM, dbigtex56 said:
Thanks for your interesting and informative response.
I would have loved to be catching when (if) they thew out those backdrops. It would certainly make some interesting wallpaper :D.Here's some pictures from Ch. 13's 6:00 PM Newscast on December 22nd, 1982.
Here's another from Ch. 13's 6:00 PM Newscast from sometime in the Spring or Summer of 1983.
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Good afternoon everyone in the HAIF Family. I'm assuming some of y'all have heard about this:
Want to know everyone's thoughts on this controversy.
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On 3/24/2019 at 1:46 AM, ChannelTwoNews said:
I do some television production work out of the area, so this topic piqued my interest. Each time I come back to town - this is something I do happen to catch when I see what changes have occurred on local tv.
To your point- this generally has been the case over the past number of decades, since the backdrops were actually physical - something on a curtain that could be changed out for day/night shots or shifted on a duratrans background based on what the situation called for. Over the past decade, and especially the past five years, this has changed a fair amount with more sets in the round - ones that are more friendly to HDTV cameras and televisions, and ones that have large wall-sized screens serving as a backdrop.
From what I recall, most of KPRC's shots of the skyline are actually from the northeast (with Catalyst and I think Aris among others, frozen under construction circa 2016 or so).
I think KHOU has used more of the views from the southeast, as if you launched a drone from around Discovery Green or the Toyota Center for most of their background shots in the evening, but more of the traditional views earlier in the day - though 609 Main is visible if you know where to look. It may have been mixed up since they've moved into their new digs, but that's just what I recall.
KTRK is the only only one that I recall that actually tries to use a live camera on occasion - an aerial view from Memorial Parkway at Waugh, I think atop Memorial by Windsor. They tend to get some good sunrise & sunset views from that vantage and it looks well when they don't use the static views for the different dayparts.
KRIV has static shots of the skyline from the traditional view for all timeslots, but they are up to date with 609 visible as well as the most recent lighting changes to 1600 Smith.
Again I don't live in the area at the moment, and I don't watch streams unless there's a big event happening - so that's just generally what I recall as of a couple of months ago.
Of course as you said old photos not being updated aren't a new phenomena. Even when technology was used way back, there were a few faux pas moments that could be seen - if the viewer paid attention. KTRK is a good example of this with Heritage Plaza prominently displayed, prior to topping out from 1986 or so all the way up to 1992.
Ch. 13 used several different virtual studio sets:
Fall 1982 to Fall 1983: 1st virtual studio set with the sunset background behind the downtown skyline (which was the case during their 6:00 PM Newscasts).
Fall 1983 to Fall 1984: 2nd virtual studio set.
Fall 1984 to mid-May 1986: 3rd virtual studio set with the expanded downtown skyline.
Mid-May 1986 to October 1992: 4th virtual studio set with the well-known downtown skyline. I noticed Greenway Plaza was NOT included.
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Good afternoon everyone. Looks like Josh Innes has once again found another way to SCREW UP another opportunity, this time with IHeartRadio's KMBE-AM 790: when management informed Innes, fiancé Jill Osterman & producer Jim Mudd that their services would no longer be needed after last Wednesday's show.
https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Josh-Innes-his-side-sportstalk-790-Houston-radio-13698238.php
https://joshinnesshow.com/podcasts/
Let me know your thoughts on Innes getting the boot from SportsTalk 790 ?
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On 3/19/2019 at 6:44 AM, trymahjong said:
I think perhaps there will be a few Civic Associations testifying about this at COH Ellen Cohens Quality of Live Committee meeting.
Let us know how that went...
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moo! We both know Astroworld is NOT coming back to Houston ever.
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On 2/1/2019 at 8:16 AM, DrLan34 said:
I am curious myself. I found the video where they held the public hearing, but could not find the video where they voted on it two weeks later.
Haven't heard any new developments lately.
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Ch. 13 Reporter Christine Dobbyn is leaving the Houston ABC O&O Station after nearly 14 years...
According to mikemcguff.com & the Houston Chronicle, Dobbyn said on Twitter that she's hanging up "my reporting cleats" to pursue a new chapter in life. From what McGuff heard, Dobbyn's "new chapter in life" doesn't include the TV Biz. Plus in her LinkedIn profile, she's in the middle of getting a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Dobbyn has been with Ch. 13 since 2005 & before she came to Houston, she was Reporter & back-up Anchor at WBNS-TV Columbus, OH. She got her start in the TV Biz at WEHT-TV Evansville, IN, where Dobbyn worked as Reporter & back-up Anchor. She also made it to the finals of Miss IN; also held titles like Indianapolis 500 Princess & Miss Heart of IN. Graduating from Ball State University, Dobbyn was named "Graduate of the Last Decade" in 1999 & also graduated from Poytner Institute & spent 2 weeks in Europe after being selected for the RTDNA-RIAS German Journalist Exchange Program.
https://www.facebook.com/ABC13ChristineDobbyn/
https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019/03/christine-dobbyn-to-leave-abc13-ktrk.html
Thoughts on Dobbyn leaving Ch. 13 ?
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On 1/25/2019 at 9:47 AM, Rhonda said:
Hi ... new here .... I want to listen to music like the Beach Boys. Which Houston radio station would play Beach Boys music?
Rhonda: You are way too late in the game. I strongly suggest you try SPOTIFY!
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What are your thoughts on Ch. 13 Weekday Morning Anchor Samica Knight & do you think she's doing a good job ?
A.) Love her
B.) Not a big fan
C.) Hated her
D.) TBD
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Former Fox 26 KRIV-TV Houston Weather Meteorologist Lisa Vaughn has reappeared on Houston TV today on CBS 11 KHOU-TV Houston during the 12, Noon newscast.
Representatives of the TEGNA station said Vaughn is freelancing for them.
For those who've been living under a rock, Vaughn left Fox 26 after just 2 years & last summer, she began a teaching post in the University of Houston Mathematics Department. "It's a unique position because it allows me to not only teach math, but I'm also going to be managing the entire data science master's degree program," Vaughn told mikemcguff.com back then. "So, in a way, this position is bridging together each piece of my academic & professional background."
https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019/02/lisa-vaughn-back-on-air-at-khou-11.html
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On 1/22/2019 at 1:13 PM, Houston19514 said:
Those articles are making me start to like him. Thanks for posting them.
GOP strategist Jessica Colon working on the Bill King (R) campaign for Houston Mayor.
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This will come as a major shock to more Houston TV viewers, but CBS 11 Weather Meteorologist Brooks Garner is OUT, according to Steve Jones of FTV Live, who broke the story.
According to Jones, Garner's biography has been removed from the CBS 11 website, but his Social Media accounts are still staying his employment is at TEGNA Houston station as of now.
https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2019/02/brooks-garner-gone-from-khou-11.html
https://www.ftlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/02/6/gone-in-houston
Let me know your thoughts on this shocking development.
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Houston councilman Dwight Boykins makes his mayoral run official
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Could we see a repeat of 1991 all over again ?