Making News: Texas Style
Encyclopedia
Making News: Texas Style was a TV Guide Network documentary
series based in the Odessa
/Midland
, Texas
Metro area
, following the work lives of the anchors and reporters at KOSA-TV
, the market's local CBS
affiliate. The show aired on Monday nights at 8/7C on the TV Guide Network.
The program was taped at KOSA's studio at Music City Mall
, which is owned by KOSA's parent company and is located in Odessa, contrary to the title sequence.
The series featured stories from Odessa and Midland as well as Goldsmith
and Pecos
. Sometimes, news anchors at rival station KWES-TV
were followed, but not as frequent.
*The cast is listed by appearance in theme sequence*
*Not Listed in title sequence and appeared on show*
The entire KOSA news team can be found here: KOSA-TV Staff
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
series based in the Odessa
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...
/Midland
Midland, Texas
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Metro area
Midland–Odessa metropolitan area
The Midland–Odessa Combined Statistical Area is a Combined Statistical Area located in West Texas. It has two component areas – the Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area and Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2009 U.S...
, following the work lives of the anchors and reporters at KOSA-TV
KOSA-TV
KOSA Channel 7 in the Odessa/Midland television market is the CBS affiliate for the Permian Basin area of West Texas. KOSA and its transmitter are both located in Odessa with the station being housed inside the Music City Mall. A secondary studio and bureau are located in downtown Midland. ICA...
, the market's local CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate. The show aired on Monday nights at 8/7C on the TV Guide Network.
The program was taped at KOSA's studio at Music City Mall
Music City Mall
Music City Mall is a large, regional shopping mall located in Odessa, Texas. The mall itself houses over 100 businesses and has the only ice skating facility within . The mall has a gross leasable area of 750,000 square feet ....
, which is owned by KOSA's parent company and is located in Odessa, contrary to the title sequence.
The series featured stories from Odessa and Midland as well as Goldsmith
Goldsmith, Texas
Goldsmith is a city in Ector County, Texas, United States. The population was 253 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Goldsmith is located at ....
and Pecos
Pecos, Texas
Pecos is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States. It is situated in the river valley on the west bank of the Pecos River at the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert and the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas and near the southern border of New Mexico...
. Sometimes, news anchors at rival station KWES-TV
KWES-TV
KWES-TV, channel 9, commonly referred to as NewsWest 9, is the NBC affiliated television station in the Midland/Odessa area. The station is owned by the Drewry Communications Group. It also operates a satellite station, KWAB-TV , in Big Spring, Texas.-History:KWES began broadcasting in 1958 as...
were followed, but not as frequent.
Cast
- Jay Hendricks- Anchor
- Kara Lee- Reporter
- Jose Gaona - News Director
- Tatum Hubbard- Anchor (listed as Co-Anchor in first two episodes)
- Gary Williams Jr.- Producer
- Melissa Correa- Reporter
- Bill Warren- Anchor (Dropped as Anchor in second episode, Listed as Reporter in third)
- Craig Stewart- Weather Director
- Greg Morgan- meteorologist
- Jeff Stewart- Sports Director
- Mike Barker- Anchor
- Javi Perez - Sports Reporter
- Catherine Collins - Reporter
- Armando Saldivar - Reporter
- Krista Escamilla - Morning Anchor
- Eddie Garcia - Reporter
- Allyson Powell - Reporter
The entire KOSA news team can be found here: KOSA-TV Staff