Was he fired? He WAS the voice of KPRC. Has he found another Job? or He's still continuing to do Voice Work in his studio at his home. He WAS the best in the business. He was a great family guy. I think Channel 2 would have been a whole lot better if he was still around, He's been the station's fixture for over the past 30 years....
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Hey-Whatever Happened to Local 2's Don Armstrong?
- Thread starter TroyG
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> Was he fired? He WAS the voice of KPRC. Has he found another
> Job? or He's still continuing to do Voice Work in his studio
> at his home. He WAS the best in the business. He was a great
> family guy. I think Channel 2 would have been a whole lot
> better if he was still around, He's been the station's
> fixture for over the past 30 years....
>
Armstrong left Channel 2 in either Oct or Nov to work as the announcer for an auto racing outfit. I'm not sure, but I think he may be a partner in the venture. I think his contract ran out and KPRC did not renew it. Like you, I was a Don Armstrong fan and know him through some fine folks that worked with him over the years. It was just another in the many on-air personnel blunders KPRC created during the past year. As an aside Channel 2 is on their 3rd General Manager since the summer. They have turned over many managers, reporters, anchors and underlings in the news and sales departments since the top management changes started. The new GM they have now is one of Post Newsweek's stars from Jacksonville where he did a pretty good job of positioning an independent station with a large news dept into decent ratings. However, moving from a small market to Houston (top 10) doesn't guarantee success. Just look at Channel 26. They brought in a GM from small Memphis in 2000 to replace the legendary Jerry Marcus. The small market minded GM at KRIV proceeded to practically destroy the station's credibility and marketablity with his small market thinking. To this day, KRIV has no website. How many major market O&O stations are without a website today? This just goes to show you that replacing top management in major markets with small market managers does not alway bode well for the station. That may explain part of the reason Don Armstrong's contract was not renewed. The small market management team doesn't understand the benefit of consistency and longevity in a major market. Small market managers are constantly making changes because their people keep moving on to larger markets. That's why you see great people like Armstrong get the boot. My prediction: KPRC will continue to see turmoil for the next 5 years or more.
> Job? or He's still continuing to do Voice Work in his studio
> at his home. He WAS the best in the business. He was a great
> family guy. I think Channel 2 would have been a whole lot
> better if he was still around, He's been the station's
> fixture for over the past 30 years....
>
Armstrong left Channel 2 in either Oct or Nov to work as the announcer for an auto racing outfit. I'm not sure, but I think he may be a partner in the venture. I think his contract ran out and KPRC did not renew it. Like you, I was a Don Armstrong fan and know him through some fine folks that worked with him over the years. It was just another in the many on-air personnel blunders KPRC created during the past year. As an aside Channel 2 is on their 3rd General Manager since the summer. They have turned over many managers, reporters, anchors and underlings in the news and sales departments since the top management changes started. The new GM they have now is one of Post Newsweek's stars from Jacksonville where he did a pretty good job of positioning an independent station with a large news dept into decent ratings. However, moving from a small market to Houston (top 10) doesn't guarantee success. Just look at Channel 26. They brought in a GM from small Memphis in 2000 to replace the legendary Jerry Marcus. The small market minded GM at KRIV proceeded to practically destroy the station's credibility and marketablity with his small market thinking. To this day, KRIV has no website. How many major market O&O stations are without a website today? This just goes to show you that replacing top management in major markets with small market managers does not alway bode well for the station. That may explain part of the reason Don Armstrong's contract was not renewed. The small market management team doesn't understand the benefit of consistency and longevity in a major market. Small market managers are constantly making changes because their people keep moving on to larger markets. That's why you see great people like Armstrong get the boot. My prediction: KPRC will continue to see turmoil for the next 5 years or more.
> >Armstrong was'nt alone; Khambrel and Linda were both dismissed by KPRC, The Direction Local 2 is going points out over to WJXT, a former CBS station. They have brung a new Co-Anchor for Owen on its "Daybreak" newscast-She also come from WJXT; They also brought Wendy Corona (From ABC's WPLG-another P/N station-Who happens to be a High-Profile Anchor; and Finally, Jerome Grey(From CBS' KHOU) will become the final piece of the Local 2 anchor team. Since Jerome has Channel 11 for 2-Linda could end up working for Channel 11. What comes around, Goes Around. Channel 2 had some great anchors working (Especially Ron Stone and Doug Johnson, for whom they BOTH have some strong chemistry together) KPRC WAS the Hobby family's own legacy; When Post-Newsweek bought KPRC-They HAVE screwed everything up. They stopped Carrying The MDA Labor-Day Telethon-A telethon that helps out the kids in dire need; and They also pulled the plug on the UNCF parade of stars-a telethon that supports African-Americans as they are trying to go to college. Jerry Lewis & Lou Rawls WERE the brains behind these fund-raisers as BOTH telethons have made over $100M altogether. The reason why they stopped carrying is pure simple: People in America are NOT in a care-giving mood right now, because of the going-ons across the world, and They see pan-handlers pretending to be Katrina victims And They NEED to get a job-Instead of going out flashing a sign for help.
> > >Armstrong was'nt alone; Khambrel and Linda were both
> dismissed by KPRC, The Direction Local 2 is going points out
> over to WJXT, a former CBS station. They have brung a new
> Co-Anchor for Owen on its "Daybreak" newscast-She also come
> from WJXT; They also brought Wendy Corona (From ABC's
> WPLG-another P/N station-Who happens to be a High-Profile
> Anchor; and Finally, Jerome Grey(From CBS' KHOU) will become
> the final piece of the Local 2 anchor team. Since Jerome has left
> Channel 11 for 2-Linda could end up working for Channel 11.
> What comes around, Goes Around. Channel 2 had some great
> anchors working (Especially Ron Stone and Doug Johnson, for
> whom they BOTH have some strong chemistry together) KPRC WAS
> the Hobby family's own legacy; When Post-Newsweek bought
> KPRC-They HAVE screwed everything up. They stopped Carrying
> The MDA Labor-Day Telethon-A telethon that helps out the
> kids in dire need; and They also pulled the plug on the UNCF
> parade of stars-a telethon that supports African-Americans
> as they are trying to go to college. Jerry Lewis & Lou Rawls
> WERE the brains behind these fund-raisers as BOTH telethons
> have made over $100M altogether. The reason why they stopped
> carrying is pure simple: People in America are NOT in a
> care-giving mood right now, because of the going-ons across
> the world, and They see pan-handlers pretending to be
> Katrina victims And Those People from Louisiana NEED to get a job-Instead of going
> out flashing a sign for help.
>
> dismissed by KPRC, The Direction Local 2 is going points out
> over to WJXT, a former CBS station. They have brung a new
> Co-Anchor for Owen on its "Daybreak" newscast-She also come
> from WJXT; They also brought Wendy Corona (From ABC's
> WPLG-another P/N station-Who happens to be a High-Profile
> Anchor; and Finally, Jerome Grey(From CBS' KHOU) will become
> the final piece of the Local 2 anchor team. Since Jerome has left
> Channel 11 for 2-Linda could end up working for Channel 11.
> What comes around, Goes Around. Channel 2 had some great
> anchors working (Especially Ron Stone and Doug Johnson, for
> whom they BOTH have some strong chemistry together) KPRC WAS
> the Hobby family's own legacy; When Post-Newsweek bought
> KPRC-They HAVE screwed everything up. They stopped Carrying
> The MDA Labor-Day Telethon-A telethon that helps out the
> kids in dire need; and They also pulled the plug on the UNCF
> parade of stars-a telethon that supports African-Americans
> as they are trying to go to college. Jerry Lewis & Lou Rawls
> WERE the brains behind these fund-raisers as BOTH telethons
> have made over $100M altogether. The reason why they stopped
> carrying is pure simple: People in America are NOT in a
> care-giving mood right now, because of the going-ons across
> the world, and They see pan-handlers pretending to be
> Katrina victims And Those People from Louisiana NEED to get a job-Instead of going
> out flashing a sign for help.
>
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