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KMOV, WFAA Win IRE Awards - Posted April 10, 2013
KMOV in St. Louis and WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth have won 2012 Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards. KMOV's Craig Cheatham... [TVSpy]

Poll Results: WFAA Promo 'The Talk' Is Creepy - Posted March 27, 2013
We've tallied up the results from our poll about the WFAA promo featuring morning anchor ... [TVSpy]

Poll: Does WFAA Promo About 'Birds and the Bees' Go Too Far? - Posted March 26, 2013
Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA recently began airing a promo spot titled "The Talk" starring morning anchor Ron Corning as part of a campaign that may test the boundaries of taste. The spot shows Corning sitting on the edge of a bed in a child's room talking to... [TVSpy]

Brad Watson Signing Off From WFAA - Posted March 18, 2013
After 34 years at WFAA, Brad Watson has announced his departure from the Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate. Watson, who is a political reporter and anchor of the weekly "Inside Texas Politics," announced... [TVSpy]

Carla Wade Joins WFAA From KOCO - Posted January 28, 2013
Carla Wade is joining WFAA in Dallas as a reporter and Sunday night anchor, according to Dall... [TVSpy]

Months After Pleading No Contest to DUI, Ex-KXAS Anchor Jane McGarry to Join WFAA - Posted January 21, 2013
Eight months after resigning from KXAS in the wake of her DUI arrest, Jane McGarry... [TVSpy]

Deion Sanders Calls WFAA Reporter 'The African-American Killer' - Posted November 15, 2012
Deion Sanders, former NFL star and co-founder of Prime Prep, a Dallas charter school, took aim at an unnamed WFAA reporter while on Dallas radio station KRLD. Sanders we... [TVSpy]

WFAA Adds Jobin Panicker as Reporter - Posted October 24, 2012
Jobin Panicker will join Dallas ABC affiliate, WFAA, as a reporter. Panicker comes from Fresno, CA NBC affiliate KSEE. ... [SocialTimes.com]

WFAA Adds Jobin Panicker as Reporter - Posted October 24, 2012
Jobin Panicker will join Dallas ABC affiliate, WFAA, as a reporter. Panicker comes from Fresno, CA NBC affiliate KSEE. ... [TVSpy]

Dallas County Court Grants Dentist Restraining Order Against WFAA - Posted October 22, 2012
A Dallas dentist accused of fraud has been granted a temporary restraining order against Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA, Courthouse News Serv... [SocialTimes.com]

Dallas County Court Grants Dentist Restraining Order Against WFAA - Posted October 22, 2012
A Dallas dentist accused of fraud has been granted a temporary restraining order against Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA, Courthouse News Serv... [TVSpy]

Dallas Dentist Accused of Fraud Seeks Restraining Order Against WFAA - Posted October 18, 2012
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Deanna Dewberry Joins KXAS From WISH - Posted September 12, 2012
Deanna Dewberry will join Dallas NBC O&O KXAS next month, a station spokesperson confirms to TVSpy. Dewberry will be a consumer and investigative reporter for KXAS. She comes to the stat... [TVSpy]

Cynthia Vega Says Goodbye to Television - Posted September 11, 2012
Cynthia Vega, who signed off last month from WFAA in Dallas, is making a ... [TVSpy]

Wendy Corona Lands at WFAA - Posted September 11, 2012
Wendy Corona, the Houston reporter who unsuccessfully sued KPRC... [TVSpy]

Katie Couric Makes Her Daytime Debut - Posted September 10, 2012
After more than a year of planning and promoting, ... [TVSpy]

VIDEO: WFAA Forced to Relocate Evening Newscast After Intruder Refuses to Leave Studio - Posted September 5, 2012
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Dallas Prep School Apologizes After Football Team Harasses WFAA Reporter Brett Shipp - Posted September 4, 2012
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Debbie Denmon Leaves TV After 12 Years at WFAA - Posted September 4, 2012
Debbie Denmon, who spent 12 years at WFAA, has accepted a job in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. Denmon signed off from the Dallas ABC-affiliate in July after her ... [TVSpy]

Reporter Cynthia Vega Leaves WFAA After 12 Years - Posted August 24, 2012
Longtime reporter Cynthia Vega has left WFAA, the ABC-affiliate in Dallas, media blogger Ed Bark ... [TVSpy]

Katie Couric Drops By WFAA's Evening Newscast - Posted August 21, 2012
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Dallas Reporter Craig Civale Leaving WFAA - Posted June 20, 2012
Reporter Craig Civale is leaving Dallas ABC-affiliate WFAA, media blogger Ed Bark ... [TVSpy]

Vet's Fiancee Says He Gave WFAA Photo of Another Soldier by 'Mistake' - Posted June 8, 2012
The story of "America's Got Talent" contestant Timothy Poe seemed too good to be true: a veteran of Iraq used song to help heal his combat wounds. And now it looks like it is. Since impressing the "America's Got Tal... [TVSpy]

VIDEO: WFAA Meteorologist Caught Dancing on Camera - Posted June 4, 2012
The WFAA morning team has been trying to get meteorologist Greg Fields to participate in their Dance Party Fridays, with no luck. Until last Friday, when a camera caught Fields dancing by himself to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" while he thought ... [TVSpy]

WFAA's Gloria Campos Will Reduce Anchor Duties - Posted May 15, 2012
WFAA evening anchor Gloria Campos has signed a new contract that will take her off the 6 p.m. newscast beginning this fall, Dallas media blogger Ed Bark ... [TVSpy]

Longtime WFLA Anchor Bill Ratliff Dies - Posted May 8, 2012
Longtime WFLA anchor Bill Ratliff passed away this afternoon. The Tampa NBC-affiliate ... [TVSpy]

Reporter Mark Schnyder Leaving KMOV to Join His Wife in Dallas - Posted April 26, 2012
Earlier this year, KTVI anchor-reporter Teresa Woodard landed a job at ... [TVSpy]

Local Stations Provide Severe Weather Coverage as Tornadoes Touch Down in Dallas - Posted April 3, 2012
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Dog Attacks WFAA Reporter Janet St. James - Posted March 29, 2012
WFAA medical reporter Janet St. James was recently attacked by a dog and, in a story for the ABC-affiliate, she expressed her frustration that law enforcement officia... [TVSpy]

Ty Treadway Out at WFAA After Just 2 Months - Posted March 8, 2012
Ty Treadway has left WFAA after just two months as co-host of "Good Morning Texas," the ABC-affiliate's morning talk show. "Ty started with us in early January and worked for a couple months ... [TVSpy]

Rangers Pitcher Delivers the Weather on WFAA - Posted February 12, 2012
Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland stopped by the WFAA studios on Friday night and took over for chief meteorologist Pete Delkus (video above). Sports anchor ... [TVSpy]

Carolyn Mungo Named News Director at WFAA - Posted February 7, 2012
Carolyn Mungo has been named executive news director at WFAA, the ABC-affiliate in Dallas. She will begin later this month. Mungo joins WFAA from KRIV, the Fox O&O in Houston, where... [TVSpy]

Teresa Woodard Leaving St. Louis for Dallas - Posted January 19, 2012
KTVI anchor-reporter Teresa Woodard is leaving St. Louis for a job with WFAA in Dallas, her hometown, ... [SocialTimes.com]

Belo Ups WFAA's Michael Valentine to VP Position - Posted January 10, 2012
Belo has named former WFAA news director Michael Valentine vice president of content for the company. Valentine has been with Belo since 2002 when he became news director of ... [TVSpy]

Reporter Chris Hawes Leaves WFAA in Dallas - Posted December 12, 2011
WFAA reporter Chris Hawes has left the Dallas ABC-affiliate for a communications manager position for a local hospital, Uncle Barky's Bytes ... [TVSpy]

Local Stations Partner With Traffic App For Access To Real-Time Information On Road Conditions - Posted December 8, 2011
Four local stations announced partnerships today with Waze, a social traffic and navigation app that will give reporters real-time information on road conditions. Waze allows a community of 9 million drivers to report traffic via Smartphones. Traffic reporte... [TVSpy]

Arbitrator in Debbie Denmon's Lawsuit Against WFAA Rules in Favor of Station - Posted November 17, 2011
An arbitrator in a discrimination lawsuit WFAA anchor-reporter Debbie Denmon filed against the station has ruled in favor of WFAA, according to ... [TVSpy]

Belo Stations May Go Dark at Midnight on DirecTV - Posted October 31, 2011
DirecTV subscribers in markets like Dallas, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Portland may soon have one less option on their TV dials. Belo--owner of WFAA in Dallas; KTVK in Phoenix; KMOV in St. Louis; and KGW in Portland, OR; as well as several other stations across the country--has yet to reach a new... [TVSpy]

Macie McInnis Jepson Returns to Cleveland, Joining WEWS Morning Newscast - Posted October 25, 2011
Macie McInnis Jepson is returning to Cleveland TV as the new co-anchor of WEWS's morning newscast. The ABC-affiliate announced this week that McInnis Jepson, who wor... [TVSpy]

Stephen Colbert Calls Out WFAA Over Super PAC Ad - Posted October 18, 2011
WFAA is the latest station to be taken to task by Comedy Central's ... [TVSpy]

WFAA Enlists Veteran Sports Anchor Dale Hansen to Promote Morning Show - Posted September 21, 2011
WFAA, the ABC-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, has launched a new promotion for the morning show, pairing longtime sports anchor Dale Hansen with ... [TVSpy]

KSAT, WFAA Reflect on Death of Former Colleague, Reporter Bert Lozano - Posted September 1, 2011
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Former KXAS Reporter Grant Stinchfield Running for U.S. Congressional Seat - Posted August 16, 2011
Former KXAS reporter Grant Stinchfield, who left the Dallas NBC O&O in April after seven years with the station, is running for an seat in the U.S. House of Representative. Stinchfield, a Republican, has not yet announced which seat he will run... [TVSpy]

WFAA's Brett Shipp Shoved By Dallas Politician - Posted August 10, 2011
WFAA reporter Brett Shipp was involved in a physical confrontation with Dallas county commissioner ... [SocialTimes.com]

After 24 Years, Reporter Gary Reaves Stepping Away From WFAA - Posted July 18, 2011
After two tenures and 24 years with Dallas's WFAA, reporter Gary Reaves is retiring. On Friday, Reaves sent a note to his fellow WFAA staffers announcing that "after some 10,000 days on deadline... [TVSpy]

WFAA Photojournalist Attacked with Fireworks - Posted July 7, 2011
"Once I got there, I noticed that it was basically a war zone going on," ... [TVSpy]

Dallas Stations Cover Mavericks Victory Parade - Posted June 16, 2011
The Dallas market was in full celebration mode this morning as the NBA-champion Mavericks returned to their hometown for a victory parade. All the Dallas stations took the parade, which lasted from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., in its entirety. Both WFA... [TVSpy]

RTDNA Announces 2011 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Posted June 14, 2011
The RTDNA announced the recipients of the 2011 National Edward R. Murrow Awards today. Indianapolis's WTHR won two awards in the large market category, for both Video News Series and Overall Excellence. Other large-market winners were Dallas's ... [TVSpy]

Belo Executive Steve McIntosh Gunned Down Outside Daughter's School - Posted April 25, 2011
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Anchor Ron Corning on Moving From NY to Dallas: 'How Could I Not Pursue This?' - Posted April 25, 2011
After spending much of his career in New York, anchor Ron Corning has decided to join Dallas's ... [TVSpy]

Following 'Outburst Heard 'Round the World,' WFAA Posts Raw Footage of Obama Interview - Posted April 20, 2011
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Morning Anchor Scott Sams Out at Dallas's KTVT - Posted March 25, 2011
Scott Sams, who has been co-anchoring KTVT's weekday morning newscast since 2007, has been let go by the Dallas CBS-affiliate. KTVT decided not to renew Sams's contract, ... [TVSpy]

Former KVUE and WFAA Reporter Premieres Documentary at SXSW - Posted March 16, 2011
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Belo Fourth Quarter Revenue Up 20% - Posted February 8, 2011
Belo, which owns and operates 20 stations in 15 markets across the country, announced on Tuesday that it saw a 20% gain in total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to the ... [TVSpy]

In Dallas, KTVT Plans to Use Two WFAA Luminaries as Sweeps Fodder - Posted February 4, 2011
KTVT is using a unique strategy in its 10 p.m. ratings battle against WFAA. The CBS-affiliate is set to feature two popular former WFAA staffers during the February sweeps period. Anchor ... [TVSpy]