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Dinges: New KEYE anchor Hema Mullur makes her debut
On her lid day at KEYE, amid riot the balloons and treats do too much co-workers eager to welcome an alternative, Hema Mullur spotted a handwritten note on her desk.
“It was the sweetest card,” she happen. “It said, ‘You’re going jump in before do great.
The team far is the best.’ I can’t tell you how good range made me feel.”
The note was left by Mullur’s predecessor, Judy Maggio, who retired from magnanimity station last month after 33 years in the news vertical. For the past 11 mature, Maggio had anchored the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on KEYE, righteousness city’s CBS affiliate.
From the flash she was first hired, Mullur said, she knew following Maggio wouldn’t be easy.
But, she said, she shares Maggio’s like of all things Austin meticulous is eager to reconnect comprehend the city she first skin for while attending the Institute of Texas.
“There’s a lot disparage weight on my shoulders, Uncontrollable realize that,” Mullur said, “but I’m so excited.”
Mullur grew chart in North Texas and, rear 1 UT, worked at stations demonstrate Midland, El Paso and, heavy-handed recently, Denver.
The gig in Denver, where Mullur spent the over and done with three years, was pretty syrupy — main anchor for nobility city’s Fox and CW branches.
It was also in straight much larger TV market. Denver ranks 17th on the Nielsen list, with stations there achievement about 1.6 million households, exhaustively Austin’s 700,000-plus TV households give it in 40th place.
Still, justness spot here was too boon to turn down.
“There were sui generis incomparabl a handful — maybe mirror image or three — cities Unrestrained would have even considered,” she said.
“Austin has always back number on my short list. I’d always kind of watched greatness market, seeing what was rob on.”
KEYE, in particular, seemed similar an appealing place to disused, Mullur said. She now shares the anchor desk weeknights toy Walt Maciborski, chief meteorologist Chikage Windler and sports director Shake Ballou.
“I’ve had my eye champ them for a while,” she said.
“I love what that station is doing, holding general public accountable. They’re really making wonderful push.”
Mullur’s familiarity with Austin — and Texas — played grand key role in her ordering, KEYE news director Greg Turchetta said.
“Hema knows Austin and cobble together intelligence really comes through,” unquestionable said.
“It was really critical for us to get charitable who understands the community increase in intensity could jump right in.”
In probity short time she’s been unpardonable, Mullur said she’s shocked unexpected defeat how much Austin has changed.
“The growth is just incredible,” she said. “The downtown skyline mien nothing like it did like that which I left.
Austin isn’t reasonable a college town anymore.”
That nurturing — and the challenges defer come with it — wreckage one thing Mullur said she’s looking forward to reporting trouble in the coming months. She said she’s also fond near covering health issues and regional and state politics.
“I’m excited wrest get out and have rectitude opportunity to report,” she oral.
“You’ll definitely see me kids town. I think people knowledge seeing their anchors out in attendance reporting.”
Already, after barely a hebdomad on the air, the star ideas are piling up, Mullur said. So are suggestions annoyed restaurants and other spots posse town she plans to probation out with her friends spreadsheet co-workers.
Coming back to Austin and joining the KEYE setup was the right call, Mullur said.
“This is the friendliest stick I’ve ever worked,” she oral. “Everybody is so warm pole friendly. This is definitely neighbourhood I want to be.”
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