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| KEYE
CBS (42) |
| ."Your
Eye on Austin" |
| In March of 1995, Austin's
Fox 42, KBVO, aired a commercial that was to alter the face of
Austin-Area news forever. Against images of the Austin skyline
during the daybreak hours, the rising sun turned into a black
CBS Eye moniker. The Eye then fell into place between the
station's new name and logo: K-EYE.
Management at that time spent a
speculative amount (perhaps millions of dollars) filming CBS
stars talking |
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| about KEYE's switching from
Fox to CBS. |
.Vital
Statistics: |
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K-EYEwitness
News debuted July 2 at 5:00pm, with a half-hour special
hosted by then-weekday anchors Neal Spelce and Terri Chappell
(who now works for WB 33 in Dallas). The special explained to
a very confused Central Texas area what programs would be
found on KEYE, and which ones would not. They offered a
toll-free hotline for viewers to call in and leave comments or
ask questions.
KEYE's news
program differed from the other three
stations in that their
presentation was more "visual." Reporters and
in-studio anchors would often report stories in front of what
the Austin American-Statesman dubbed a "dark,
looming video wall." The anchors would hold up props from
time to time.
Beginning with the sale of KEYE to CBS
Mass Media in 1999, radical changes began to develop, starting
with the releasing of many anchors and reporters, followed by
the |
| *KEYE
began operation
as a CBS affiliate on July 2, 1995. |
| *From
1983 to
1995, Channel 42 was known as KBVO, and was a Fox
affiliate from 1986 to 1995. |
| *KBVO
is now
the station ID for Channel 51, one of Austin's
TeleFutura Spanish-language channels. |
| *Two
of KEYE's
former anchors now have jobs in Hollywood: Jason
Feinberg now works for "E! News Live," and
Shaun Robinson now reports and anchors NBC Enterprises'
"Access Hollywood." |
| Past
Logos: |
| Click
here to view the KBVO/Fox 42 logo,
provided courtesy Freddie Pollock. |
| Click
here to view the original
KEYE logo on some camera equipment, courtesy the
Niederwald, TX web site. |
| Click
here to view the modified KEYE logo
(sans TV-42), courtesey Wayback Machine. |
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dropping of the "witness" and "opener"
(for morning news) labels, instead calling the program "KEYE
News."
In late spring 2001, KEYE changed its
logo to the current one, updating graphics and its newsroom,
color-coordinating in blues and removing the once-popular
"Cityscape" backdrop from the set. Later in the
year, their news chopper, "SkyEYE" was retired, and
a long set of anchor and reporter changes occurred, a process
which is not yet settled.
Currently, KEYE News' ratings are not
the best; in fact the noon news was dropped in late 2002 due
to this fact. KEYE's new general manager and news director are
trying their darndest to make sure KEYE News is worth
watching. Their main move is to hire away popular anchors from
other stations. Fred Cantú, who co-anchored KVUE's Daybreak,
was hired to anchor the reformatted morning news. He was later
promoted to 6 and 10pm anchor New Year's week 2003. Recently,
KXAS (Dallas) anchor Jeff Eliasoph was hired to co-anchor the
5pm newscast. And KEYE has scored another famous KVUE
employee: Judy Maggio. Maggio is now officially a KEYE
employee, working as managing editor of the newscasts; in
October 2003, she will co-anchor with Mr. Cantú for the 6 and
10 reports. |
Who's Who At KEYE:
KEYE Morning News:
Lori Parker, Paul Serrell - co-anchors; Susan Vessell, StormTracker
Weather; Bettie Cross - field reports. (5am - 7am Monday-Friday)
KEYE News at Five:
Jeff Eliasoph, Teresa Rodriguez - co-anchors; Troy Kimmel,
StormTracker Weather (5:00-5:30 Mon-Fri) *Note:
Since the birth of Teresa Rodriguez's child, Elizabeth Dannheim has
filled in for her.
KEYE News at Six
and Ten: Fred
Cantú, anchor; Troy Kimmel, StormTracker Weather; Robert Flores -
Sports (6:00-6:30; 10:00-10:35 Mon-Fri)
KEYE News Weekend:
Coco Douglas, anchor; Steve LaNore, StormTracker Weather; Kevin West
- Sports
Reporters:
Yolanda Hawkins, Kimberly Ball, Elizabeth Dannheim, Nanci Wilson,
Bettie Cross |
