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Reporter-News Archives Thursday, June 10, 1999 Halifax takes position at station in Iowa By BOB LAPHAM Arts Editor Loren Halifax, popular 6 and 10 p.m. news co-anchor at KTAB, confirmed Wednesday that she is leaving the CBS affiliate for a position with a major Midwest TV station. Halifax, 30, will join NBC affiliate WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa as news anchor and reporter. Her final telecast at KTAB will be Friday evening. The move will be a sizeable leap for Halifax, career-wise. WHO-TV competes in the 69th largest market in the U.S., almost 100 places above Abilene. WHO is famous for being the first job Ronand Reagan held, when it was only a radio station and the former president was just out of college. He was sports newscaster. Halifax's departure also will cost KTAB its creative services director, a position held by her husband, Damon Brown. He is a former weatherman at the station. Both are graduates of Abilene Christian University. Brown, a well-known collegiate and community stage actor here, will be involved on a book project in Des Moines, Halifax said. He is a native of Fort Worth, and she of Odessa. Brown is best remembered for his title role in "Man of La Mancha" at ACU almost 10 years ago, and later as one of Abilene Community Theatre's "The Four Plaids." "We're looking forward" to the move to Iowa, Halifax said Wednesday, before the announcement of her departure during the 10 p.m. telecast. Because of vacation, Wednesday was to be her final confrontation with longtime on-air foil, sportscaster David Bacon. Halifax, a 1991 ACU graduate, entered television for the first time in 1993. A radio personality in Seattle, Wash., she auditioned for and got the job as Bob Bartlett's co-anchor. "It's been a privilege to be associated with such a professional crew here at KTAB," Halifax said. "And of course, we both hate to leave Abilene. It is such a wonderful place to live, and the people have been so great." "This is going to be a huge loss for us," said Kyle McAlister, news director at KTAB. "Loren has been an integral part of our news team for six years." McAlister said naming a replacement for Halifax would be an ongoing process. "I've got maybe 100 (audition) tapes to look at, from all throughout the state - like Dallas and San Antonio - and from as far away as Sioux Falls, S.D., and Pennsylvania." Bob Lapham may be reached at 676-6760 or laphamb@abinews.com. Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:  texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local News Texas News Copyright ©1999, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications

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