View Post ShopTalk Former KVUE General Manager Dies By Merrill Knox on Dec. 5, 2013 - 3:04 PM Joe Jerkins, the former president and general manager of KVUE, died Tuesday from leukemia. He led the Austin ABC affiliate from 1979 to 1989 and served as president of the Texas Association of Broadcasters in 1991. Watch KVUE̵ ...