"The documentary work I got to do at Channel 2," she said. Meet the Team | fox23.com - FOX23 News "Dad was a very, very fair person," said Kelly Ogle, a 6 and 10 p.m. co-anchor at KWTV-9. Well, now I've got it for you.'". KTUL also operates a digital fill-in translator on UHF channel 24, which serves the southern part of the viewing area, including McAlester. KOTV Celebrates 70 Years Of Television In Tulsa. Cloudy with periods of light rain. ", "I liked working with and for Al Jerkins when I was in sports," he said. Neile Jones, a veteran journalist of over two decades, announced she is stepping back from broadcast journalism at the end of this year. It was a refurbished bread truck that was basically a TV station on wheels. Ford Sports Xtra was discontinued on April 2, 2017, and was replaced on April 9 with a half-hour extension of the Sunday 10:00p.m. newscast under the title Tulsas Channel 8 Extra. 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[3] About one year later, the Tulsa Broadcasting Company a company run by John and his sister, Marjory Griffin Leake, which already owned Tulsa-based radio station KTUL (1430 AM, now KTBZ) and KFPW in Fort Smith, Arkansas filed an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit to build and license to operate a television station on VHF channel 8 on June 27, 1952. In 1996, he left KOTV for Los Angeles and Fox Sports Net for four years. Hill is a U.S. Army veteran and former police officer in Nashville who has appeared on such networks as CNN, HLN, Court TV and Fox News. Loving also aired mid-mornings on a one-day delay until September 1990, when the station replaced it with the hour-long version of The Home Show; KTUL preempted ABC's half-hour soap operas (Loving, The City and finally, Port Charles) until the network ceded the 12:30p.m. Central Time slot to its affiliates in October 2003. "That's the TV business.". )[98][99], Another popular KTUL personality was Betty Boyd, a well-known personality at rival KOTV who was lured away to channel 8 in 1965 to host The Betty Boyd Show. 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). The skills Anderson used as a TV meteorologist transferred nicely to his work at Tulsa Gold and Silver, he said. June 2019. According to jail records, a Tulsa. Ex-reporter Sues Tulsa TV Station, Cites Homosexual Claim - The Oklahoman Over time, you learn to interpret it. As of November 2017[update], KTUL presently broadcasts 30 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours each weekday, one hour on Saturdays and 1 hours on Sundays). 1000. He had a lot of people to thank, but most of all, he wants to. A Miss Astros contest (the winner became an ambassador for the Houston Astros professional baseball team) changed the course of her life. He later did commentaries on Oklahoma City's three major TV stations. VIDEO: A farewell message from longtime FOX23 Anchor Clay Loney "I thought, 'real estate?'" Bowers started her news career at KTUL as a general assignment reporter. On May 30, 1992, KTUL launched the market's first weekend morning newscast when it debuted a Saturday edition of GMO from 8:00 to 10:00a.m., taking over part of the timeslot that the station had previously allotted to ABC's children's cartoon lineup (the newscast would be reduced to one hour starting at 7:00a.m. by September 1995, where the Saturday broadcast would remain until it was discontinued in September 2000; as a result, KTUL is currently the Tulsa market's only Big Four affiliate without a newscast on weekend mornings, since KOTV launched weekend editions of its Six in the Morning broadcast in March 2015). "I guess time flies sometimes.". Then every monitor in the studio went black. "So, if you have children, it gets harder and harder to say, 'I'll be there to take you to cheerleading practice.'. Even if it were not me, it would have been and could have been someone else.". at KSNF and KODE. ", 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. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory gives you all the resources needed to know the right service provider for any need. KTUL launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 8.2 in 2004, which originally operated as an in-house-produced local weather service, under the brand "First Alert Weather 24/7"; the subchannel was subsequently added by Cox Communications on digital cable channel 247 on June 2, 2005. Please subscribe to keep reading. They lived in a home with a white picket fence, and her memories of that time became romanticized. Brand Ambassador at Votre Vu French Skin Care (Self-employed), President at Newkirk Enterprises, Inc. The weekday morning program proved to be a more popular alternative to network morning shows Today on KVOO and the CBS Morning News on KOTV that competed against it in the 7:00a.m. timeslot; Chick ended his eponymous morning show in January 1979, following his diagnosis of early stage multiple sclerosis two months prior. [90] The subchannel became an affiliate of Antenna TV on January 1, 2016, through a groupwide agreement between Sinclair and the network's owner, Tribune Broadcasting (which Sinclair would purchase in May 2017), that was spurred in part by the network's episode library acquisition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[91][92]. Same thing in sales - you don't want to sell something shoddy, just like you don't want to give a bad forecast. As a co-anchor at KTUL channel 8, Rengel was part of a juggernaut TV news crew that included co-anchor Bob Hower, sportscaster Chris Lincoln and beloved meteorologist/Gusty artist Don Woods. 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. After Woods retired from KTUL on March 3, 1989, he continued to work as a watercolor artist and drew Gusty on occasion; Woods even authored a book entitled The Gospel According to Gusty, and one of his Gusty drawings is currently housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., which received the drawing in 1970 as a representation of contemporary American art. He started his hall-of-fame career. In 1990, Walls moved to KOTV Channel 6. LIVE STREAMS. Beth Rengel: Former Tulsa TV anchor reflects on life and - Tulsa News Maybe some of those moms wanted to trade places with her so they could wear the big earrings and the nice clothes. [7] Over time, Tulsa Broadcasting's competitors for the permit withdrew their respective applications. (which has preceded Nightline since the network switched the scheduling order of the two programs in January 2013), was originally preempted by KTUL when it debuted in January 2003, after the station refused to comply with carrying the show in its recommended slot (making it one of a handful of ABC stations that included WSB-TV in Atlanta, WFTV in Orlando, WSOC-TV in Charlotte and WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Florida, not to carry Kimmel). A post shared by Neile Jones (@neilejones). I couldnt eat. Ex-reporter Sues Tulsa TV Station, Cites Homosexual Claim Robby Trammell View Comments 0:00 0:15 TULSA Former television newsman Robert Joffe has filed an $11 million lawsuit against KOTV-Channel 6 and its news anchor Clayton Vaughn claiming his firing was due to false accusations he is homosexual. He had a real passion for Oklahoma. 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]. KOTV brought television to Tulsa in 1949. Stitt Bans Gender Transition Healthcare For Minors, 7 Bodies, Including Missing Girls From Okmulgee County, Found On Henryetta Property. The tool can run in and latch another tool such as a ball valve into a packer, for example. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. During that time, Walls was also freelancing for ESPN, ESPN II and Prime Sports Network. ", Diane White Then: Anchor/reporter on KOTV Channel 6, KOKI Channel 23 Now: Co-founder of Emerge Interactive Media. You can cancel at any time. [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. During his time there, Walls yearned to tell stories about issues that were "more life-impacting," he said. "I loved the thought of not having a boss, other than Jessica," White said. After Morris left KTUL for KVOO in 1970, KOTV anchor Bob Hower joined channel 8 and took over as main anchor of its evening newscasts. Graves cooked great meals for her family. Isbell is recognized from time to time. Soon, Walls was one of the few Tulsa TV anchors who had made the rounds to each of Tulsa's three major news stations. A teammate advised her to ignore it. FOX23 Tulsa announced the promotion of longtime FOX23 News Reporter and Weekend Evening Anchor Sara Whaley to the position of Weekday Evening Anchor, effective October 20, 2021. 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. He worked at KFMB in San Diego for 14 years and Channel 7 in Chicago for three years. "I was a very fortunate individual to be at the right place at the right time," says Hogg. "I got to where I was enjoying doing this more than I was the meteorology thing," Anderson said, "especially at two in the morning when the alarm clock went off.". A former Tulsa TV news anchor was arrested on a drug complaint late Sunday night after officers searched his pickup truck following a traffic stop. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World, Beth Rengel keeps memorabilia from her TV career at her home, but she also has a big Santa Claus collection. The puppies are 12-weeks-old and are Great Pyrenees and Giant Schnauzer mixes. [34][35][36] On September 12, the day the move to Tulsa was approved by the FCC, the station changed its call letters to KTUL-TV to match its radio sister (the "-TV" suffix would be excised from the callsign on February 22, 1993; the KTVX call sign is currently used by another ABC-affiliated television station in Salt Lake City, Utah). "That is also the case here. She has been with Tulsa, Oklahoma's KTUL for almost six years and is a beloved personality in the local community. FOX eventually offered White a full-time position as a weekend anchor. [89] In addition, KTUL-DT2 simulcast live weather cut-ins and long-form coverage carried on the station's main channel in the event that severe weather affected the channel 8 viewing area and, to comply with FCC educational programming guidelines, carried a half-hour block of syndicated children's programs on Monday through Saturday afternoons. Michael Brooks Former News Anchor Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States 521 followers 500+ connections Join to view profile Monkey Wrench Mike Personal Website About Former news anchor. She said she was so mortified and humiliated by her slip of the tongue that she asked the KTUL switchboard operator to take down the name and address of everyone who called the station to lodge a complaint. 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. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World Cory Young Jimmie Tramel KJRH channel 2 announced Thursday that 2 Works for You is. Our Lobby Hours. "And through word of mouth and referrals, we continue to be busy.". The four will be honored at the association's annual Hall of Fame dinner Feb. 16 at Tulsa Southern Hills Marriott. Dave Wagner Leaving KIRO 7: The Seattle Journalist Announces Retirement. Steve Largent is the company's CEO and president. He is now at The Holmes Organization, 1350 S. Boulder Ave., Ste. On cable, KTUL-DT2 is available on Cox Communications channel 74. KWTV - NEWS 9 - A former Tulsa TV news anchor was arrested - Facebook She traded the TV life to be an entrepreneur. Jeff Lazalier started as an investigative reporter at Channel 4 in Oklahoma City. 150, at the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Barbara, owned KGVE in Grove from 1988 to 1992. KTVX assumed the rights to the ABC affiliation from KCEB, whose demise is directly linked to KTVX's sign-on; ABC's decision to move its programming full-time to channel 8 as well as the pending operational wind-down of the DuMont Television Network (a non-viable fourth network that itself would soon fold in August 1956) ended Beck's hopes to make his station viable, leaving him little choice but to shut down channel 23 on December 4, 1954. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World STEPHEN PINGRY. The segment which started as a weekly feature on the Wednesday edition of channel 8's 10:00p.m. newscast, and currently appears on the 4:00p.m. newscast each Wednesday and on Saturdays during the 10:00p.m. newscast was initially conducted by Bob Hower; after Hower's retirement from television broadcasting following his diagnosis of spasmodic dysphonia in 1986, the segment was hosted by Rea Blakey (19861988, during her final years as weeknight co-anchor), and later, by John Walls (19861989, while serving as the station's sports director). [95][96][97], KTUL replaced Mr. Zing and Tuffy in 1969 with another children's program, Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp. She consistently has been ranked in the top 10 percent of realtors there, she said. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World, Anchored in Illusion by Beth Rengel. FOX23 Weather 24/7. [Bud] Blust, Jr. had arranged for some of the station's transmission equipment to be moved to the Lookout Mountain auxiliary studio in early 1955, months before KTVX moved most of its operations into the building that November; KTUL radio had earlier moved into the facility in April 1955. You can cancel at any time. Keith had worked at KJRH for 21 years when she decided she'd like to influence Tulsa in other ways. On Friday, he quietly walked out the door for the last time. According to jail records, a Tulsa. A clip of the segment was featured on several national news programs including Good Morning America and Anderson Cooper 360, the latter of which had its titular host refer to Kozak's segment as the "Best Forecast Ever". Isbell has been chief communications officer at Broken Arrow Public Schools, 601 S. Main St., since 2002. [76][77][78][79] The sale's regulatory process was held up for nearly a year, however, as Sinclair attempted to address ownership issues involving stations it already operated in three markets (WTTO/WDBB and WABM in Birmingham, Alabama, WMMP in Charleston, South Carolina, and WHP-TV and WLYH-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and Albritton-owned stations that placed Sinclair in conflict with FCC regulations on local station ownership (WBMA/WCFT/WJSU, WCIV and WHTM, respectively), specifically with regard to LMAs that were grandfathered following a 1999 ruling by the Commission that such agreements made after November 5, 1996, covering the programming of more than 15% of a station's broadcast day would count toward the ownership limits for the brokering station's parent licensee. Since she announced she is leaving KTUL, regular viewers have had a lot of questions. Where are they now? - Tulsa World On December 15, 2008, KTUL-DT3 became an affiliate of the Retro Television Network, through a groupwide agreement between Allbritton Communications and the then-owner of the classic television network, Equity Media Holdings. October 2002 brought a sudden turn of events. Beth Rengel Then: Anchor/reporter on KJRH Channel 2 and KOTV Channel 6 Now: Realtor, McGraw Davisson Stewart Realtors in Tulsa. ", From helping employers with job fairs, events and referral programs, McCaskey said she loves "getting to know more people on a business level. Former Tulsa news anchor arrested after possible meth found (2012-08-21) The Oklahoman Video Archive 11.2K subscribers Subscribe 12 9.1K views 5 years ago A former Tulsa television news. The station had traditionally aired syndicated programs (airing in a block running anywhere from one hour to 90 minutes) following its 10p.m. newscast for many years, resulting in certain ABC late-night programs that the network recommended its stations air immediately after their late local newscasts being delayed to accommodate them. As a byproduct of this, channel 8 aired Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher on a 90-minute delay from its then-recommended 11:05p.m. Central timeslot from its ABC debut in September 1995 until its cancellation in December 2002. // 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. Mostly expansions in two different markets", "Two more additions taking place in September, both within a week", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", "TV signal switch looms for thousands in Tulsa", "Last analog TV holdouts in Tulsa go digital today", A website of the history of Tulsa Television and radio stations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTUL&oldid=1142390130, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 03:40. "Instead of going into, 'Well, I haven't been on TV in a year and a half,' I just say thanks," Ziegenhorn said, laughing.