a Saturday morning newscast in between the two hours of CBS This Morning Saturday. Following the launch of the Sunday morning newscast and subsequent changes in federal regulations on children's television programming, KHOU has since aired two of CBS's three hours of E/I programming from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Saturday morning, followed by the full broadcast of CBS Saturday Morning leading into KHOU's Saturday morning newscast from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. As of 2021, the station's newscasts have traditionally battled with KPRC for second among stations in the Houston area (behind ABC-owned KTRK); however, their viewership usually has been strongest amongst 35- to 55-year-olds and suburban audiences—traditionally considered by advertisers to be the most crucial demographic groups for news ratings. This is noted since, as of 2011, KHOU is the only Houston area station whose traffic reports cover suburban areas, in addition to the Houston freeways, and frequently features outside webcam shots from suburban locations during its weather reports. Notable former on-air staff Steve Edwards – anchor/talk show host (1972–1975; was at KTTV in Los Angeles) until his termination on December 11, 2017 Linda Ellerbee – reporter (1972–1973; then with NBC News, later host of Nickelodeon's Nick News) Dr. Neil Frank – chief meteorologist (1987–2008; now retired; returns periodically for hurricane coverage and other special weather events) Ron Franklin – sports director (1971–1980; later play-by-play announcer at ESPN; deceased) John Hambrick – ancher/reporter (1960s; deceased) Joanne Herring – host of The Joanne King Show (1950's–1974; later moved to KPRC-TV; now retired) Dennis Murphy – reporter/assignment editor (1975–1978; now with NBC News) Jim Nantz – sports anchor/reporter (early 1980s; now with CBS Sports as the network's top play-by-play announcer for NFL coverage) Chau Nguyen – anchor/reporter (2003–2007) Giff Nielsen – sports director (1984–2009); former quarterback for the Houston Oilers, now an elder with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Dan Patrick – sports director (1979–1984; later conservative talk show host and owner of KSEV; now Lieutenant Governor of Texas) Dan Rather – anchor/reporter (early 1960s; former anchor of CBS Evening News; now at AXS TV) Rick Sanchez – reporter (1986–1988; formerly with CNN, was most recently at RT America until its closure in 2022) Jessica Savitch – anchor/reporter (1971–1972; later KYW-TV and NBC News, deceased) Janet Shamlian – anchor/reporter (1987–1995; now with CBS News) Ron Stone – anchor (1961–1972; later KPRC-TV, deceased) Technical information Subchannels The