Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) today promoted Nate Griffin to general assignment reporter after two years as a sports contributor. Effective Sept. 8, Griffin will report for the weekday morning […]
Beginning Sept. 8, Scarlett Fakhar joins Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) as a general assignment reporter for the station’s weekday 5 and 9 p.m. newscasts. Most recently, Fakhar was the […]
Houston Sites Playing Catch-Up To Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle commands a massive lead in the market’s online readership with a two-site strategy that sees the wealth of its users choosing free, abbreviated content over the depth behind a hard paywall. It’s also executing a multi-front digital revenue strategy with content marketing playing a key role. In this Digital DMA profile, Patrick Duprey takes a closer look at the paper’s efforts and the TV news sites and pureplays chasing behind it.
KRIV Offers Web-Only Personal Take On News
Fox O&O KRIV Houston is launching a daily, half-hour original Web show on Monday geared at drawing viewers to its 5 p.m. newscast. 30 Minutes ’til Air will feature a more conversational, personal and behind-the-scenes take on news, aiming to weave on-air and off-air staff more closely into the news fabric. Sharri Berg, the Fox Television Stations’ SVP of news operations and services, says this represents the growing use of a platform developed more closely around viewers.
Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) has added Lindsey Day as a weekend morning meteorologist. Her first day will be March 16; she will contribute to various weekend newscasts. Most recently, […]
Exclusives
Caitilin Espinosa Leaving KRIV And Going Digital
Isiah Carey’s Mission: Covering The People
The KRIV Houston reporter is making a name for himself with solid investigative reporting. But he also doesn’t overlook the fact that his work can have real consequences on the people in his stories. “You have to realize these are people,” Carey says, adding that he weighs every aspect of a story because even a piece “about a bad guy affects families. I try to be that way. Because once you lose that, I think you’ve lost yourself.”
WJZY News Director Leaving For KRIV
WJZY Charlotte, N.C., News Director Geoff Roth is leaving the Fox O&O and going back to Fox’s KRIV Houston. Fox-owned WWOR New York station manager Dianne Doctor will help out the Charlotte newsroom while the station looks for a new ND. Doctor will continue in her role as station manager of the New Jersey MNT affil.
KRIV Apologizes For Airing Offensive Tweet
KRIV Sued By Ex-Producer Over Job Loss
Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) has added Katie McCall to its news team as a general assignment reporter. Most recently, McCall was an anchor-reporter for KTRK Houston. Prior to that, […]
How Houston Stations Covered The KTRK Shooting
Ford Atkinson Retires From KRIV After 22 Years
Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) has added Maria Corrales to its news team. Effective Feb. 24, Corrales will serve as a multimedia journalist for the Fox26 News at 5 PM as […]
Rita Garcia Named Co-Anchor Of KRIV’s A.M. News
Fox-owned KRIV Houston (DMA 10) today named Rita Garcia co-anchor of its Fox 26 Morning News effective immediately. Garcia will co-anchor the weekday morning news program from 4-7 a.m. and […]
KRIV’s Ned Hibberd Moving To WJZY-WMYT
Reporter/anchor Ned Hibberd is leaving Houston (DMA 10) to become assistant news director at WJZY-WMYT, the Fox duopoly in Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 25). His last day at KRIV will be […]
KRIV Names Howard Dorsey Asst. News Director
Howard Dorsey on Wednesday was named assistant news director of Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10). He assumes this position on Monday, Sept. 16. Most recently, Dorsey was an executive […]
KRIV Ups Bob Morford To News Director
The Houston Fox O&O promotes its assistant news director to succeed Tom Doerr.
Nancy Zambrano Leaves KRIV After Four Months
Elizabeth Burpo today was named national sales manager of Fox-owned KRIV (Fox) and KTXH (MNT) Houston (DMA 10). Effective immediately, Burpo will be responsible for overseeing the two stations’ national […]
Nancy Zambrano joins Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10) as a general assignment reporter. Her first day on air will be Monday, Feb. 4. Zambrano comes to Houston from the […]
Justin Fox today was named local sales manager for Fox’s Houston (DMA 10) duopoly of KRIV (Fox) and KTXH (MNT). Effective Monday, Dec. 10, Fox will be responsible for overseeing […]
KRIV Adds A.M. Meteorologist Caitilin Espinosa
Fox O&O Kriv Houston (DMA 10) has hired Caitilin Espinosa as meteorologist for its Fox 26 Morning News, beginning Sunday, Oct. 14. Most recently, Espinosa was weather anchor at KIII Corpus […]
KRIV Names Rosilyn Smith Local Sales Manager
Rosilyn Smith today was named local sales manager for Fox-owned KRIV (Fox) and KTXH (MNT) Houston (DMA 10. Effective Monday, Aug. 20, Smith will be responsible for overseeing KRIV’s local […]
Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10) on Tuesday named Bob Morford assistant news director. He assumes this position Monday, Aug. 6. Morford has been news director at WCPO Cincinnati for […]
Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10) will air a debate between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz, live on Monday, July 23, from 6 to […]
Fox promotes Local Sales Manager Susanne Doucette-Pyle to general sales manager at KRIV-KTXH.
KRIV Adds Rita Garcia As Weekend Anchor
Rita Garcia has joined Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10) as weekend anchor and reporter. Effective Dec. 13, Garcia will contribute to the station’s weekend 9 p.m. newscast. A Texas […]
Beginning Aug. 15, Don Teague will join Fox O&O KRIV Houston (DMA 10) as co-anchor of its weeknight newscasts, Fox 26 News at 5 p.m. and Fox 26 News at […]
