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There have been so many good, talented people at KTRH over the years. Has anyone compiled a list of those who have left?
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Ok readers...don't all answer at once... ???
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They had a anchor/reporter "Dave" I cant remember his last name. He went to ABC NEWS in NYC. in the early 90's anchored toh news.
Here's a short list
A helluva lot of good people have come through KTRH over the years. Here are just a few of them.
Carl Brazell, News Director and GM in the 60s, now CEO and President of Metromedia International.
Ken Fairchild, News Director in the 70s, now a broadcasting consultant with his own school that trains government and corporate executives on how to act in front of cameras and microphones.
Perhaps the best known former KTRH talk show host and News Director is Frank Newport, now Editor in Chief and Vice President of The Gallup Poll. Newport was also a partner at a Houston market and public opinion research company going to work at Gallup. He's the guy who analyzes the Gallup Poll on camera for CNN.
Let us not forget Steve Edwards. He currently anchors the Emmy Award Winning morning show Good Day LA weekdays on KTTV-TV FOX11, and carried live nationally from Los Angeles. Steve has hosted many talk shows over his career going back to the late 60s at KTRH and KHOU TV in Houston.
Others include John Quinones, now with ABC TV. John worked at KTRH in the mid and late 70s. He also worked at KPRC Radio for a time and then he moved to WBBM TV in Chicago. He joined ABC in 1982 as a general assignment correspondent based in Miami. He’s now a co-anchor of the ABC News program, Primetime.
Dave Barrett -- now with CBS Radio News -- is a network veteran who has been all over the map with several networks. He spent several years at KTRH in Houston in the mid and late 70s as a sports reporter and sports talk show host. He was play-by-play announcer for the Central Hockey League’s Houston Apollos and a PA announcer for the Astros, Rockets, the Houston Oilers, the WHA Houston Aeros and the University of Houston.
Mike Majchrowitz, now with the Fox Radio Network, worked as a KTRH reporter in the late 80s and early 90s. And Aaron Katerski, who’s now with one of the networks.
There are many many others who stopped at KTRH on their way to success, but I’m running short on time.
A helluva lot of good people have come through KTRH over the years. Here are just a few of them.
Carl Brazell, News Director and GM in the 60s, now CEO and President of Metromedia International.
Ken Fairchild, News Director in the 70s, now a broadcasting consultant with his own school that trains government and corporate executives on how to act in front of cameras and microphones.
Perhaps the best known former KTRH talk show host and News Director is Frank Newport, now Editor in Chief and Vice President of The Gallup Poll. Newport was also a partner at a Houston market and public opinion research company going to work at Gallup. He's the guy who analyzes the Gallup Poll on camera for CNN.
Let us not forget Steve Edwards. He currently anchors the Emmy Award Winning morning show Good Day LA weekdays on KTTV-TV FOX11, and carried live nationally from Los Angeles. Steve has hosted many talk shows over his career going back to the late 60s at KTRH and KHOU TV in Houston.
Others include John Quinones, now with ABC TV. John worked at KTRH in the mid and late 70s. He also worked at KPRC Radio for a time and then he moved to WBBM TV in Chicago. He joined ABC in 1982 as a general assignment correspondent based in Miami. He’s now a co-anchor of the ABC News program, Primetime.
Dave Barrett -- now with CBS Radio News -- is a network veteran who has been all over the map with several networks. He spent several years at KTRH in Houston in the mid and late 70s as a sports reporter and sports talk show host. He was play-by-play announcer for the Central Hockey League’s Houston Apollos and a PA announcer for the Astros, Rockets, the Houston Oilers, the WHA Houston Aeros and the University of Houston.
Mike Majchrowitz, now with the Fox Radio Network, worked as a KTRH reporter in the late 80s and early 90s. And Aaron Katerski, who’s now with one of the networks.
There are many many others who stopped at KTRH on their way to success, but I’m running short on time.
I'll chime in with some more from the past 10 years:
Tara Howard- Editor/ Anchor
Jean Jangnda- Afternoon Anchor (I forget the spelling of her last name)
Rod Rice- Anchor (now at KUHF)
Ed Mayberry- Reporter (now at KUHF)
Paul Pendergraft- Reporter (now at KUHF)
Stephen Dean- Consumer Watch Reporter (now at KPRC Local 2)
Darrell Azar- Austin Reporter, based in Austin (now with Texas DFPS in Austin)
Joe Ruble- Reporter/ Anchor (now at WDBO- Orlando)
Pat Hernandez- Reporter/ Anchor (just recently left)
Bonnie Petrie- Editor/ Anchor
Tracee Evans- Anchor
Steven Pickering- Reporter/ Anchor (now at KLBJ- Austin)
Do you remember when KTRH used to do LIVE Legal ID's during Astros/ Rockets/ Oilers games? The news anchor on duty would do a quick preview for a news story or give weather and always end it with "KTRH---- Houston". Then right back into Milo or Gene.....
Tara Howard- Editor/ Anchor
Jean Jangnda- Afternoon Anchor (I forget the spelling of her last name)
Rod Rice- Anchor (now at KUHF)
Ed Mayberry- Reporter (now at KUHF)
Paul Pendergraft- Reporter (now at KUHF)
Stephen Dean- Consumer Watch Reporter (now at KPRC Local 2)
Darrell Azar- Austin Reporter, based in Austin (now with Texas DFPS in Austin)
Joe Ruble- Reporter/ Anchor (now at WDBO- Orlando)
Pat Hernandez- Reporter/ Anchor (just recently left)
Bonnie Petrie- Editor/ Anchor
Tracee Evans- Anchor
Steven Pickering- Reporter/ Anchor (now at KLBJ- Austin)
Do you remember when KTRH used to do LIVE Legal ID's during Astros/ Rockets/ Oilers games? The news anchor on duty would do a quick preview for a news story or give weather and always end it with "KTRH---- Houston". Then right back into Milo or Gene.....
It is an obit
KTRH is only a ghost of the great station it was for more than 75 years. Speaking as one who worked there twice -- in the mid 70s and late 80s -- I believe every person who has ever worked there would weep if they knew the depths to which it has fallen.
KTRH is only a ghost of the great station it was for more than 75 years. Speaking as one who worked there twice -- in the mid 70s and late 80s -- I believe every person who has ever worked there would weep if they knew the depths to which it has fallen.
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Bonnie Petrie is still at KTRH...Carmen Izzo was the afternoon anchor who was given the boot; Josh Carroll was a nightside reporter there...not sure where he is now; Carsley Williams went to the Cayman Islands...and her fiance now husband Brent Fuller followed her... Paul Mann was KTRH's assistant news director and is now news director at KRLD 1080 in Dallas; Tom Matthews was the KTRH reporter for the Enron trial, but is now at KRLD as a reporter... do we continue???
wow Filio, you're amazing!
How about Jim Nance? If I recall correctly, he joined the KTRH sports department shortly after graduating from UH in the early 80's. And then he got moved to the big league at CBS Television.
Sean Coulthard was a news reporter for 740 in the early 90's. He took a reporting gig at WCBS in New York and within a year took a job as a ring announcer with the WWE or WWF or some-such wresting operation using the name "Michael Cole". He's still doing that a decade later.
Wayne Dolcefino of Channel 13 was a reporter for 740 in the early 80's before he moved to TV. Doug Miller of Channel 11 had a similar path, working as a KTRH reporter in the early 80's before moving to TV.
There've literally been hundreds of talented folks who have come and gone from that place....some to national jobs, many to other local news operations, several to PR gigs and others to a life of bitter reflection, wondering what the hell went wrong.
How about Jim Nance? If I recall correctly, he joined the KTRH sports department shortly after graduating from UH in the early 80's. And then he got moved to the big league at CBS Television.
Sean Coulthard was a news reporter for 740 in the early 90's. He took a reporting gig at WCBS in New York and within a year took a job as a ring announcer with the WWE or WWF or some-such wresting operation using the name "Michael Cole". He's still doing that a decade later.
Wayne Dolcefino of Channel 13 was a reporter for 740 in the early 80's before he moved to TV. Doug Miller of Channel 11 had a similar path, working as a KTRH reporter in the early 80's before moving to TV.
There've literally been hundreds of talented folks who have come and gone from that place....some to national jobs, many to other local news operations, several to PR gigs and others to a life of bitter reflection, wondering what the hell went wrong.
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Yeah. Mark McLain does football now too on KBME now too.
Ditto on Aaron K.
Oooh!
And Brent Fuller. He was awesome-- and moved on to bigger, better things, I hear.
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Josh Carroll ended up in Florida.
There were always lots of rumors about Carmen Izzo. Some claim that she was "encouraged" to leave after she became pregnant. Who knows if rumors like that are true, though??? There's always a lot more "talk" than "truth".
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Josh was good...I always liked hearing him. He probably went to Miami or Tampa...
And among the best people at KTRH I've worked with are Brian Hill, Sue Davis (city hall reporter and one of the prime forces in reviving the Houston Press Club in 1982), Tracee Evans, George Lester, the late Bill DeWeese and Jean Jaunda. These were (and are) great people as well as great pros. Robert Arnold was there when I worked there. And there are great memories of that energetic news personality named Wayne Dolchefino. Beth Eldridge was an ambitious editor there in the '80s, as was Sarah Smith.
I grew up listening to Morris Frank (I ran into Dan Rather at a wedding a few years ago and he did nothing for ten minutes but praise ol' Morris) and the great Howard Finch (who could read a billboard out loud and make it a memorable experience). Hal Kemp was news director during the '80s; we worked together later. And you can't forget Suzi Hanks, before she moved in with Dean and Rog.
Tom Franklin left and came back. Russ Small was hilarious. Tom Tynan was a great guy to work with. And the producers and board ops at KTRH have been among the best in the business. My former boss (I won't call her my old boss) Laurie Kendrick was there. And then there are all those traffic reporters who were synonymous with KTRH over the years, like Stewart "Steve Rubin" Russell...
I grew up listening to Morris Frank (I ran into Dan Rather at a wedding a few years ago and he did nothing for ten minutes but praise ol' Morris) and the great Howard Finch (who could read a billboard out loud and make it a memorable experience). Hal Kemp was news director during the '80s; we worked together later. And you can't forget Suzi Hanks, before she moved in with Dean and Rog.
Tom Franklin left and came back. Russ Small was hilarious. Tom Tynan was a great guy to work with. And the producers and board ops at KTRH have been among the best in the business. My former boss (I won't call her my old boss) Laurie Kendrick was there. And then there are all those traffic reporters who were synonymous with KTRH over the years, like Stewart "Steve Rubin" Russell...
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Actually Josh ended up at WINK AM/TV in Ft Myers FL...
AND as for the ID's as of the last Astros season they are still News Tease with KTRH....Houston at the end, however with the switch to network news on the overnights and weekends (except for Mark McLain from 6a-2p) it'll probably be a produced id now....
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