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Local stations do well at TAPB

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 5:35pm
KVIA-TV Channel 7, KFOX-TV Channel 14 and KINT-TV Channel 26 did well at this year's Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards. Here's a rundown of the local winners: BEST NEWSCAST •First place: KVIA's 10 p.m., Jonathan Eaves and Ozzie Carrillo producers....
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Media v. EPPD, Part Deux

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 1:51pm
It wasn't quite Darrengate, but the good people at KTSM-TV Channel 9/KDBC-TV Channel 4 had their own running with the El Paso Police Department last week. Hollis Grizzard, the manager for both stations, was on his way home on Thurday...
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Bowie and Austin game to be shown by KVIA

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 5:54pm
If you're an Oso Orgulloso de la Bowie or a Proud Austin Panther, you're in luck. KVIA-TV Channel 7 announced today that it will broadcast both schools' regional tournament games on its Stormtrack 24-7 channel. That's Channel 7.3 on digital...
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KTSM and KDBC simulcast

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 1:09pm
Nope. You were not seeing double last night during the 10 p.m. news. Both KTSM-TV Channel 9 and KDBC-TV Channel 4 showed the same newscast in the evening that of course focused on election results from Tuesday's primaries. Although both...
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Casas announces she has cancer

Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:37am
KVIA-TV Channel 7 anchor Estela Casas announced yesterday that she has thyroid cancer and that she is having the gland removed during surgery today. She had said earlier this month that doctor's had found nodules on her thyroid and had...
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Estela has surgery, documents her journey

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 6:36pm
KVIA-TV Channel 7 anchor Estela Casas announced today during the 5 p.m. newscast that she will have surgery on Wednesday to remove a nodule on the right side of her thyroid. It's still unclear how long she will be out...
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Times reporter Hernandez now in Austin

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 3:24pm
Last Friday was the last day of work at the El Paso Times for education reporter Michael D. Hernandez. He had been an employee of the Times for nine years and wrote for the living and neighborhoods sections before being...
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Guadian returns on Monday

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 4:12pm
Stephanie Guadian will return to her morning anchor desk at the KFOX Morning News on Monday, the station announced via Twitter today. Officials at the station had said Guadian had been out for "several" weeks due to an emergency surgery....
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It's a girl for Stephanie Valle!

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 1:31pm
KVIA-TV Channel 7 (cable Channel) reporter/anchor Stephanie Valle gave birth to a girl Saturday. Baby Velora was born nearly two months prematurely and weighed in at 3 pounds and 12 ounces, according to kvia.com. Stephanie's co-anchor and friend, Bob Harp,...
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Chupacabras in the media

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:24am
Not too surprisingly, the El Paso Times story, Chicken deaths near Horizon City spark talk of Chupacabras, got a lot of attention in the media. The story is continuing to make the Internet rounds, and is the most-viewed story on...
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Ayoub and Bettes now in Brownsville ... sorta.

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 3:43pm
Word is that Nichole Ayoub and Robet Bettes are the new faces of KVEO-TV, the NBC affiliate in Brownsville, Texas. Sources inside KTSM-TV Channel 9 say the two KDBC-TV personalities are not leaving El Paso, though. ComCorp, the owner of...
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Newspaper Tree sale final

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 2:44pm
Officials with the El Paso Community Foundation today told the El Paso Times that they have purchased the defunct Newspaper Tree online publication from former publisher Keith Mahar for an undisclosed amount. Eric Pearson, the foundation’s executive vice president, said...
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Alvarez debuts gay show online

Mon, 12/28/2009 - 1:48pm
Sidney Alvarez, the former reporter/anchor at KFOX-TV Channel 14 (cable Channel 8), is back on the tube ... rather, he's back on the computer screen. Alvarez, who left El Paso several years ago to do public relations in Pittsburgh, Pa.,...
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Molestina stays put

Tue, 12/22/2009 - 11:53am
KVIA-TV Channel 7 (cable Channel 6) weekend anchor and reporter Ken Molestina has extended his contract with the station for one more year. His contract was set to expire on Dec. 31, but he announced that he signed an extension...
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KTSM News Director Out

Sat, 12/19/2009 - 6:46pm
Kim Bridger, the news director at KTSM-TV Channel 9 (cable Channel 9) is leaving the station in January. After about two years at the NBC affiliate, Bridger is stepping down to return to her hometown of Corpus Christi. Bridger's last...
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KFOX gets new morning anchor

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 2:20pm
KFOX-TV Channel 14 (cable Channel 8) announced today that it has hired a new morning anchor to replace Noreen Jaramillo, who left the station last month when her contract was not renewed. Bill Young will join Stephanie Guadian on Jan....
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What happened to KDBC's 5:30 show?

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 10:09pm
Today's 5:30 p.m. KDBC newscast wa supposed to be the first transmitted from the KTSM studios. You may remember that Channel 9 is taking over the news operations of Channel 4. Today's newscast was ready to go and reporters were...
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Jaramillo out at KFOX

Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:31pm
Noreen Jaramillo will anchor her last KFOX Morning News show on Friday, the management at the station announced late today. She is expected to say good-bye to her viewers and the rest of the staff at KFOX during Friday's show....
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Saldivar leaves Ch. 4 for city job.

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 5:22pm
KDBC Channel 4 reporter/anchor Armando Saldivar is leaving the station soon to start a new career in public relations. City officials confirmed they hired Saldivar to serve as a spokesman for the city's health department's H1N1 flu efforts. Saldivar's job...
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Lawsuit shakes up El Paso blog world

Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:17pm
A lawsuit has been filed recently that could provide us with entertainment for quite some time. In a blog post on Nov. 11, local blogger David K. expressed worry about why the Ethics Commission was being rushed along. David K....
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