Ken Hoffman reports that KTRK-13 is bringing in some fresh blood for the anchor desk:
Channel 13 has hired a new anchor for its 4 p.m. weekday newscast.
She’s Ilona Carson, who’s coming here from the Fox affiliate in Phoenix, where she co-hosted the morning news and did lots of entertainment reporting.
Carson is a University of Pennsylvania graduate, stands more than 6 feet tall, and owns two cats and one horse.
The horse’s name is Pasquale. There’s no word yet whether the horse will join Carson in Houston. It may depend on whether Pasquale can forecast the weather.
Carson will start at Channel 13 in March.
That Pasquale crack is great.
Also, a poster at the new Houston Architecture Info blog writes that KHOU-11 reporter Carolyn Mungo will be moving across town, to take over as a managing editor at KRIV-26:
[H]er impending departure from Channel 11 leaves broadcast journalism in Houston a poorer place. There are desperately few talented radio and TV reporters in Houston (though cubicle neighbor Nancy Holland comes to mind), and when one decides not to be in front of the camera anymore, we’re left with a greater percentage of bottle blondes and slicked-back receding hairlines. Without her, Houston is another step closer to epitomizing the unfavorable view most Americans have of broadcast media. And nothing irritates Houstonians more than being a stereotype.
The good news is that she’s not going far. Mungo will take over as Managing Editor at KRIV Fox 26. If she’s allowed to do her thing, we should see more real news our of the Fox outlet, and I, for one, find that reason enough to switch.
I wonder if really good managing editors (tv and print) aren’t rarer than really good reporters. This town needs more of both.
