{"id":196038,"date":"2025-10-02T01:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196038\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:11:08","slug":"krgv-names-angie-martinez-as-news-director-for-channel-5-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196038\/","title":{"rendered":"KRGV names Angie Martinez as news director for Channel 5 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/QiIR4Yow6tkp22FE45pifAg-8K6jgYIukcx6BTg8NDIIIs8kw4YnYGt_CltPzZWXx5aji-n-34gxI2BstoKibqDEJyF_guqIS15_.jpeg\" alt=\"KRGV names Angie Martinez as news director for Channel 5 News\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nKRGV News Director Angie Martinez.\n<\/p>\n<p>WESLACO \u2014 Angie Martinez, a Rio Grande Valley native, has been named News Director for KRGV, the station announced on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martinez has worked at KRGV since 2010; she was promoted to News Director after serving as the Assistant News Director for two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited for Angie to lead the Channel 5 newsroom. She has a real passion for news and understands the important role Channel 5 News plays in our community. \u201d said John Kittleman, KRGV\u2019s General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez will oversee news content for the station\u2019s broadcast and digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled for the opportunity to lead the Valley\u2019s News Channel. The RGV is home and I\u2019m excited to continue to serve my community.\u201d said Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>As Assistant News Director, Martinez\u2019s leadership has been instrumental in numerous news specials, including the annual hurricane special and the launch of KRGV\u2019s first Vaqueros Game Day program.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 5 News is the most watched news station in the RGV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KRGV News Director Angie Martinez. WESLACO \u2014 Angie Martinez, a Rio Grande Valley native, has been named News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-196038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}