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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>I am a native Houstonian who has an interest in TV news, radio and the Internet. See more at mikemcguff.com.</description><title>mikemcguff</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mikemcguff)</generator><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>J.C. Corcoran</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/03/jc-corcoran-937-arrows-new-morning-man.html"&gt;J.C. Corcoran&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/03/jc-corcoran-937-arrows-new-morning-man.html"&gt;J.C. Corcoran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44677062099</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44677062099</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:43:53 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Susan O’Donnell</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/susan-odonnell-leaves-893-ksbj.html"&gt;Susan O’Donnell&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/susan-odonnell-leaves-893-ksbj.html"&gt;Susan O’Donnell leaves 89.3 KSBJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44677031132</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44677031132</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:43:31 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Butch Alsandor</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/butch-alsandor-to-leave-khou.html"&gt;Butch Alsandor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/butch-alsandor-to-leave-khou.html"&gt;Butch Alsandor to leave KHOU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676998313</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676998313</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:43:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Tania Ortega</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/tania-ortega-joins-fox-7-ktbc.html"&gt;Tania Ortega&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/tania-ortega-joins-fox-7-ktbc.html"&gt;Tania Ortega joins Fox 7 KTBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676967729</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676967729</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:42:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Chikage Windler</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/chikage-windler-new-keye-42-chief.html"&gt;Chikage Windler&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/chikage-windler-new-keye-42-chief.html"&gt;Chikage Windler new KEYE 42 chief meteorologist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676929745</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676929745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:42:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Keith Calkins</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/keith-calkins-of-fox-26-kriv-signs-off.html"&gt;Keith Calkins&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keith Calkins, Fox 26 KRIV’s weekend sports anchor, signs off&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676886450</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/44676886450</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:41:51 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Tom Doerr </title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/tom-doerr-fox-26-kriv-news-director-to.html"&gt;Tom Doerr &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fox 26 KRIV news director &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2009/06/tom-doerr-named-fox-26-kriv-news.html"&gt;Tom Doerr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; is moving on to the ND slot at WFLD Chicago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/43492879280</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/43492879280</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:01:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Sam Malone Show Phonoscope</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/02/sam-malone-announced-new-radio-showsort.html"&gt;Sam Malone Show Phonoscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sam Malone now of Phonoscope, formerly of 104.1 KRBE, Mix 96.5 KHMX, 740 KTRH and KSEV 700, to get back on the air with new radio-TV show &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/42455291309</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/42455291309</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:22:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>KTRK 13 taps Rebecca Spera for traffic duty</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/ktrk-13-taps-rebecca-spera-for-traffic.html"&gt;KTRK 13 taps Rebecca Spera for traffic duty&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I got some questions about Rebecca Spera doing traffic on KTRK 13’s morning news Tuesday. People wanted to know if she is taking over for Don Nelson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41891228490</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41891228490</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:52:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Nancy Zambrano Fox 26 KRIV</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/fox-26-kriv-snags-nancy-zambrano-from.html"&gt;Nancy Zambrano Fox 26 KRIV&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nancy Zambrano joins the KRIV FOX26 news team, announced Tom Doerr, the station’s Vice President and News Director. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41811172632</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41811172632</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:58:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Houstonia Magazine</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/houstonia-magazine-launches-for-houston.html"&gt;Houstonia Magazine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Houstonia Magazine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; is a name I’ve been hearing a little about here and there, but today we know a little more about this upcoming title. I had blogged that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Houston Press&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;managing editor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/11/houston-tv-manager-shake-up-at-multiple.html"&gt;Cathy Matusow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; took off from the paper after 10 years. Then I just read in the current issue of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Texas Monthly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Houston Press&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; staff writer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2010/10/richmond-strip-in-houston-not-dead-yet.html"&gt;John Nova Lomax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;also left (Lomax wrote an article in the current issue of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Texas Monthly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Both Press refugees are now at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Houstonia Magazine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41748568657</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41748568657</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:48:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Simon Gutierrez KTRK channel 13 </title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/ktrk-13-hires-simon-gutierrez.html"&gt;Simon Gutierrez KTRK channel 13 &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Simon Gutierrez, a former KSAT 12 San Antonio reporter, showed up on KTRK 13 this morning. He replaces &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/04/ktrk-13-hires-crystal-kobza-formerly-of.html"&gt;Crystal Kobza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, the feature of my number 12th &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-mikemcguffcom-posts-for-2012.html"&gt;most visited post of 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, who has apparently left the TV news world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41460210304</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/41460210304</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:26:03 -0500</pubDate><category>houston</category><category>media</category><category>ktrk</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category></item><item><title>Bob Allen scores with emotional goodbye; talks future plans</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/bob-allen-scores-with-emotional-goodbye.html"&gt;Bob Allen scores with emotional goodbye; talks future plans&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Back in January of last year, we got the shocker of the night when KTRK 13 sportscaster &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/01/ktrk-13s-bob-allen-emptying-his-tv.html"&gt;Bob Allen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; said he was leaving the station by the end of 2012 (KTRK recruited &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/07/ktrk-13-scores-greg-bailey-from-wcnc.html"&gt;Greg Bailey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; from WCNC as his eventual replacement).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40830640418</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40830640418</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:01:48 -0500</pubDate><category>ktrk</category><category>houston</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>KPRC 2 gets Camille Williams from Fox 7 KTBC</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/kprc-2-brings-in-camille-williams-from.html"&gt;KPRC 2 gets Camille Williams from Fox 7 KTBC&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/kprc-2-brings-in-camille-williams-from.html"&gt;KPRC 2 brings in Camille Williams fro&lt;img height="240" src="http://ktbc.images.worldnow.com/images/1368103_G.jpg" width="320"/&gt;m Fox 7 KTBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40768351700</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40768351700</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:46:35 -0500</pubDate><category>houston</category><category>kprc</category><category>ktbc</category><category>austin</category><category>fox</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>KTRK 13 Doug Brown has died</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/ktrk-13-weatherman-doug-brown-has-died.html"&gt;KTRK 13 Doug Brown has died&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; KTRK 13’s weathercaster Doug Brown, died last night according to an Ed Brandon Facebook post. He was 79 the station reported.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40768103430</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/40768103430</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:41:46 -0500</pubDate><category>ktrk</category><category>houston</category><category>media</category><category>tv</category><category>weather</category></item><item><title>Dolcefino Communications LLC</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/11/wayne-dolcefinos-next-career-move-party.html"&gt;Dolcefino Communications LLC&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Former KTRK 13 reporter Wayne Dolcefino has started Dolcefino Communications LLC. A consulting company.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/39484432738</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/39484432738</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:44:07 -0500</pubDate><category>ktrk</category><category>houston</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>consulting</category></item><item><title>Jennifer Reyna's stalking</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2013/01/jennifer-reynas-stalking-horror-wayne.html"&gt;Jennifer Reyna's stalking&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Investigators said a Friendswood man has been stalking KPRC 2’s Jennifer Reyna since Sept. 14, disregarding a no-contact order issued by a judge in May 2007 after he twice drove his vehicle through the front door of the news station.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/39482552244</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/39482552244</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:13:34 -0500</pubDate><category>kprc</category><category>houston</category><category>media</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>stalking</category></item><item><title>Channel 2's Jennifer Bauer pregnant</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/another-houston-tv-baby-wave.html"&gt;Channel 2's Jennifer Bauer pregnant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Remember when &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2011/09/kprc-2s-baby-brigade-in-videophotos.html"&gt;KPRC 2 had baby fever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;? After my recent post about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/houston-tv-pregnancies-engagements-and.html"&gt;Fox 26 KRIV’s Traffic Authority Michelle Merhar pregnancy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, I learned that KPRC 2 reporter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2010/10/kprc-2-hires-jennifer-bauer-as-new.html"&gt;Jennifer Bauer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; ‏is also expecting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/38360440257</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/38360440257</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:15:50 -0500</pubDate><category>kprc</category><category>houston</category><category>tv</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>KPRC 2 Nefertiti Jáquez to NBC10 WCAU</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/kprc-2s-nefertiti-jaquez-to-wcau-krivs.html"&gt;KPRC 2 Nefertiti Jáquez to NBC10 WCAU&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/kprc-2s-nefertiti-jaquez-to-wcau-krivs.html"&gt;KPRC 2’s Nefertiti Jáquez to WCAU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/37942845169</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/37942845169</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:27:36 -0500</pubDate><category>houston</category><category>kprc</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>philly</category><category>wcau</category><category>nbc</category><category>philadelphia</category></item><item><title>Frank Billingsley gets married</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/12/kprc-2s-frank-billingsley-weds-partner.html"&gt;Frank Billingsley gets married&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; KPRC channel 2 viewers get another big one. It’s chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley. Billingsley married Kevin Gilliard who he’s been with for 17 years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/37909959595</link><guid>http://mikemcguff.tumblr.com/post/37909959595</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:24:24 -0500</pubDate><category>kprc</category><category>houston</category><category>media</category><category>tv</category><category>news</category><category>weather</category></item></channel></rss>
