a number of years (formerly of ABC News, now retired) Rob Johnson – (1995–1998; later with WBBM-TV in Chicago, now a communications consultant with TechCXO) Tony Kovaleski – investigative reporter (1997–2001; now an investigative reporter at KMGH-TV in Denver; 2010 Alfred I. duPont Columbia Silver Baton award winner) Tim Lake – weekend anchor and reporter (1987–1992; later went to WCAU and was that station's 6 and 11 p.m. anchor; now at WTEN in Albany) Linda Lorelle – anchor (1989–2006; later freelanced with KRIV, worked in real estate and now CEO and Executive Producer of Lorelle Media) Byron Miranda – Meteorologist (later with WMAQ-TV in Chicago; now at WPIX in New York) Sylvia Perez – reporter/anchor (?–1989; formerly with WLS-TV, now with WFLD) John Quiñones – reporter/anchor (1975–1978; now a correspondent with ABC News) Jacob Rascon – weekend anchor and reporter (2017–2021; now with KTRK-TV, also son of KTRK-TV anchor Art Rascon) Jacque Reid – reporter/anchor (1997–2000, now on WNBC as host of New York Live) Janet Shamlian – weekend anchor (1995–1997; now correspondent for CBS News) Ron Stone – anchor (1972–1992, deceased) Spencer Tillman – sports reporter/anchor (1987–1997; first hired during the offseason period when he was playing with the Houston Oilers, later moved to WABC-TV in New York and now at CBS Sports) Charlie Van Dyke – announcer (1982–1993) Bill Worrell – news anchor/sportscaster (1960s–1980; became sports commentator for the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets, now retired) Chris Wragge – sports director (1998–2004; also covered sports for NBC and USA Network simultaneously, later anchor of CBS' The Early Show, now news anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City) Paula Zahn – anchor (1981–1983, formerly with CNN and CBS News) Marvin Zindler – reporter (1950–1954; later investigative reporter at KTRK-TV, deceased) In popular culture In 1958, Reader's Digest published an article on how one afternoon in 1953, a signal showing KLEE's station ID supposedly appeared on TV sets throughout England—three years after the station was sold and changed to KPRC-TV. Although quickly revealed as a hoax to sell TV sets in the UK, it remains a long-standing urban legend. In the 1980–82 NBC soap opera Texas, which was set primarily in Houston, the series made several mentions of fictional television station "KVIK", run by one of the show's characters. A brief view of the exterior of KPRC-TV's studio facility, which was marked with a "KVIK" sign out front, can be