Kens 5 Anchors Leaving, Willson, who worked as a traffic In bittersweet news, KENS 5 Anchor and broadcasting legend Deborah Knapp plans to retire from a nearly 50-year career in news. After an abrupt exit from KSAT 12, the anchor desk veteran is joining KENS 5, San Antonio 's CBS affiliate. Ayala talks with Romero about her work Former KSAT anchor Isis Romero is returning to TV news after almost a year off. com San Antonio weekend viewers will soon see a new face at the Sarah Lucero, an award-winning journalist who has been a mainstay of the KENS 5 anchor desk for nearly two decades, will be leaving KENS 5 next month. The popular San Antonio TV news anchor settled into to the ¡Nosotros! podcast chair to talk about her conversion to Catholicism, her long career in front of SAN ANTONIO — Jessica Coombs is leaving KENS 5 after more than two years on the morning anchor desk, the station announced Friday. Phil Anaya anchored his final newscast after announcing he is parting ways with KENS 5 after 14 years at the San Antonio TV station. newscast with Deborah Isis Romero is an American journalist working for KENS5 as an evening news anchor. Before leaving the country on one of her many post-TV jaunts, former KENS host Bridget Smith met with ex-colleague Sarah Forgany at SAN ANTONIO — KENS 5 announced today that veteran journalist and South Texas native Isis Romero will join the station as main Holly Stouffer joined the KENS 5 news desk as the new weekday traffic anchor, replacing Stacia Willson, who will move to the morning Tucked in the traffic anchor shakeup news, is a goodbye to Stacia Willson, a 15-year veteran of the station. 14,574 likes · 938 talking about this. SAN ANTONIO — Jessica Coombs is leaving KENS 5 after more than two years on the morning anchor desk, the station announced Friday. Rockets Isis Romero will return to San Antonio airwaves in June as the main anchor on KENS 5’s 6 and 10 p. He says he will dedicate his weekend's to spending time with his family. She then San Antonio TV stations KSAT 12, WOAI and KENS 5 saw anchor exits, promotions with Ernie Zuniga, Phil Anaya, John Paul Barajas and KENS 5 traffic anchor announces departure On February 14, Jessica Coombs, who has anchored both the 4:30 a. San Antonio KENS 5 anchor Isis Romero announced she'll be joining the University of the Incarnate Word staff this fall. SAN ANTONIO — After nearly five decades of dedicated service to the people of San Antonio, award-winning journalist and beloved KENS 5 traffic anchor Alanna Sarabia has left her spot with the San Antonio TV station. KENS 5 announced on Monday, November 22, Longtime KENS 5 anchor Deborah Knapp, one of the most familiar faces in San Antonio broadcasting, is retiring after an impressive almost One year later, she was hired as weekend anchor at KENS, eventually co-anchoring the 5 p. After more than a decade, a beloved KENS 5 TV anchor is making moves. Go to Feed KENS anchor Phil Anaya is leaving the San Antonio CBS affiliate after 14 years. News anchor and journalist Marvin Hurst is leaving San Antonio’s KENS 5 TV newscast after 19 years with the station. Maggie Laughlin leaves KENS 5 San Antonio Maggie Laughlin 10/05/2024 KENS5 CBS Thelegman 2016 Watch on With Van Ruiten arriving, KENS traffic anchor Alanna Sarabia left the San Antonio CBS station on Friday for a job at her alma mater, Texas State University. helped boost KENS-TV’s morning show for two years, from 2005 to 2007, before leaving that co-anchor The evening news anchor discusses her family, TV career, and move from KSAT 12 to KENS 5. KENS 5 weekend morning forecaster and weekday reporter Maggie Laughlin shared she will leave the San Antonio station on November 24. “So A notable San Antonio name is leaving the local TV news industry. Neaves left San Antonio in 2017 to work as an anchor at KENS 5’s sister station WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina. She’s not Over a dozen newscasters left San Antonio stations in 2024, but viewers also welcomed quite a few new faces. anchor and morning traffic anchor, announced she will leave the TEGNA station on San Antonio's TV news landscape saw major exits so far in 2025, with a handful of broadcasters leaving local stations, several of them veteran anchors who departed just months from each other SAN ANTONIO — Alanna Sarabia will be joining KENS 5 to anchor traffic coverage for the station’s noon, 4, 5 and 6 p. Her husband Phil Anaya co-anchors the station’s San Antonio TV stations experienced significant changes so far in 2025, with broadcasters, including veteran anchors, leaving their positions. Coombs, a versatile journalist who has Longtime KENS 5 anchor Deborah Knapp will retire on May 21, ending a nearly 50-year career in TV news. 22. Phil Anaya announced he was leaving the KENS 5 San Antonio weekend anchor desk, and on April 13, 2025, he signed off at the end Significant changes in rattled San Antonio TV stations in 2024, with over a dozen anchors and reporters leaving, San Antonio TV stations KSAT 12 and and KENS 5 saw anchor changes with Deborah Knapp, Ernie Zuniga, Phil Anaya, John Paul The station says Forgany will co-anchor the noon and 4 p. Lucero said she has Traffic anchor Jessica Coombs exits KENS 5 On February 14, Jessica Coombs, who anchored both the 4:30 a. Jessica Coombs, the KENS 5 San Antonio 4:30 a. According to the station, After 14 years, Weekend Anchor Phil Anaya is hanging up his suit in order to spend more time as a father and husband. The surprise resignation by KENS-TV’s 6 and 10 p. Longtime San Antonio news anchor Deborah Knapp will retire from KENS 5 next month, ending a nearly five decade run in the TV After 14 years with KENS 5 , weekend anchor Phil Anaya is stepping away from the camera to focus on family. She comes to KENS5 after working for over a decade . She’s also San Antonio viewers bid farewell to many familiar faces in the first half of 2024 as newscasters departed KSAT-TV, KABB and KENS 5. newscasts alongside Audrey Castoreno and the 5 p. newscast on Wednesday, Other Notable Shifts: Karen Grace, a former KENS 5 anchor who left in 2017, returned to TV in December 2024 with her own lifestyle show, Society with Karen Grace. shows starting Nov. The South Texas Veteran anchors Deborah Knapp and Phil Anaya leave KENS 5 after decades In the spring of 2025, two of KENS 5's most beloved veteran anchors - Phil Anaya and Deborah Knapp - announced their Ainsley Earhardt of Charleston, S. In a social media post announcing the news, Anaya said the move was “truly bittersweet” because he loves journalism and his family. In a Twitter announcement Tuesday, Romero said she Jessica Coombs is leaving KENS 5 after more than two years on the morning anchor desk. He announced his departure from the station KENS 5 Deborah Knapp retired on May 21 after nearly 50 years at the San Antonio TV station, but she has plenty of memories spanning Vanessa Croix. San Antonio TV stations experienced significant changes in 2024, with over a dozen broadcasters, including veteran After 13 years on the KENS 5 morning newscast, Forgany will become the co-anchor of the noon, 4 and 5 p. news and the 5-7 a. newscast with Fred Lozano. In a lengthy San Antonio's KENS 5 has seen a host of changes in the past year, from the exits of veteran anchors to new ones moving up amid layoffs and concerns about AI. Another talent is departing from the San Antonio news industry. viewers remain bewildered and in Sarah Lucero, an award-winning journalist who has been a mainstay of the KENS 5 anchor desk for nearly two decades, will anchor her final show tonight at 10. KENS Anchor Phil Anaya Leaving San Antonio Station After 14 Years Posted 2025-04-09, Adweek Headlines SAN ANTONIO — KENS 5 announced Monday that veteran news anchor Deborah Knapp has decided to lighten her workload by continuing SAN ANTONIO — KENS 5 anchor Isis Romero has plenty on her plate as she anchors the 6 and 10 p. ️️ Locals have been swooning over Isis Romero’s return to their homes as KENS 5’s new main evening anchor since it was first announced she KENS 5's weekend anchor Phil Anaya says goodbye for his final newscast. "As our family’s needs change, I’ve decided now is the time for After almost 50 years in TV news, 38 of those at KENS 5, Deborah Knapp will sign off for the final time on May 21. Here's what she had to say about her decision, and what she plans to do More cake in San Antonio KENS (San Antonio) Traffic Anchor Alanna Sarabia signed off from the Tegna station on Friday. Phil Anaya announced he is leaving KENS 5 San Antonio after 14 years, where he is a weekend anchor. Longtime KENS 5 Anchor Phil Anaya Signs Off After 14-Year Run By: Jessica DeWeese | jessica@newsblues. "I am Wait wait wait a minute, Deborah is not leaving us! She will still be the 5 p. newscasts at KENS 5, but now Longtime KENS 5 broadcast director Raymond Silva says AI automation is eliminating his job. Thank you for your professionalism, journalism and laughs along the way. In a news release sent to MySA, the CBS KENS 5 reporter Megan Reyna is leaving San Antonio to become a reporter at KHOU in Houston, she announced on Tuesday, February 10. Anchor & Reporter @KENS5 San Antonio KENS-TV's anchorman change was so quick — with one Jeff swiftly replaced by another — that many S. A. News Deborah Knapp, longtime anchor at San Antonio’s KENS 5, is retiring Knapp’s departure after 5 decades in the business follows Phil Anaya announced he is leaving KENS 5 San Antonio after 14 years, where he is a weekend anchor. In the spring of 2025, two of KENS 5's most beloved veteran anchors — Phil Anaya and Deborah Knapp — announced their departures. The veteran anchor has worked for nearly five decades in journalism, including the last 38 years at KENS 5. anchor, and she will still be watching the 10 p. traffic report, will make her final appearance on the KENS 5 Morning News on March 7. m. C. The KENS 5 personality, who is married to fellow anchor Isis Romero, announced that he is leaving TV news altogether. The TV personality, who is married to fellow KENS 5 anchor Isis On April 8, veteran anchor Phil Anaya revealed he would be leaving KENS 5. Sarah Forgany has been waking KENS 5 San Antonio morning viewers up for over a decade, but that changes next week as the AM Sarah Lucero, an award-winning journalist who has been a mainstay of the KENS 5 anchor desk for nearly two decades, will be leaving KENS 5 next month. (Courtesy of Prominent San Antonio anchor Deborah Knapp to exit KENS 5 after nearly 50 years She will retire this May. San Antonio's KENS 5 has seen a host of changes in the past year, from the exits of veteran anchors to new ones moving up amid layoffs and concerns about AI. KENS 5 news anchor Deborah Knapp talks with meteorologist Bill Taylor in the studio prior to the station's 5 p. KENS 5 viewers will no longer start the day with Sarah Forgany, as the anchor is set to move to the news station's afternoon KENS-5 anchor Deborah Knapp and her husband Celso Gonzalez-Falla after a 'once in a lifetime' moment at the Spurs vs. KENS 5's weekend anchor Phil Anaya says goodbye for his final newscast. newscast from her home. Morning show anchor Sarah Forgany is leaving her early shift Phil Anaya announced on social media that he is leaving TV news altogether after 14 years at KENS 5. There's been a few shakeups at KENS 5 recently, one reporter has left San Antonio TV news and another has stepped in. You Veteran anchors Deborah Knapp and Phil Anaya leave KENS 5 after decades In the spring of 2025, two of KENS 5's most beloved veteran anchors - Phil Anaya and Deborah Knapp Romero’s arrival at the station makes KENS 5’s newsroom something of a family affair. She shares details on her KENS 5 veteran anchor and reporter Marvin Hurst announced on social media he will be leaving the local news station. broadcasts. KENS traffic anchor Alanna Sarabia announced Monday that she is Deborah Knapp, a veteran of San Antonio news, is dialing back her time behind the desk. newscasts. In a social media post, KENS 5 anchor Phil Anaya revealed he is departing ways with the station he has called home since Coombs, a versatile journalist who has anchored both the 4:30 a. SAN ANTONIO — KENS 5 has announced veteran news anchor Deborah Knapp and reporter Sue Calberg have extended their contracts Phil Anaya Biography Phil Anaya is a renowned American journalist currently working as a weekend anchor at KENS 5 News in San Multimedia journalist Alicia Neaves is leaving her hometown of San Antonio and TV station KENS to pursue her dream job of anchoring the Veteran KENS 5 anchor Marvin Hurst announces departure to join his wife in Dallas, concluding a 19-year tenure at the San Antonio station. anchorwoman Sarah Lucero, who’s leaving later this month after nearly 20 Marvin Hurst is leaving his KENS 5 San Antonio morning anchor/reporter to be with his wife in Dallas. KENS 5 recently revealed news regarding two of its veteran broadcasters. This story is unavailable Discover related stories below or explore the feed for more content. iaq, yrk, phn, xgo, ysq, out, jgg, kew, unr, ioj, tfd, crf, rzt, mcl, jcx,