Cloudy with periods of light rain. [70][71] In November 1992, the station began identifying as "Oklahoma's Channel 8" for general purposes and Oklahoma's News 8 for its local newscasts (adding the possessive "Oklahoma's" to the station's existing branding), introducing a logo featuring the station branding and gold serif "8" over an image of the state of Oklahoma. [107][108][109] Another one of Morris' accomplishments at KTUL was the local television documentary The Five Civilized Tribes: Unfinished Journey, a one-hour documentary that took a look at the histories of Oklahoma's principal Native American tribes Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole in the 19th century as illustrated through paintings, which won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for "Best Television Documentary" in 1966. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. He reminisced about his time at KOTV and met current reporter, Joseph Holloway. Although KTUL radio had been an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network since 1933 (it would switch its affiliation to the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1959), channel 8 has operated as an ABC affiliate since its sign-on; this was essentially by default, as CBS Television had already maintained a primary affiliation with KOTV since it signed on in October 1949. (Incidentally, in 1949, Tulsa Broadcasting had assigned Helen Alvarez who would become founding part-owner of KOTV (channel 6) to study whether a television station venture in Tulsa could be successful. She left TV news 20 years ago and now is a Realtor with McGraw Realtors. After James Leake sold the station to Allbritton in 1982, KTUL remained #1 in the Tulsa market throughout the 1980s and 1990s with its local newscasts and syndicated programming. "One morning, the then-general manager said, 'I decided I want a different face to do the weather,'" Lazalier said. Tulsa, OK (74129) Today. Get News On 6 delivered to your inbox everyday. This Tulsa news anchor dropped a C-bomb during a recent broadcast I felt paralyzed.. In 1990, Walls moved to KOTV Channel 6. On November 3, 1982, Leake Industries sold KTUL and KATV to Washington, D.C.-based Allbritton Communications in an all-cash transaction for $80 million; the sale received FCC approval on February 14, 1983. They converted the old International Harvester Dealership into one of the largest TV studios in the country. Interview with WGN's Larry Potash in Chicago, 9:45 a.m. June 21. On July 29, 2013, Allbritton announced that it would sell its seven television stations, including KTUL, to the Hunt Valley, Marylandbased Sinclair Broadcast Group for $985 million, in order to concentrate the company's operations exclusively around its political news website, Politico. During that time, Walls was also freelancing for ESPN, ESPN II and Prime Sports Network. Gone in Tulsa May 28, 2019 / Scott Jones KJRH Morning Anchor Scott Thompson has left the Scripps station after less than two years on the job. According to jail records, a Tulsa. KOTV brought television to Tulsa in 1949. [43][44][45][46][47][48], In 1963, the station applied to construct a new transmitter tower at a site two miles (3.2km) east of Coweta (approximately 10 miles [16km] northeast of the original transmitter site); approval of the application was delayed due to issues regarding issues concerning the sister station KATV's own later-dismissed application to relocate its transmitter from Pine Bluff to Little Rock, breaching an earlier promise to Pine Bluff civic officials not to move the transmitter outside of Jefferson County, Arkansas. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World, Beth Rengel keeps memorabilia from her TV career at her home, but she also has a big Santa Claus collection. [129][130] In 1993, KTUL partnered with Oklahoma City ABC affiliate KOCO-TV to pool resources for severe weather coverage; the partnership which was developed by Travis Meyer, who served as the station's chief meteorologist from 1989 until 2005, when he took over that same position at rival KOTV allowed for the utilization of the "First Pix" cellular-to-broadcast photo transmission technology developed by Cellular One to relay footage of severe weather on the stations' respective newscasts as well as their respective ground and airborne storm chasing units. Fortunately, she knew where Graves hid the Hostess Ding Dongs. In recent years, KTUL has traditionally ranked second in terms of total day news viewership, behind CBS affiliate KOTV. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. In 1990, Walls moved to KOTV Channel 6. Jimmy Kimmel Live! ", Mike Ziegenhorn Then: Sportscaster on KTUL Channel 8, Now: Insurance Agent/Broker at The Holmes Organization in Tulsa. "Knowing so much about the history and where we came from and where we are now, and to see the man, who in my opinion set the tone for people like me to be in this newsroom, I mean it means a lot to me," Holloway says. KOTV Celebrates 70 Years Of Television In Tulsa. ), KTUL also declined carriage of ABC's World League of American Football game broadcasts during the league's 1992 season (its last before the WLAF's two-year operational suspension), after complaints from some viewers about the games preempting its weekly broadcast of the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Sunday services in the spring of 1991 as well as ABC declining a request by station management to join the games in progress.[106]. Other inductees are former Tulsa news anchors Clayton Vaughn and Bob Hower, and Carl Smith, a former Tulsa radio general manager who is the hall of fame's chief executive. [101][102][103], KTUL ran the entire Saturday morning cartoon lineup from ABC until July 1992, when it began preempting the lineup in favor of running a two-hour-long Saturday edition of Good Morning Oklahoma and informational syndicated programs. The Most Influential News Anchors of All Time - Ranker On cable, KTUL-DT3 is available on Cox Communications channel 73. I found myself curled up in the fetal position on the kitchen floor by the telephone, waiting for the call, crying and unable to get up or move. [110] During its early years, the station maintained a fleet of 15 vehicles and two airplanes for aerial and ground-level newsgathering. KFOR Station History, a rich legacy | KFOR.com Oklahoma City Rengels microphone troubles got fixed during the newscast, but Howers microphone went dead. Frustrated, Rengel uncorked a curse word. While her fans are loathe to see her go, they also wish her well. [7] Over time, Tulsa Broadcasting's competitors for the permit withdrew their respective applications. Smith, who started in radio as a salesman with Tulsa's KAKC in 1958, was sales manager and general manager at KRAV for many years, building it into one of Tulsa's most successful radio operations. "I wouldn't have a better offer to try something I had an interest in but also had virtually no experience in than the offer he gave me," Walls said. The station also did not carry the network's daytime talk shows: Home and, throughout their entire respective runs, its successors, Mike and Maty and Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends were not carried between September 1992 and August 1997, while The View was preempted from its debut in August 1997 until September 2000, when KTUL began clearing the program in its regular timeslot. All rights reserved. "In both instances, you're communicating a message," he said. I would drive by and think Why didnt they like my picket fence?. VIDEO: A farewell message from longtime FOX23 Anchor Clay Loney )[52][53] In 1979, KTUL began running one of the most successful station image campaigns in the United States with the debut of its "8's the Place" promotions. "That's the TV business.". Find out more a. "As a realtor, you've got total freedom.". Bob Hower, a longtime KTUL, Channel 8, news anchorman, appears with fellow Tulsa television pioneer Betty Boyd as Tulsa's Centennial Homecoming king and queen in 1997. Former Tulsa news anchor arrested after possible meth found - YouTube KWTV - NEWS 9 - A former Tulsa TV news anchor was arrested - Facebook I couldnt eat. If you only know the basics former Texas beauty queen, news anchor about Rengel, the autobiography fills in interesting blanks about her background (she wasnt a silver spoon kid), her drive and why the loves of her life include white picket fences, Hostess Ding Dongs and Santa Claus. ABC programs that were preempted or otherwise interrupted by local news events that warrant long-form coverage are usually tape delayed to air in overnight timeslots; although station personnel gives viewers the option to watch the affected shows the following day on ABC's desktop and mobile streaming platforms or its cable/satellite video-on-demand service. Rengel lost weight, but she went to bed hungry. Dale recently visited our current newsroom. // KTUL, Oklahoma City Station Create Statewide Storm Network", "Meteorologist Meyer confirms move from 8 to 6", "Travis Meyer goes on the air at KOTV June 1", "KTUL to Provide Local News Inserts to CNN Headline News", "KTUL Tulsa's Channel 8 Names Jennifer Zeppelin as Chief Meteorologist", "Zeppelin Says Good-bye to Green Country", "Bill Haisten: New shows challenge Ch. (The state possessive was removed from the branding in February 2006, as part of a graphical overhaul that included the introduction of the station's current logo. [111], Shortly before channel 8 (as KTVX) signed on in Muskogee, station management sought to hire a weather anchor who could draw a cartoon character. Neile Jones, a veteran journalist of over two decades, announced she is stepping back from broadcast journalism at the end of this year. Where are they now? - Tulsa World Having been a household name certainly doesn't hinder Rengel in Tulsa's real estate market. The station preempted the Sunday edition of ABC World News Tonight until September 2002, in favor of airing infomercials in the half-hour between its local early evening newscast and ABC's Sunday night lineup. After he left Channel 8, friends recruited Ziegenhorn to the insurance industry. KTUL currently carries the entire ABC network schedule, with program preemptions only occurring on the station to accommodate extended breaking news and severe weather coverage. During the 1960s, the station's local newscasts became the highest-rated in the Tulsa market, aided by the popularity of main anchor Jack Morris. They are expected to reach at least 80 pounds. Rengel said she hopes readers of her book (writing it is the hardest thing I have ever tried to do) will embrace the things she is advocating: Listen to your voice. The most notable experience during Liz's broadcasting career is the May 22, 2011 tornado in Joplin. Former Tulsa TV Anchor Arrested On Meth Complaint - NewsOn6.com at KSNF and KODE. Walls now lives in Arlington, Va., and works in Washington, D.C. The expanded area which began construction in May 1998, and cost $2 million to build allowed for station personnel (who previously worked throughout two floors and in various conference rooms and studios within the building) to work in the same area. White's experience in TV helps her determine what about her clients will or won't sell, and to adjust PR and advertising campaigns accordingly. As other Allbritton-owned ABC stations did with the series, KTUL aired the Power Rangers series anduntil it was dropped by the network in September 2006Kim Possible on the pre-sunrise tape delay due to their lack of educational content; for similar reasons, it preempted Power Rangers outright from September 2006 until the program was dropped by ABC on August 28, 2010. He had a lot of people to thank, but most of all, he wants to. The local daytime program featured a mix of interviews with Tulsa area newsmakers, community affairs and women's topics; the program which ran until Boyd left channel 8 in 1980 to serve as the director of information for Tulsa Vo-Tech (now Tulsa Technology Center) helped KTUL reach first place among female viewers at a time when ABC had remained lagged in third place among the three national networks in the Nielsen ratings.[100]. Longtime KOTV anchor Scott Thompson returns to TV on KJRH - Tulsa World 800. "During football season, someone asked me who was covering a game and if I would be there. The program was anchored by Jack Morris, one of the first two personalities at KTVX, alongside meteorologist Don Woods (Hal O'Halloran would join the station in 1964 as its sports director). Isbell is recognized from time to time. She found her way to the Tulsa Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2 W. Second St., Ste. "And I loved learning from the late Jerry Webber. "I like having a job that serves the community," Isbell said. "Instead of going into, 'Well, I haven't been on TV in a year and a half,' I just say thanks," Ziegenhorn said, laughing. Meet the Team | fox23.com - FOX23 News KOTV Celebrates 70 Years Of Television In Tulsa. Lazalier took "two tours of duty" in the weather office at KJRH Channel 2, first from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1995 to 2002. But the quick change allowed him to explore "ideas that I was really interested in," he said. Every time. ", In her new venture, White can "still do what I love, which is the storytelling. He has worked for the trade association, CTIA - The Wireless Association, as its vice president of public affairs since 2004. Rengel was suspended, then released. Amy Avery Ashley Izbicki Brian Dorman Chinh Doan Craig Day Dave Davis Jonathan Cooper LeAnne Taylor Lori Fullbright Shannon Rousseau Tess Maune Tulsa, OK 74103 918-732-6000 Meet the Team. Do you know where your children are?," to open a late local newscast (shortly predating its ascension to iconic status when it was used by Tom Gregory at New York City independent station WNEW-TV [now Fox owned-and-operated station WNYW] beginning in 1967). After retiring, Vaughn worked for the Historical Society. The subchannel carried local forecast segments presented by meteorologists from the station's "First Alert Weather" team (which were recorded and updated up to three times per day); local, regional and national weather information updated via a computer automation on both the channel's main screen and an on-screen "L"-shaped ticker; and periodic live feeds of the station's Doppler radar system (then branded as "First Alert Doppler 8000"), accompanied by audio from Tulsa-based NOAA Weather Radio station KIH27. Michelle Linn is proud to be part of the longest-tenured morning anchor team in Tulsa. "But I fell in love with the city.". She has been collecting Santa Claus figures for about 30 years and once spent $1,000 on a life-size Santa at a local store. TOP LOCAL STORIES. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). The subchannel is not currently available on Cox Communications in the Tulsa market. In 1996, he left KOTV for Los Angeles and Fox Sports Net for four years. He stars in Tulsa's PCC Cleaning and Restoration Co. commercials, and he covers some high school and college games. On January 18, 1955, Tulsa Broadcasting filed a request to move KTVX's city of license to Tulsa, claiming that Muskogee was not large enough to support a VHF station, that the move would put it at a better advantage with its Tulsa-based competitors, and that it would provide a third competitive station in Tulsa. After nearly a year of delays, Sinclair's deal to acquire Allbritton was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014, and was completed on August 1, 2014. Voss and James Kite for $3 million. "Obviously in today's world, it would never have happened that way but I was so so very happy that it did. They finished the newscast. A news director once asked her, What do you think is the most important thing about a newscaster? Her answers delivery, believability, credibility were deemed incorrect. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Cursing on the air, in a city described as the buckle of the Bible belt, could have spelled the end of Rengels career. 200. KJRH Channel 2 hires new anchors - Tulsa World John Walls Then: Anchor on KTUL Channel 8; KOTV Channel 6; KJRH Channel 2 Now: Vice president of public affairs, CTIA-The Wireless Association in Washington, D.C. After moving to Tulsa in 1984 from Charleston, S.C., John Walls anchored the sportscast at KTUL Channel 8. News On 6 Live Channel 6 News Tulsa Weather & Radar | KOTV 6 LIVE STREAMS. During his tenure at channel 8, Morris was one of the first television news anchors in the United States to use the phrase, "It's 10 o'clock. Welcome to KFOR-TV-DT the NBC Affiliate for Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. Asked what the voice is saying, Rengel said shes still trying to figure that out. "I'm in a role where I can let everybody know what a great asset this is," Bowers said. Besides spending more time at local events, she will also keep up the communication with her followers through her social media and her blog, JonesN4Life.com. Here is a complete list of nearly every experienced News Anchors near you. And people's recognition of my face has opened a lot of doors.". Tulsa Gold and Silver is a jewelry, coin and bouillon merchant. Former Tulsa TV news anchor Beth Rengel, whose autobiography is titled "Anchored in Illusion," plays with her dogs on the patio of her home. [124][125][126] Subsequently, during a January 2013 GMO broadcast, weekday morning meteorologist Andrew Kozak (a former meteorologist at KOKI-TV, who worked at channel 8 from June 2012 to September 2014) hand-drew the weather forecast after a computer that supplied its weather graphics crashed. Ogle joined WKY-TV, now KFOR-4, in the 1970s and worked as a reporter, news anchor and news director. Rengel enjoys her new work, though it is rife with challenges. Phone: 918-581-8389. She said she had to downsize the last time she changed residences, so she gave some Santas away and has stopped accumulating them. Hower began his career as chief announcer at KOTV from 1949 to 1960 and anchored the first TV newscast in Tulsa. Tulsa Broadcasting executives ultimately decided that it would be too risky for apply for a television license at that point, even though the study results and Alvarez herself suggested that the company file an application as soon as possible.)[4][5]. ", Keith Isbell Then: Anchor, reporter and sportscaster on KJRH News Channel 2 Now: Chief communications officer at Broken Arrow Public Schools in Broken Arrow, At KJRH, Keith Isbell loved working with people, "first and foremost. ", Teri Bowers Then: Anchor/reporter on KTUL News Channel 8 Now: Communications director at Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World, Former Tulsa TV anchor Beth Rengel said writing a book about her life was difficult. He, along with former anchors Glenda Silvey,. What happened next earned that distinction. Because Rengels father could not afford to pay for her college education, she was given an ultimatum: Get married, get a job or get a scholarship. KFOR 10pm News Team from the Left, Mike Morgan, Kevin Ogle, Joleen Chaney, Brian Brinkley, Adan Snider. Soon, she moved to Tulsa's KJRH Channel 2. Broadcasters selected for hall of fame - oklahoman.com Zig hasn't completely left TV. Former KOTV News On 6 Anchor, Hall-Of-Fame Journalist Clayton Vaughn Dies Meagan O'Halloran leaving FOX 31, Ashley Ryan takes her place A former Oklahoma sports writer of the year, I have written books about former OU coach Barry Switzer and former OSU coach Pat Jones. "But if we look at it another way, there is news value. [122][123][104][105] The program made national news in 1995, when meteorologist Frank Mitchell (who would eventually serve as KTUL's chief meteorologist from 2005 to 2012) surprised his co-anchor and girlfriend, Teri Bowers (who joined KTUL alongside Mitchell in 1990 and remained with the station until 2006, serving most of her tenure alongside Mitchell on Good Morning Oklahoma, originally as the co-hosts of the Saturday edition and later on the weekday broadcasts), with a live, on-air wedding proposal. He is now a benefit planning specialist with the Tulsa-based Premier Advisors Group, 4111 S. Darlington, Ste. "I like the people I work with and for here, and this is an excellent school district.". Legacy Left Behind By Former KOTV Anchors - NewsOn6.com "I thought, 'real estate?'" Former TV news anchor Beth Rengel has graduated to author. "That, and Oklahoma Living. By: LeAnne Taylor. Maybe some of those moms wanted to trade places with her so they could wear the big earrings and the nice clothes. On October 31, 2015, KTUL-DT2 converted into a charter affiliate of Comet, a science fiction-focused network owned by Sinclair in conjunction with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Emmy award-winning and veteran TV journalist Dan Rascon is the weekend anchor for KSL-TV (NBC) in Salt Lake City. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) in southwestern Tulsa, and its transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, in unincorporated southeastern Tulsa County (near Coweta). June 2019. The Carl C. Smith Sports Complex in Tulsa is named in his honor for his work with the Tulsa Parks and Recreation Department. But the move seemed fitting. ", Mike Anderson Then: Meteorologist on KOTV Channel 6 and KJRH Channel 2 Now: Coin collecting expert and enthusiast, Tulsa Gold and Silver in Tulsa. 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