By default, Griffin decided to seek the channel 8 allocation in Muskogee (located 50.1 miles [80.6km] southeast of the city), the first channel allocation appropriated to northeastern Oklahoma for television use that was not assigned to the larger city of Tulsa and the nearest city within the market that had a channel allocation assigned to the VHF band. When WKY lost the OU contract, they broadcast Oklahoma State University games for five years. Neile Jones, the daughter of award-winning journalist Sam Jones, grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. James D. Watts Jr. 918-581-8478 Concurrent with the unveiling of the newsroom-studio combination, the station changed its on-air branding to Oklahoma's NewsChannel 8; at that time, KTUL became the second Tulsa-area television station to have used the "NewsChannel" moniker, which had previously been used by KJRH-TV for its news branding as NewsChannel 2 from August 1992 until November 1994, when that station adopted a short-lived watered-down version of WSVN's newscast format. James C. "Jimmy" Leake who had moved from being a 3.5% minority partner in KTUL to half-owner as a result of the earlier investor divestitures retained ownership of KATV, KTUL, Ponca City-based cable television operator Cable TV Co. and a controlling 80% interest in the construction permit for Fajardo, Puerto Rico television station WSTE (now WORO-DT), while Griffin retained ownership of KWTV under the licensee Century Communications Co. (Griffin's company, which eventually became Griffin Communications, would re-enter the Tulsa market when it purchased KOTV in October 2000. By: Caroline John - Published: December 14, 2021 at 5:11 am. [95][96][97], KTUL replaced Mr. Zing and Tuffy in 1969 with another children's program, Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp. 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. Newson6.com is proud to provide Oklahomans with timely and relevant news and information, "One morning, the then-general manager said, 'I decided I want a different face to do the weather,'" Lazalier said. On November 2, 1999, KTUL unveiled an additional 29,000 square feet (2,694m2) of studio space on the eastern portion of the Lookout Mountain facility, which included an expanded newsroom referred to as the "Newscenter" (which is designed in the style of the "newsplex" set pioneered by WSVN in Miami, which integrates the main anchor desk and weather center into the newsroom), a new sales office, and a 10-by-40-foot (3.0m 12.2m) deck outside the studio for use in weather segments that overlooks the downtown Tulsa skyline. Well, now I've got it for you.'". 2's 'Sports Extra', "Bill Haisten: After 'phenomenal' Russell Westbrook's 57-point blast, MVP discussion heats up", "FIRST ON THE BLOG: There are some changes to discuss. "I like the people I work with and for here, and this is an excellent school district.". From 1955 to 1963, Chick hosted the local afternoon children's program Cartoon Zoo, a showcase of cartoon shorts on which he originated the character Mr. Zing, donning a fake moustache which Chick had chosen for the purpose of maintaining anonymity when he was not performing the character and zookeeper's uniform; the program was the highest-rated children's program in the Tulsa market for most of its run. Skiatook animal rescue names puppies after Tulsa news anchors "What I liked most about being in television was meeting a wide variety of people," Bowers said. Oklahoma Sports Moments: Nebraska 7, Oklahoma 3 - 1988, Oklahoma's Sports Moments: Jason White Highlights (Part 2), Vigil Held At Henryetta High School Gym For Okmulgee County Victims, Gov. KTUL viewers wanted to know why she is leaving and if she has another job in the works. Vaughn began his career in radio at KWHP while attending high school in Cushing and moved to KAKC in 1958. "I wanted to impact what was going on around me rather than just reporting," she said. This streak as the perennial leader in the Tulsa television market ended in 1999, when KOTV overtook KTUL as the area's most-watched television station. aired instead on WB affiliate KWBT from April 7, 2003, until April 8, 2004, after which KTUL began airing the talk show on a one-hour delay. In 2003, Rengel was commended as rookie of the year at McGraw Davisson. Newson6.com is proud to provide Oklahomans with timely and relevant news and . Mike "Zig" Ziegenhorn reported sports at KTUL for 17 years. Find out when Tulsa International Mayfest, Rooster Days, the Renaissance Festival at the Castle of Muskogee and many more are happening. The four will be honored at the association's annual Hall of Fame dinner Feb. 16 at Tulsa Southern Hills Marriott. He had a lot of people to thank, but most of all, he wants to. In addition, the Griffins ownership of KWTV, the KTUL and KFPW radio stations, KATV in Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Oklahoma City radio station KOMA (now KOKC) was cited in Beck's complaint as constituting undue concentration of control. We have a wide variety of people who come through the door. "It was the right fit to take a gamble. Channel 8 subsequently restored service to cable television subscribers via a direct studio feed that it relayed to Tulsa Cable Television (which would eventually have its franchise rights transferred to United Artists Cable, Tele-Communications, Inc., and finally, to Cox Communications, which has owned the Tulsa cable franchise since April 2000). Beth Rengel started her news career as a reporter and anchor in Baton Rouge. Meet the Team | fox23.com - FOX23 News (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). 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). In April 2005, the Oklahoma Legislature passed and then-Governor Brad Henry signed a state resolution designating Gusty as the state's official cartoon character.[112][113][114][115]. "I've never not been doing something with a TV station, at some level," White said. VIDEO: A farewell message from longtime FOX23 Anchor Clay Loney KTUL preempted Good Morning America for the first three years of its run from November 1975 to December 1978, in favor of airing The John Chick Show (GMA's short-lived predecessor AM America was aired on a joined-in-progress basis from January to November 1975, with KTUL choosing to preempt the first hour in favor of Chick). Asked what the voice is saying, Rengel said shes still trying to figure that out. Ogle, who died last year at age 68, started in radio in the 1950s at Norman stations KNOR and WNAD. Jeff Lazalier started as an investigative reporter at Channel 4 in Oklahoma City. Its your hair, the news director said. RELIGION - ETHICS - VALUES. Shortly afterward, KTUL upgraded its transmission equipment to allow carriage of ABC programming in color; the station would later begin producing its local programming in color on February 21, 1967. Neile Jones, a veteran journalist of over two decades, announced she is stepping back from broadcast journalism at the end of this year. 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. Rengel chased one illusion all the way from childhood to adulthood. High 63F. Phone: 918-581-8389. And that was the last time viewers saw Rengel deliver any news on KTUL. Tulsa News Team | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KTUL You have permission to edit this article. [85][86][87][88] As result of the Allbritton purchase, KTUL gained new sister stations in nearby markets: Fox affiliate KOKH-TV and CW affiliate KOCB in Oklahoma City (the former of which began to share news stories with KTUL for inclusion in their respective local newscasts), and Fox affiliate KSAS-TV and its MyNetworkTV-affiliated LMA partner KMTW in Wichita. As KTUL does not carry a local newscast on weekend mornings, the station airs the live-action educational program block Litton's Weekend Adventure one hour ahead of the "live" feed (airing from 8:00 to 11:00a.m., instead of 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.) on Saturdays, and This Week on the same hour-ahead format on Sundays. 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. [93][94], KTUL aired several popular local non-news programs over the years, several of which helped make channel 8 the leading television station in the Tulsa market and one of ABC's strongest affiliates for 35 years under Griffin-Leake and Allbritton ownership, even as ABC would not improve its viewership to become America's most-watched broadcast network until the late 1970s. Maybe some of those moms wanted to trade places with her so they could wear the big earrings and the nice clothes. "Zig" encounters Tulsans who think he's still the TV sports guy. 1000. [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]. Rengel won the Miss Texas crown in 1972 and was third runner-up in the Miss America pageant. news9.com Former Tulsa TV Anchor Arrested On Meth Complaint 1212 Get News On 6 delivered to your inbox everyday. [14][15] KOTV owner Wrather-Alvarez Inc. and Arthur R. Olson, permitee for the license of the then-unlaunched KSPG (channel 17, now defunct; allocation now occupied by Bartlesville-based TBN owned-and-operated station KDOR-TV) submitted their own petitions that made very similar allegations against Tulsa Broadcasting two weeks later. )[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. 187 News Anchors in Tulsa, OK Directory - Trustoria "Which would have been difficult, since I haven't done an OSU basketball story in more than five years," Isbell said, laughing. "That's the TV business.". 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. Jimmy Kimmel Live! "I run my own practice," he said. 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). A lady in a focus group suggested her earrings were too big. In 1996, he left KOTV for Los Angeles and Fox Sports Net for four years. Rengels gut feeling was to immediately apologize. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World, Anchored in Illusion by Beth Rengel. ", From helping employers with job fairs, events and referral programs, McCaskey said she loves "getting to know more people on a business level. Bowers started her news career at KTUL as a general assignment reporter. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory gives you all the resources needed to know the right service provider for any need. Rengel interviewed John Woolman of Woolman Properties, who said she would be "good in real estate.". Neile Jones last day on air at KTUL is December 17, and her fans anticipate an emotional farewell. . The first program ever broadcast on KTVX on that afternoon was an ABC telecast of a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the California Golden Bears, in which the Sooners won 2713. After he left Channel 8, friends recruited Ziegenhorn to the insurance industry. // 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. [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. "In meteorology, you try to get a product across that people will like and trust. Even if it were not me, it would have been and could have been someone else.". You can opt-out at any time. 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. "That, and Oklahoma Living. Viewers even sent in requests for their own Gusty drawings, with Woods holding on-air drawings selecting a viewer who would win one. Tulsa, OK 74103 918-732-6000 Meet the Team. The subchannel is not currently available on Cox Communications in the Tulsa market. Biography; Facebook; . Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Lazalier still works with weather. KTUL launched a community outreach initiative in October 1980 with the debut of the "Waiting Child" series of feature segments produced in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), which profile children in OKDHS custody that either have had difficulty being placed in a permanent home (either because of their age or they are a sibling group who wants to be adopted together) or have special needs that are in need of an adoptive family. News Team - NewsOn6.com TOP LOCAL STORIES. Tulsa Press Club (415 S. Boston Ave.) book signing, 5-7 p.m. June 16. [10][11][12][13], Because its city of license precluded applying the calls used by KTUL radio to the new television station, Tulsa Broadcasting per advice given to company attorneys to seek a callsign that contained the letters "TV" decided to assign KTVX as the station's call letters, after Griffin discovered that the calls had been dormant since the S.S. William S. Clark turned in the signal code to the Customs Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury upon the ocean vessel's January 1947 retirement. The channel 6 allocation had already been assigned to KOTV and channel 2 was in the midst of a competition between Central Plains Enterprises (which signed on KVOO-TV [channel 2, now KJRH-TV] on that channel on December 5, 1954), the Oil Capital Television Corporation and the Fryer Television Company for that license. 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. Had the ABC offer been successfully brokered, KTUL would have become the first commercial television station in the Tulsa market (and the state of Oklahoma, in general) to have served as an owned-and-operated station of a major broadcast television network.[74]. Bob Hower was KOTV's first news anchor. Walls decided no time was better than the present for a transition. That wasnt the most embarrassing moment of her career. A mother, Rengel sometimes wished during her news career that she could trade places with moms on the other side of the TV camera. 200. 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. 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. "But I fell in love with the city.". He and Bob Barry Sr. broadcast University of Oklahoma football and basketball games from 1962 to 1972 on WKY-AM 930. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Walls now lives in Arlington, Va., and works in Washington, D.C. "It's a great way for me to be a reporter - to get the message out.". The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10. KTUL - Wikipedia Soon, Walls was one of the few Tulsa TV anchors who had made the rounds to each of Tulsa's three major news stations. He spent most of his career as news anchor and managing editor at KOTV-6, except for stints at KABC in Los Angeles (1969-71) and WNET in New York (1979-80). 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. You have permission to edit this article. She traded the TV life to be an entrepreneur. I wasn't sleeping," she said, laughing. "You have to go where the story is," Bowers said. "I'm really satisfied," Keith said. The following fields overflowed: SECTION = Oklahoma NOW! I cover pop culture and work as a feature writer at the Tulsa World. So when everyone else was in bed, Rengel would tiptoe into the kitchen and return with a Ding Dong. They lived in a home with a white picket fence, and her memories of that time became romanticized. "I just love sports," he said. 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. My voice wasnt good enough singing. Beth Rengel: Former Tulsa TV anchor reflects on life and 'illusions' in autobiography. On Friday, he quietly walked out the door for the last time. In September 2014, KTUL pushed both Kimmel and Nightline (which had their broadcast order on ABC's late-night schedule switched by the network in January 2013) ahead a half-hour, starting at 11:07p.m., per a request by the network that the station air both programs at earlier times; KTUL would start carrying Kimmel and Nightline in their recommended timeslots in January 2019. Rengel has been with McGraw Davisson Stewart Realtors, 4612 S. Harvard Ave., since 2003. Former KODE anchor Tiffany Alaniz was fired from her job as 5 and 6 p.m. anchor at KOKI Fox 23 in Tulsa. An early example was chasing the illusion of trying to be the perfect Miss Texas. [104][105] In September 1995, when the station cut back its Saturday morning newscast to an hour-long broadcast at 7a.m., channel 8 resumed carriage of the network's Saturday morning lineup, when it began airing four hours of the Saturday cartoon lineup from 8a.m. to noon; it began clearing the entire lineup again in 1997. Historically, the station has preempted certain ABC network programs or aired them out of pattern to make room for other local or syndicated programs or, occasionally, because of internal concerns over a program's content. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World. Bowers had moved to the 4 p.m. newscast while also reporting for other time slots, when she left TV. He would help KOTV be the first Tulsa station to cover the civil rights movement. Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American television journalist and author, best known for being the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982-2004). Developed by promotions manager and former local program host Carl Bartholomew, and lasting until the campaign was discontinued in November 1992, the spots prominently featured the "8's the Place" on various objects and people including station personalities such as John Chick, program host Sue Staggs and anchor Diane Elliott. NEWS ON 6 ANCHORS. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. He started his hall-of-fame career. On July 9, the FCC denied the protest petitions were invalid as the grant was handed down after a hearing. [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. It was the only way I could feel good about it, she said. KTUL-DT4 is the TBD-affiliated fourth digital subchannel of KTUL, broadcasting in letterboxed standard definition on channel 8.4. Keith was director of communications and community relations for Mayor Lafortune's office. Anderson said that he sees more of his family and relishes his more regular hours. She had to get past a pageant girl stigma and pay dues as a TV reporter in Baton Rouge. According to jail records, a Tulsa. Right now . Rich Lenz Says Goodbye To News On 6 "But if we look at it another way, there is news value. She said she was bullied by rich girls because of her clothing. He reminisced about his time at KOTV and met current reporter, Joseph Holloway. Former-ktvx-news-anchors - Spurvessedang "I guess time flies sometimes.". Throughout his 35-year tenure at the station, Woods drew Gusty live during his weather forecasts in a way that viewers could tell what the expected weather was by what Gusty was doing or wearing: as examples, he could be drawn waving flags and smiling for fair weather, holding an umbrella if rain was forecast or jumping in his "fraidy hole" for thunderstorms. Keith heard about an opening in Mayor Bill LaFortune's office. They are expected to reach at least 80 pounds. Thompson came to KJRH in August, 2017, after 28 years across the street KOTV in Tulsa. I felt paralyzed.. sharing the stories, pictures and loves of Oklahomans across our great state. Ex-reporter Sues Tulsa TV Station, Cites Homosexual Claim - The Oklahoman I couldnt eat. It never aired the program as recommended at 10:30/10:35 for the 32 years that ABC aired the newsmagazine in that timeslot; the hour following the late newscast would eventually be ceded to syndicated sitcom reruns, which have continued to fill that allocated time even after many Big Three affiliates in large and mid-sized markets began relegating carriage of off-network content to drama series aired in weekend timeslots. After moving to Tulsa in 1984 from Charleston, S.C., John Walls anchored the sportscast at KTUL Channel 8. I said, 'No, someone else from the station is going.'". She's covered everything from. The third (and last) VHF frequency allocated to the Tulsa market channel 11 had been reserved by the FCC for a non-commercial educational licensee (that allocation is now occupied by PBS member station and OETA satellite KOED, which launched on January 12, 1959), while the UHF band was considered unviable at the time as most television sets on the retail market then were not equipped with UHF tuners (this situation would not change until after the All-Channel Receiver Act took effect in 1961). There was a problem saving your notification. 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). Tulsa, OK 74103. She eventually anchored the morning show, which at that time was Good Morning Oklahoma. FOX23 Weather 24/7. KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.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 . We tell our clients' stories every day. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World STEPHEN PINGRY. "During football season, someone asked me who was covering a game and if I would be there. "I've raised many people - 30-year-olds who say, 'I watched you as I grew up,'" Rengel said. I like that real pretty little blonde.. Cursing on the air, in a city described as the buckle of the Bible belt, could have spelled the end of Rengels career. (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. They are curious if she is retiring from the field and if she will continue to reside in Tulsa. During that time, Walls was also freelancing for. In going from pageants to anchoring TV news, Rengel swapped one illusion for another. After Mr. Zing and Tuffy was cancelled in 1969 due to a reduction in the station's talent budget, Chick began hosting The John Chick Show, a live morning music program that featured local country music talent and square dancing. A Miss Astros contest (the winner became an ambassador for the Houston Astros professional baseball team) changed the course of her life. The station has also filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to operate a second fill-in translator in Caney, Kansas, which will also broadcast on UHF channel 24, to serve northern portions of the market, including Bartlesville, and portions of southeastern Kansas that receive a weaker signal or have completely lost access to KTUL's main signal following the digital transition. ", Diane White Then: Anchor/reporter on KOTV Channel 6, KOKI Channel 23 Now: Co-founder of Emerge Interactive Media. Be among the first to get breaking news, weather, and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox! FOX23 Tulsa Breaking News. Women would be added to the newsroom along the way. "We were watching Channel 6 Doppler Pathfinder Radar and we feel like that's what saved our lives," said a tornado survivor in the 90's. A former Oklahoma sports writer of the year, I have written books about former OU coach Barry Switzer and former OSU coach Pat Jones. Rengel enjoys her new work, though it is rife with challenges. She consistently has been ranked in the top 10 percent of realtors there, she said. "I loved the thought of not having a boss, other than Jessica," White said. He has worked for the trade association, CTIA - The Wireless Association, as its vice president of public affairs since 2004. 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.
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