Frank Billingsley signs contract (June 28, 2024) – Houston Public Media

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On Friday’s show: We get updates on METRO’s recent decision not to move forward with the University Corridor line and the latest death of a Harris County Jail inmate.

Also this hour: We learn how a Houston bankruptcy case could signal the future of live televised sports.

Then a college coach moves from one rival to another, while a hot dog-eating champ banned from one Fourth of July competition heads to another — and it’s all happening in Texas, of course. We discuss this week’s edition of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

And after more than three decades in television, KPRC Chief Meteorologist Frank Billingsley is retiring. His friend Ernie Manouse contacted him before his last television newscast.

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