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Left town for a bit and came back to a slew of changes.

 

Sydney Benter apparently didn't get her contract renewed. Coincidentally she'd stopped wearing her wedding ring last month but I don't think the events are related. Fwiw she's staying in Austin but doesn't have anything lined up.

 

Erin Cargile is also leaving. She had complained KXAN didn't support mothers well enough not too long ago (she recently had a baby).

 

New anchorwoman is Britt Moreno.

How do you know she's staying in Austin?  I mean, asking for a friend.

23 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Coincidentally she'd stopped wearing her wedding ring last month but I don't think the events are related.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that notices shit like that.

Wait, I mean a friend had noticed that.

Is Sydney Benter the one with the longass neck? That’s all I ever noticed

If that's all you ever noticed, you're already dead inside.  

1 minute ago, GTX Horn said:

Is Sydney Benter the one with the longass neck? That’s all I ever noticed

She's the librarian one.

in homage to her journalistic integrity, I'd like to spoon with her and say, "Good evening, this just in..."  

 

She's the librarian one.

I thought preppy. But she was ok.

It seems like Austin news still tends for the olds unless it’s a weather guy.

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She quit wearing her glasses a few weeks ago too. She stumbled a lot on reading but so does Hadlock. 

16 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

New anchorwoman is Britt Moreno.

Her farewell comments on leaving Colorado and heading to Austin:

 

7 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

She quit wearing her glasses a few weeks ago too. She stumbled a lot on reading but so does Hadlock. 

Hadlock has had a great run, but he needs to be put out to pasture.

My girls Jenni Lee and Quita still on air in Austin?  
Yep. Quita is still anchoring on KVUE. Jenni isn't the weekend morning anchor anymore, but you see her from time to time. KVUE seems to be in cost control mode. I think they've got most of their weather & sports people filling co-anchor spots in the morning.
17 hours ago, GTX Horn said:

Is Sydney Benter the one with the longass neck? That’s all I ever noticed

It is unfathomable that you didn’t notice her nasally voice that was more annoying than fingernails on a chalkboard. 

Thanks.  Both are just so damn cute.  
CSB. Quita and I were HS friends (she's a year older than me). She lived down the street, and about the only thing to do in NW Austin at that time was to go to the Jim's at 183-Spicewood/McNeil. The voice she uses on TV is an act, and as kids we'd crack up when she'd use that voice & tempo to order an Old Smokey and chocolate milkshake. Hell, the waitresses would gather around & laugh while she'd order for the table like she was reporting the news. What a gift.
16 hours ago, Updawg said:


I thought preppy. But she was ok.
 

I thought gynoid. Something just a tad off there.

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

It is unfathomable that you didn’t notice her nasally voice that was more annoying than fingernails on a chalkboard. 

She is the mother of my unborn child! We're not even blood! I have no qualms with sticking you! I will equalize you!

I had a thing for Tania Ortega, but she parlayed her small gig into a decent job with the City of Austin.

But Bettie Cross is my favorite - she seems like she'd be a lot of fun, and she's aged very well.

I miss the old shaggy hot chicks reading news/weather/traffic thread. From what I recall it actually had pictures of said hot chicks 

I miss the old shaggy hot chicks reading news/weather/traffic thread. From what I recall it actually had pictures of said hot chicks 
That thread is alive and well here at Surly, it just has a different name (check the lulz board).
54 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

I miss the old shaggy hot chicks reading news/weather/traffic thread. From what I recall it actually had pictures of said hot chicks 

 

I’m surprised there are more pics to help us from out of town decide if we give a shit or not. 

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CSB. Quita and I were HS friends (she's a year older than me). She lived down the street, and about the only thing to do in NW Austin at that time was to go to the Jim's at 183-Spicewood/McNeil. The voice she uses on TV is an act, and as kids we'd crack up when she'd use that voice & tempo to order an Old Smokey and chocolate milkshake. Hell, the waitresses would gather around & laugh while she'd order for the table like she was reporting the news. What a gift.
I have a friend from HS who is a NPR anchor. Most newsreaders don't speak like that in real life. Maybe Hadlock does. It was always fun when she put on her newscaster voice.
8 hours ago, KaiserSoze said:
9 hours ago, mr. sunshine said:
I miss the old shaggy hot chicks reading news/weather/traffic thread. From what I recall it actually had pictures of said hot chicks 

That thread is alive and well here at Surly, it just has a different name (check the lulz board).

Well I’ll be damned. There it is. Thanks 

12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I had a thing for Tania Ortega, but she parlayed her small gig into a decent job with the City of Austin.

But Bettie Cross is my favorite - she seems like she'd be a lot of fun, and she's aged very well.

Yeah, Bettie was another cutie.  Michelle V. of KXAN was smoke. 

15 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Hadlock has had a great run, but he needs to be put out to pasture.

Different city but this made me go check if Bill Balleza is still on in Houston. I was amazed to still see that exact same dude from my childhood on the local news at my dads house not long ago, but looks like he retired last year.

4 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Different city but this made me go check if Bill Balleza is still on in Houston. I was amazed to still see that exact same dude from my childhood on the local news at my dads house not long ago, but looks like he retired last year.

Speaking of Houston, Shara Fryer slid on over to talk radio.

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