LIVE STREAMS. 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. The station also produces the news/talk/lifestyle program Good Day Tulsa, which airs weekday mornings at 9:00a.m. and is co-produced by KTUL's news and advertising sales departments; the hour-long program debuted on August 30, 2004, under original hosts D.C. Roberts, Amanda Juergens and Frank Mitchell (as of September 2017[update], it is currently co-hosted by Keith Taylor, Erin Christy and meteorologist Molly McCollum, who also anchor the station's weekday morning newscast, Good Morning Oklahoma, and its weekday 11:00a.m. 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. She found her way to the Tulsa Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2 W. Second St., Ste. (Robison received $6,000 to pay legal expenses incurred through the bid's prosecution.) ", Karen Keith Then: Anchor and reporter on KTUL Channel 8; reporter and host of Oklahoma Living on KJRH News Channel 2 Now: Director of partnership development at Tulsa Convention & Visitors Bureau in Tulsa, While Karen Keith was in news, she "worked every shift you can imagine.". She traded the TV life to be an entrepreneur. VIDEO: A farewell message from longtime FOX23 Anchor Clay Loney. [94][123][135], On August 22, 2011, KTUL became the third television station in the Tulsa market (after NBC affiliate KJRH and Fox affiliate KOKI) to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. He still makes his home in Tulsa. (Incidentally, in 1949, Tulsa Broadcasting had assigned Helen Alvarez who would become founding part-owner of KOTV (channel 6) to study whether a television station venture in Tulsa could be successful. Gone in Tulsa May 28, 2019 / Scott Jones KJRH Morning Anchor Scott Thompson has left the Scripps station after less than two years on the job. Bowers had moved to the 4 p.m. newscast while also reporting for other time slots, when she left TV. She covered news from weather to sports to local issues. [65][66][67][68][69], On January 6, 1992, channel 8 began maintaining a 24-hour-a-day programming schedule on Sunday through Fridays, adding a mix of syndicated feature films and the ABC overnight news program World News Now to fill overnight timeslots (the station continued to sign-off from 2:00 to 5:00a.m. on Saturday night/early Sunday mornings until January 1999). James D. Watts Jr. 918-581-8478 (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). "He didn't choose sides in a story. Be sure to research other towns near you to get the records of more service providers. During the suspension, she was eaten up with worry. "I loved the thought of not having a boss, other than Jessica," White said. My job was in mortal jeopardy, she wrote. Isbell reported news and sports at KJRH from 1991 to 2001. 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Neile Jones, the daughter of award-winning journalist Sam Jones, grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. "I was a very fortunate individual to be at the right place at the right time," says Hogg. You can cancel at any time. She will use the newly gained free time to spend with her husband, kids, and family, as well as indulging in more activities in the local community. "Here, it's the same thing. Tulsa TV pioneer Bob Hower remembered - Tulsa World The puppies are 12-weeks-old and are Great Pyrenees and Giant Schnauzer mixes.