As a result, KPRC-TV became the primary station for regular season games of the Houston Oilers, one of the league's eight founding teams; this continued after the AFL became the American Football Conference of the National Football League in 1970. According to … report. In January 2020, Bill Balleza retired from KPRC-TV. 9:30 p.m. - Harris County reports more than 50 accidents. KPRC Anchors KPRC Jennifer Houston KPRC Anchors KPRC News Anchors KPRC News 2 Houston Click2Houston Anchors KPRC Local 2 Anchors KPRC Female Anchors KHOU Anchors and Reporters Jennifer Reyna KPRC Channel 2 News Reporters KPRC Dominique Sachse Irika Sargent ABC 13 Houston Anchors KPRC Personalities Lauren Freeman KPRC Britta Merwin KPRC Syan Rhodes KPRC Traffic Girl Former KPRC Reporters … I was now, at least in my mind, a true Texan! For several years during the early 1990s, updates also aired during the overnight hours with producers and other newsroom personnel serving as anchors. The vote was 57-43 in favor of convicting Trump but it did not reach the 2/3 majority required to convict him. I will never forget the day we were introduced to one of the state’s quintessential rights of passage. UPDATE: Wright said in a comment on her Facebook page that her departure was a management decision. Most notorious of all, the station dropped Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1994 to 1996, leaving Houston as the largest market in the country to not air the program, with reruns of various tabloid talk shows including the aforementioned Ricki Lake and Jenny Jones, tabloid news programs such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood, and even a repeat of KPRC-TV's 10 p.m. newscast often filling the void. KPRC-TV also served as the team's over-the-air flagship station from 1973 to 1978. KPRC's studios are located on Southwest Freeway (I-69) in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown),[1][2] and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County. Houston is the second-largest television market where the NBC station is not owned and operated by the network.[3]. She is a published poet and has background in creative writing and … Growing up on the South Side of Chicago I never imagined that I would one day live in Texas and call it home. In September 2007, the first half-hour of the NFL Kickoff game between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts was shown on KPRC-TV with default audio in Spanish rather than English. We applaud our exhausted healthcare workers and first responders, putting their lives on the line to save us. share. Although quickly revealed as a hoax to sell TV sets in the UK, it remains a long-standing urban legend.[22]. Lone Star 92.5. 185. In its early years under the stewardship of news director Ray Miller, KPRC-TV often led the local news ratings with such notable personalities as Miller and fellow anchors Steve Smith and Larry Rasco. However, this was actually a hoax. When we mess up, we fess up and try to do better next time. KHOU.com This set was referred to as the "News Center" and was used on-air until 2006, even though the physical newsroom continued to exist until the move to its current facilities in 2017. We innovate. KPRC-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 35), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States. This week, KPRC 2 anchor Dominique Sachse revealed on her popular YouTube channel that she and her family, are all battling COVID-19, but she is not the only Houston media member to be dealing with the virus.. Also on channel 2, "Houston Life" host Courtney Zavala told co-host Derrick Shore and fill-in host/ morning news traffic anchor, Anavid Reyes, that her husband, Orlando, is having a … KPRC Anchors KPRC Jennifer Houston KPRC Anchors KPRC News Anchors KPRC News 2 Houston Click2Houston Anchors KPRC Local 2 Anchors KPRC Female Anchors KHOU Anchors and Reporters Jennifer Reyna KPRC Channel 2 News Reporters KPRC Dominique Sachse Irika Sargent ABC 13 Houston Anchors KPRC Personalities Lauren Freeman KPRC Britta Merwin KPRC Syan Rhodes KPRC Traffic Girl Former KPRC Reporters … That same sense of warmth, openness and inclusivity that we felt 30 years ago upon arriving in Houston, is readily on display as we face the existential crisis of our time. By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Mar. Kris Gutierrez will join Dominique Sachse, Chief Meteorologist Frank Billingsley and Sports Director Randy McIlvoy to anchor the station’s 6PM and 10PM newscasts beginning March 30th. What we found was a warmth, openness and “you can do anything” attitude that immediately drew us in. Overall, by early 2007, KPRC-TV was in third place behind KHOU and KTRK. 10 p.m. - KPRC 2 reporters give updates from across Houston. We rescued each other during Harvey. Looking back, that might have been the beginning of my love affair with the state that has grownstronger with each passing year. Who is feeding these sources to this new KPRC reporter?” In recent days, Mr. Diaz has aired a series of misleading partisan attacks on State Representative Jim Murphy. In 2013, KPRC also preempted coverage of NBC's inaugural Formula 1 telecast of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix (which aired locally at 6:30 a.m. due to time differences between the U.S. and Monaco) with infomercials and local news. 185. In the fall of 1994, shortly after Post-Newsweek Stations bought KPRC-TV, its newscasts were retitled as News 2 Houston with a somewhat more tabloid presentational style (in contrast to its more traditional format under local ownership) similar to that of its Detroit sister station, WDIV-TV. In March 1953, the station operated its first permanent studio located on 3014 Post Oak Road, which later became the Lakes on Post Oak near the Galleria shopping complex in Uptown Houston. TV … For its former sister radio station, see, Television station in Texas, United States, federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, http://www.click2houston.com/news/kprc2-debuts-new-broadcast-center-in-sw-houston, "UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program", Scroll down to the "comments" section of the page, KPRC legendary anchor Bill Balleza to sign off Friday, other TV personalities on the move, Kris Gutierrez joins KPRC 2 as evening news anchor, "Anchorman Ron Stone left deep imprint on local news", Snopes.com article about a KLEE-TV phantom broadcast, BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPRC-TV, KPRC Film and Video Collection at the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KPRC-TV&oldid=1006809311, Television channels and stations established in 1949, National Football League primary television stations, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 February 2021, at 22:46. "Dan was such an incredibly talented writer and reporter, and a lovely person. "I volunteered when I saw my friends at KHOU working so hard without a TV station." Sunny 99.1. It is also available on cable in Lufkin–Nacogdoches and Bryan–College Station. Built on property originally lent to Houston Baptist University, KPRC-TV chose the site to build its new facilities in large part due to its location on the feeder road of the Southwest Freeway. Historically, KPRC-TV was the original Houston affiliate for the nighttime syndicated editions of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, both of which had their roots as NBC daytime game shows, from their respective 1983 and 1984 debuts until the game shows moved to rival KHOU in 1986. Former KPRC 2 reporter/fill-in anchor Kris Gutierrez rejoins channel 2 Houston as evening news anchor from NBC 5 KXAS DFW March 19, 2020 – Houston, TX – KPRC 2 welcomes back a familiar face. Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, 27, and disgraced former White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo, 32, claim they were open with their bosses about their relationship. When Ryan Korsgard, former TV reporter for KPRC Channel 2, left Houston earlier this year, he wasn't entirely sure what he was going to do next. I have been equally blessed to meet, interview, get to know and share the stories of everyday Texans doing their part to make this a better world. My early knowledge of the state came from my Uncle Dudley who lived in Corpus Christi and Victoria. A line of trail riders as far as the eye could see...right down the middle of Holcombe Blvd.!! Radio Station. KPRC NBC News A brief view of the exterior of KPRC-TV's studio facility, which was marked with a "KVIK" sign out front, can be seen during a later version of the show's opening title sequence. Back to Gallery. I quickly ran to get mine, so proud that I even had one, and I waved and shouted right back. DuMont ceased operations in 1956, though it was briefly affiliated with now-defunct KNUZ-TV (channel 39, frequency now occupied by KIAH). If you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745. Related Pages. Radio Station. One episode of the series features a scene in which two characters are conversing while walking down a second-floor hallway at "KVIK" (which was filmed at the KPRC building) that overlooks the first-floor lobby. However, since Nielsen Media Research began using Local People Meters in the Houston market in October 2007, KPRC-TV began to see gains in most timeslots, while its competition saw declines. KPRC-TV presently broadcasts 39½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). Former Philadelphia Flyers general manager and goaltender … Outlaw Dave Show. 5,845 likes. The film and video archives of KPRC have been partially digitized by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and approximately 250 clips can be viewed on their website. Freelancer Janelle Bludau, who apparently left channel 2 a few months ago, has changed her social media profiles to say she is a KHOU 11 reporter. click2houston.com . We couldn’t wait to begin our new life in Texas. Get 2 Know The KPRC 2 Team. With anchors such as Stone, Balleza, Jan Carson, Linda Lorelle, Dan O'Rourke, and Bob Nicholas, weathermen Johnson and Ted Shaw, and sports anchors Ron Franklin, Craig Roberts and Lisa Malosky, the station's newscasts often competed for and even placed first at times. Broadcasting & Media Production Company. The call letters stand for Post Radio Company. I’m Dominique Sachse, evening news anchor at Houston’s KPRC Channel 2 for 25 years and counting.I’m a wife, mother of one, bonus mom to five, career-oriented, charity-minded and wanting to make a difference. Channel 2 also aired Houston Rockets games via NBC's broadcast contract with the NBA from 1990 to 2002, including the team's championship victories in 1994 and 1995. That incident led to Fox owned-and-operated station KRIV posting on social media that they would air that year's Coca-Cola 600 live with the tag, "We've been promoting the race as live, and we'll show it live.". During this time, KPRC-TV won more awards and continued to avidly compete in the ratings with KTRK as well as a resurgent KHOU, even occasionally beating KTRK at 10 p.m. on the strength of NBC's "Must See TV" programming of the 1990s. We are not perfect, but we do our best with what we have. KPRC-TV was also one of the first stations to air telethons, raising $28,000 for the American Cancer Society in 1950. The Pittsburgh Penguins are reportedly interested in hiring a former division rival as their next general manager and a veteran executive as their next team president.. Former Philadelphia Flyers general manager and goaltender Ron Hextall is expected to fill the Pens' vacant general manager position, while brining along former NHL executive and current broadcaster Brian Burke as the … This resulted in KPRC-TV bumping the long-running NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives from its network-recommended 1:00 p.m. Central Time slot to 2:00 p.m., where it replaced the canceled Meredith Vieira Show. A former employee at a Wisconsin health system has been fired after reportedly spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine. KPRC2 Ryan Korsgard. In December 2015, KPRC-TV broke ground on a new studio, behind the old studio in the employee parking lot, on the same Sharpstown site. 1/2. Traffic’s somehow bearable when you consider that, without it, there would be no need for the warm smile of the always curiously attractive TV traffic reporter. Channel 2 Action News (TV Series 1960– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Brad Woodard, a veteran television reporter for KARE-11 in the Twin Cities before joining a station in Houston, has died, his most recent supervisor said Thursday. [17] His replacement is Kris Gutierrez, who was previously with KPRC-TV from 2003 to 2007. Video from the Texas Moving Images archive. It carried the MDA Labor Day Telethon every Labor Day from 1970 to 2012 (KPRC's status as an MDA "Love Network" affiliate ended in 2013, when the telethon discontinued its syndicated distribution model and moved to ABC as the rebranded MDA Show of Strength, where it aired locally on KTRK-TV until the program ended after 2014). As is the case with Detroit's WDIV, NBC's current overnight lineup (a rebroadcast of the fourth hour of Today on weekdays; LXTV 1st Look and Open House NYC on weekends) also does not air in Houston. KPRC 2 anchors and reporters celebrated “KPRC 2 Night at the Astros,” by meeting some of the station’s biggest fans and of course rooting on the Astros. We grocery shop for seniors. He One of those runners is former KPRC reporter Ryan Korsgard. 19 comments. Despite NBC historically being less tolerant of preemptions than other networks, KPRC-TV has at times preempted programming particularly in late night and daytime hours. Wow! However, by this time the station had gone into a period a decline both in terms of quality and ratings. Indeed, KPRC-TV was the original Houston affiliate for Geraldo, which the station carried from its 1987 debut until complaints from viewers and even station management over its content led KPRC-TV to drop the show in 1990 (Geraldo moved to KTXH, then later to KTRK). Trump released a statement promising his supporters that "our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only … “Howdy! or. From 1985 to 1992, the station's newscasts were branded as ChannelTwoNews, broadcasting round-the-clock news updates throughout the day, including during NBC prime time shows. We do what it takes to survive through a crisis, while having faith that better days lie ahead. Linda Lorelle visits for KPRC's 70th anniversary on Jan. 9, 2018. In 1989, I applied for the Weekend Anchor/Education Reporter position at KPRC-TV. We make masks for them, and for each other. From the cab driver who gave us a crash course on Houston on our way to the interview, to my soon-to-be colleagues at the station, we were welcomed with open arms. In March 1972, KPRC-TV moved into a new state-of-the-art studio facility in the Sharpstown area (then part of unincorporated Harris County) where it operated from for 45 years. There were groups in covered wagons and scores of single riders, one after the other, all shouting “howdy” and wildly waving their cowboy hats. How does a KPRC reporter in Houston come to rely on a former Bernie Madoff ally from Florida, and a former Obama operative and California Democrat Party field director, yet not disclose their questionable backgrounds? From 1986 to 1993, KPRC-TV filled Wheel's 6:30 p.m. slot with various syndicated revivals of Hollywood Squares, Family Feud and You Bet Your Life before settling on Entertainment Tonight in 1993. 3 of 31 Anousah Rasta joined KPRC-TV as a reporter in October 2014 and later as a weekend morning anchor. HOUSTON – Why I Love Living in Texas is a weekly feature where Texans share why they love living here. The station also carries a daily lifestyle and entertainment program called Houston Life, which debuted on August 23, 2016, with hosts Jennifer Broome and Derrick Shore (Broome was later replaced by former KPRC reporter and weekend anchor Courtney Zavala), focusing on lifestyle and feature segments in and around Houston. In this newscast for Houston's KPRC-TV—originally aired on April 24, 1964—host Larry Rasco reviews a series of local news stories. Matthew Seedorff joins FOX 26 KRIV. JOIN IN LIVE: Our KPRC 2 reporters are stationed along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Laura hits land. Despite a strong lead-in from Dr. Phil, KPRC-TV also continued to decline at 4 p.m. and in both the morning and evening hours as NBC's ratings began to enter a steep decline following the ending of several of its 1990s-era staples such as Friends and Frasier, with the station even dropping Dr. Phil at one point and not even clearing the show for another Houston station to pick up. Former KPRC reporter Ruben Galvan has returned to the Bayou City. Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: KPRC-TV had carried This TV from the start of 2009 until May 28, 2018 on its second subchannel, being one of the network's longest-tenured affiliates before leaving This TV on that day. He had formed a friendship with Rebekah Gregory, a spectator who lost a leg in the 2013 bombings. In 2004, KPRC-TV retitled its newscasts as Local 2 News, putting the station in line with its fellow Post-Newsweek stations which adopted similar branding and perhaps to avoid confusion with News 24 Houston, a 24-hour local cable news channel owned by Time Warner Cable and Belo (then-owner of KHOU) which shut down just weeks before KPRC-TV's transition was complete. Due to interference from the low-band VHF terrestrial signal, Comcast Xfinity carries KPRC-TV on channel 12. KPRC-TV was also hit with a 2006 boycott by civil rights activist Quanell X and other African American leaders following the demotion of African American anchors Linda Lorelle and Khambrel Marshall from its evening broadcasts. He was a reporter in the state capital for two years. There are teams of people at the Houston TV stations trying to figure out how to get numbers like that on video. If you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745. The station became the source of controversy after some television viewers in the United Kingdom claimed to receive its signal on September 14, 1953, three years after the original signal was transmitted. She tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend turned husband Wayne Franklin . That same year, KPRC-TV rebranded their newscasts from Big 2 News (which was used since 1969) to Channel 2 News (presented on air as 2News). Does anyone recognize this reporter? Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News. Is it just me, or is this woman stoned immaculate? As part of the SAFER Act,[11][12] KPRC kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. On July 19, 2008 during its 6 p.m. newscasts, KPRC-TV began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition in the run up to NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics. If you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745. In January 2015, KPRC-TV dropped the "Local" and began simply calling itself "Channel 2". If you want to submit your story, send a column to click2houston@kprc.com. While KPRC-TV generally airs NBC's programming lineup in pattern, this has not always been the case. According to … The takedown was … During this time, KTRK overtook KPRC-TV and became the dominant news station in Houston, even though KPRC-TV would continue to fare a strong second from the late 1970s well into the early 1990s as KHOU began to struggle with management and ownership issues during this period. KLEE-TV was originally owned by hotelier W. Albert Lee and carried programming from all four networks of the day: NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont. The "two" in KPRC-TV's current logo is vertically parallelogrammed and similar to former logos used by KCBS-TV in Los Angeles (1994) and WMAR-TV in Baltimore (1998) but with the CBS and ABC logos (respectively) in place of the NBC one and with neither logo using the Texas star. kprcradio.iheart.com Employee Fired After Reportedly Tampering About 500 COVID Vaccine Doses | KPRC AM 950 However, KPRC-TV has been known for motorsports preemptions. On August 24, 2009, KPRC-TV expanded its morning newscast to an additional half-hour at 4:30 a.m. By 2012, the station's 6 p.m. newscast had ratings gains, boasting its highest viewership in November and December, as well as significant increases in all other time periods; the 10 p.m. broadcast also grew, besting KTRK for first in the timeslot for several consecutive months that year. We have stepped up during countless other catastrophes that challenged us to the core, only to reveal once again who we are. In 1958, Reader's Digest published an article on how one afternoon in 1953, a signal showing KLEE's station ID supposedly appeared on TV sets throughout England—three years after the station was sold and changed to KPRC-TV. Former KPRC-TV reporter Irika Sargent to anchor Chicago's WBBM-TV. When my then-fiancé and I arrived for the interview, we didn’t know what to expect. KPRC’s Houston Life daytime lifestyle program, will be seen weekdays at 3 p.m. serving as the lead-in to KPRC 2 News at 4:00 p.m., starting Monday, Aug. 17. KHOU.com is the official website for KHOU-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Houston, TX. Taniya served as an associate producer for NewsChannel 8 Today, a 2.5-hour morning newscast. Many of these shows eventually moved to other stations due to ratings declines and the overexposure of their genres, as well as the gradual expansion of NBC's Today (which KPRC-TV has historically aired in its entirety) from two to three hours in 1999, and eventually four hours by 2007. 106.1 KISS FM DFW. Feb 6, 2011 – Former KPRC anchor Jerome Gray will earn $170,000 annually as chief spokesman for Metro. A lawmaker told reporters on Monday that one of the officers took a selfie with someone and the second officer put on a “Make America Great Again” hat. Comments. Local News and Information for Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. Be the first to share what you think! We welcomed New Orleans neighbors into our homes during Katrina. At KPRC, the NBC affiliate station, Spencer is a member of the station’s investigative team. [4] Other cable systems on the outer edges of the Houston media market carry KPRC-TV on cable channel 2. Due to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-imposed freeze on new station licenses, channel 2 remained the only television station in Houston for four more years. "Houston gets in your heart and doesn't want to leave," Keefe told me. View Entire Discussion (0 Comments) More posts from the hot_reporters community. Jennifer Reyna is leaving KPRC 2. KPRC-TV presently broadcasts 39½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). During the 2000s, KPRC-TV was also among a handful of NBC affiliates that did not air Poker After Dark during its entire run, and likewise did not carry the short-lived Face the Ace in August 2009 (along with WDIV and Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV), preempting both prime time airings with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital programs. This is from Apollo 12 coverage. [6] Over the years, the Hobby family bought several other television stations, including KVOA-TV in Tucson, KCCI in Des Moines, WTVF in Nashville, WESH in Orlando, and KSAT-TV in San Antonio. hide. The studio building was along the street frontage, while the KPRC radio transmitter site was in the rear of the lot. Since 2006, the station is also involved with Houston's current NFL team, the Texans (who began play in 2002), in that the station airs games when they are featured on NBC's Sunday Night Football, as well as broadcasting a Sunday morning pregame show during the season on Sunday afternoon game days. We don’t profess to know it all, but we seek to find the answers. In addition to Oilers/Texans games, KPRC-TV has aired Houston Astros games via NBC's broadcast contract with Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1989. We find ingenious ways to stay connected while physically apart. Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Create New Account. [7] (The Houston Post was then bought by the Hearst Corporation and absorbed into its Houston Chronicle, with the last edition printed on April 18, 1995.) Ryan moved to KPRC 2 from Austin in April 2003. Radio Station. Former KHOU 11 reporter Courtney Zubowski worked for CBS News as a field … [8] The new studios were dedicated in April 2016, and the previous 45-year-old studios were demolished. She joined WFLA-TV in Tampa Florida in April 2007. A note from former KPRC2 reporter Ryan Korsgard: Boston is as mentally challenging as it is physically grueling. This fact was not lost on O'Brien, who visited Houston (making impromptu stops at Houston's central bus terminal and the Astrodome) to watch an episode of his own show with Houstonians in a classic remote piece. In response to the controversy, KPRC-TV hired longtime KHOU anchor Jerome Gray, who is African American, to anchor its early evening newscasts as well as serve as a managing editor, and moved former anchor Khambrel Marshall to executive producer, with Marshall eventually moving back on-air as a weekend meteorologist and host of Houston Newsmakers. Annie Mulligan, Freelance Show More Show Less 7 of 22. Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted on a single charge of inciting insurrection following the Senate impeachment trial. no comments yet. KPRC-TV responded by moving the show to 12:35 a.m. in 1998, and finally to its network-recommended (for the Central Time Zone) 11:35 p.m. slot in 2005, where Late Night, now hosted by Seth Meyers, continues to air. save. Who did he work for? After the Hobbys took over, channel 2 became a primary NBC affiliate due to KPRC radio's longstanding affiliation with the NBC Red Network. We have grit. [15] KHOU sportscaster Ron Franklin, along with news anchor Bill Balleza would follow Stone to KPRC-TV in 1980. John-Henry Perera Sep. 16, 2015 Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest. In 2001, a contract with the Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant (which predated NBC's acquisition of partial NASCAR broadcast rights) did not allow for the program to be rescheduled, resulting in the preemption of the Firecracker 400, then televised on NBC under an alternating basis with Fox (which in return carried the Daytona 500 held at the same track). While Late Night did return to KPRC-TV in 1996, the station continued to delay its broadcast as far back as 2:40 a.m. (even truncating the broadcast of its late-night news program, NBC Nightside, in the process). Former KPRC 2 Reporter Sophia Beausoleil joined NBC 5 KXAS. Owen works for KPRC 2 in Houston as an on-air anchor. The station also carries Sports Sunday, which has been a staple of the station since its days as a locally owned station in the 1980s, at 10:20 p.m. following its late Sunday newscast, as well as Houston Newsmakers (a local Sunday morning talk show similar in format to NBC's Meet the Press) at 10:30 a.m. In 1996, KPRC-TV debuted a half-hour 4 p.m. newscast. And all of a sudden, there they were. A Harris County district judge has ruled in favor of KPRC-TV Channel 2 and three current or former station executives in a lawsuit filed by former anchor Wendy Corona. After Post-Newsweek acquired the station, KPRC-TV nonetheless began broadcasting more syndicated talk shows in the afternoon including ones hosted by Montel Williams, Maury Povich, Jenny Jones, Ricki Lake and Jerry Springer, as well as infotainment news programs such as A Current Affair, Hard Copy, Extra, Access Hollywood and Inside Edition. We are resilient. Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio says two U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended as a result of their actions during last week's attack on the Capitol. The station also gained a reputation from the 1980s well into the early 2000s for airing various syndicated tabloid talk shows that often fit the pejorative definition of "Trash TV". KNWS-TV (channel 51, now KYAZ), which had also picked up another preempted NBC daytime program, the talk show Leeza during the late 1990s, would pick up Passions in 2001 before the program moved to KPRC-TV in 2002 at 3:05 a.m.