View Post News Directors | ShopTalk Blaise Labbe Named ND at WOAI-KABB By Merrill Knox on Jul. 18, 2013 - 2:16 PM Blaise Labbe has been named news director at KABB and WOAI, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Fox and NBC affiliates in San Antonio, Broadcasting & Cable reports. News of Labbe’s hire was first reported on Rick GeversR ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk KENS Loses Traffic Reporter, Names Replacement By Kevin Eck on Jul. 17, 2013 - 11:31 AM KENS traffic reporter Natalie Tejeda is leaving the San Antonio CBS affiliate. “Natalie has done a wonderful job for KENS 5,” KENS news director Triston Sanders told the San Antonio Express-News. “She has a very bright futur ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk Triston Sanders Named Executive News Director at KENS By Merrill Knox on Jun. 10, 2013 - 12:36 PM Triston Sanders is joining KENS, the CBS affiliate in San Antonio, as executive news director, TVSpy has learned. It is a move within Belo for Sanders, who has been assistant news director at WWL in New Orleans since September 201 ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk KENS Executive News Director Kurt Davis Joins CBS News By Merrill Knox on May. 16, 2013 - 3:59 PM KENS executive news director Kurt Davis is joining CBS News as vice president of news services. Davis has worked at the San Antonio CBS affiliate for 10 years. In his new role, he will oversee CBS News’ satellite newsgatheri ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk KENS Live Report Interrupted by Gunfire By Kevin Eck on Mar. 5, 2013 - 11:47 AM Marvin Hurst, reporter for KENS, the San Antonio CBS affiliate, was live on the scene of a standoff involving a SWAT team and an armed man when gunfire interrupted his report. You can watch the video of the report after the jump. ...
View Post ShopTalk | Social Media KENS Shines a Spotlight on Military Issues in Week Long Web Series By Merrill Knox on Nov. 20, 2012 - 2:01 PM TVNewsCheck speaks to Jan Boyd, director of digital media at KENS, about the station’s recent web-exclusive series, “Seven Days in Military City, USA.” In San Antonio, where 18 percent of the population has milit ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Jeff Vaughn Out, Jeff Goldblatt In at KENS By Merrill Knox on Aug. 7, 2012 - 10:59 AM Just a week after saying goodbye to WMAQ in Chicago, Jeff Goldblatt has been announced as the new primary anchor at KENS in San Antonio. “I’m very pleased to have someone of Jeff’s experience not only on the anch ...
Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk Mat Garcia Joins KENS as Morning Anchor By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 12, 2012 - 9:42 AM KENS has hired Mat Garcia to replace longtime morning anchor Fred Lozano, who is set to retire after more than three decades on San Antonio TV. “We conducted a nationwide search and we are pleased to bring a journalist of Ma ...
NBC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Christy Moreno Named News Director at WBIR By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 4, 2012 - 10:26 AM Christy Moreno has been named news director at WBIR in Knoxville, replacing Bill Shory, who abruptly left the NBC-affiliate in March. “I’m extremely excited about moving to Knoxville and joining the winning team (with ...
Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk After 35 Years at KENS, Fred Lozano to Retire in June By Merrill Knox on Apr. 9, 2012 - 10:22 AM KENS morning anchor Fred Lozano has announced he will retire from the San Antonio CBS-affiliate this Summer. Lozano, who joined KENS in 1977, has served as both morning and evening anchor in his 35 years at the station. In a state ...