View Post Mornings | ShopTalk Greg Gurulé Named Morning Anchor at KGUN By Merrill Knox on Dec. 10, 2012 - 7:32 PM Greg Gurulé made his debut Monday as the new morning anchor at KGUN, the ABC affiliate in Tucson. Gurulé was Northern Bureau Chief at Albuquerque ABC affiliate KOAT before he left the station to become a public relations and ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk GM Julie Brinks Out at KGUN By Kevin Eck on Nov. 9, 2012 - 1:30 PM Inside Tucson Business is reporting Julie Brinks is out at KGUN as vice president and general manager. Brinks, who had been general manager at the Tucson ABC affiliate for 5 years, had been the longest tenured general manager at a ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Sacramento’s KCRA Adds Claire Doan as Reporter By Kevin Eck on Oct. 26, 2012 - 2:22 PM KCRA announced Claire Doan will join its news team as a reporter on the first Monday in December. Doan comes to the Sacramento NBC affiliate from Tucson’s ABC affiliate, KGUN. Doan, who grew up in the San Francisco Bay A ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Steve Nunez Out at Tucson’s KGUN By Kevin Eck on Oct. 1, 2012 - 9:43 AM Steve Nunez, morning anchor for KGUN in Tucson AZ, has left the station. Forrest Carr, news director for the ABC affiliate, told TVSpy, “We wish him the very best of luck.” Last year Nunez was promoted to morning ancho ...
News Directors | ShopTalk Michael Garber Hired as WPTV-WFLX News Director By Merrill Knox on May. 4, 2012 - 4:28 PM Michael Garber has been hired as news director at West Palm Beach’s WPTV-WFLX, the stations confirmed to TVSpy today. Garber has been news director of WTLV-WJXX, the Gannett duopoly in Jacksonville, since 2008. Prior to that ...
Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KVOA Hires Allison Alexander, Rebecca Taylor By Merrill Knox on Mar. 8, 2012 - 11:10 AM Tucson NBC-affiliate KVOA has hired a pair of new anchors: Allison Alexander (pictured) and Rebecca Taylor. Alexander replaces Martha Vazquez, who resigned last month following a shoplifting incident, as the station’s noon a ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Busted for Speeding, KGUN Traffic Reporter Goes to Traffic School By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 7, 2012 - 10:37 AM Longtime KGUN traffic reporter Allen Kath, who’s known to Tucson viewers as “Big Al Your Traffic Pal,” recently attended traffic school after being busted for speeding last December. Running late for a doctorR ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Cured of Valley Fever, Meteorologist Erin Christiansen Returns to KGUN By Merrill Knox on Feb. 22, 2012 - 10:09 AM KGUN chief meteorologist Erin Christiansen is back on the air after an extended bout of Valley Fever forced her to take a leave of absence from the station. Christiansen was welcomed back on Monday evening’s newscasts by co- ...
ShopTalk | Sports KTXS Names Mike Skow Sports Director By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 13, 2012 - 11:07 AM Mike Skow has been named sports director at KTXS in Abilene, TX. Skow has been with the ABC-affiliate for the past four years, working as a news reporter and sports anchor. Skow replaces Bryan Keating, who recently left KTXS for ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather KGUN Meteorologist Stricken with Valley Fever By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 27, 2012 - 11:31 AM KGUN chief meteorologist Erin Christiansen has been off the air this week due to an illness that doctors have now diagnosed as Valley Fever. Christiansen originally thought she had a case of bronchitis but she’s actually suf ...