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NBC 5 / Dallas-Fort Worth Receives Five Awards DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Professional Journalists has honored NBC 5 as a national winner of 2012 Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism, and The Radio Television Digital News Association has awarded NBC 5 four regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded the NBC 5 Investigates team its top national award in the Investigative Reporting,...

DALLAS and Fort Worth, Texas, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 sports director and NBC 5 News at 6 and 10 p.m. sports anchor Newy Scruggs will host "Voices of the Game with Newy Scruggs," premiering nationally Monday, April 1(st), on NBC Sports Radio. "Voices of the Game with Newy Scruggs" will air 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. CT, Monday-Friday, from a Dial Global DFW-based studio. NBC Sports Radio, which will launch its full 24/7 talk programming lineup on April 1, 2013, can...

DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV announced that Lindsay Riley has joined the NBC 5 weather team as weekend morning meteorologist. In addition to forecasting on weekend mornings, Riley will report on environmental and other weather-related stories and features. Before joining NBC 5, Riley forecasted weather at WLEX-TV, Lexington, KY and WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. She earned her B.S. degree in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State),...

DALLAS, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The NBCUniversal Foundation today awarded $100,000 in grants to three local non-profit organizations helping them implement innovative community programs as part of a newly launched initiative called 21st Century Solutions. The recipients include: Junior Achievement of Dallas - $50,000Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas - $25,000REACH - $25,000 Tom Ehlmann, president and general manager of NBC 5, said, "It is our responsibility to serve our...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded NBC 5 / KXAS-TV its top Emmy® for overall Station Excellence during its tenth annual awards gala at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, November 9, 2012. The Lone Star Chapter represents the state of Texas' 19 television markets. Several NBC 5 efforts contributed to the recognition. During the past year, NBC 5 launched a four-person...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV today announced that Deanna Dewberry will be its new consumer/investigative reporter and anchor NBC 5's 6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, newscast on digital channel 5.2. Dewberry joined the station earlier this month. Dewberry will focus on uncovering issues important to North Texas consumers while Scott Friedman will continue to lead NBC 5's investigative unit. Dewberry has been a news anchor and investigative...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV is set to premiere Steve Harvey at 2 p.m., Tuesday, September 4(th), in a one-hour show hosted by the TV personality, comedian, radio show host and best-selling author, Steve Harvey. In his new weekday show, Harvey will talk to real people with real issues and bring his funny, insightful and common sense approach to help solve everyday problems. Drawing from his varied life experiences,...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV today announced that Chief Meteorologist David Finfrock has signed a long-term agreement with NBC 5. Additionally, Finfrock said he will retire at the agreement's end, after a more than 40-year career with the station. NBC 5 also announced that meteorologist Rick Mitchell will join NBC 5 News at 10 p.m. and NBC 5 First at Four (4 p.m.), Monday-Friday. Finfrock will continue to forecast during NBC 5 News at...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV has finalized plans for construction of a state-of-the-art broadcasting and multimedia news facility to be located in The CentrePort Business Park, just south of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The technologically advanced facility is being specifically designed to provide the resources for journalists to collect, interpret and report the news and information most relevant to North Texans...

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 5 / KXAS-TV has won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for newscast and writing. The newscast, "Remembering a Father, and a Fan," featured NBC 5 team coverage of Shannon Stone, the Texas Rangers fan who died at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington while trying to catch a souvenir ball for his son. In a highly emotional, carefully crafted tribute to Stone, NBC 5 talked to the people who knew Stone as a firefighter and...