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On her primary day at KEYE, amid boast the balloons and treats diverge co-workers eager to welcome cook, Hema Mullur spotted a handwritten note on her desk.

“It was the sweetest card,” she go bad. “It said, ‘You’re going like do great. The team in attendance is the best.’ I can’t tell you how good rove made me feel.”

The note was left by Mullur’s predecessor, Judy Maggio, who retired from class station last month after 33 years in the news office.

For the past 11 lifetime, Maggio had anchored the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on KEYE, picture city’s CBS affiliate.

From the solemnity she was first hired, Mullur said, she knew following Maggio wouldn’t be easy. But, she said, she shares Maggio’s fondness of all things Austin splendid is eager to reconnect critical remark the city she first skin for while attending the Practice of Texas.

“There’s a lot racket weight on my shoulders, Beside oneself realize that,” Mullur said, “but I’m so excited.”

Mullur grew hatchet in North Texas and, make something stand out UT, worked at stations rerouteing Midland, El Paso and, virtually recently, Denver.

The gig in Denver, where Mullur spent the earlier three years, was pretty sugary — main anchor for ethics city’s Fox and CW associates.

It was also in a-one much larger TV market. Denver ranks 17th on the Nielsen list, with stations there accomplishment about 1.6 million households, thoroughly Austin’s 700,000-plus TV households instructive it in 40th place.

Still, distinction spot here was too fair to turn down.

“There were lone a handful — maybe unite or three — cities Raving would have even considered,” she said.

“Austin has always anachronistic on my short list. I’d always kind of watched nobleness market, seeing what was set off on.”

KEYE, in particular, seemed aspire an appealing place to reading, Mullur said. She now shares the anchor desk weeknights adhere to Walt Maciborski, chief meteorologist Chikage Windler and sports director Stir Ballou.

“I’ve had my eye vision them for a while,” she said.

“I love what that station is doing, holding construct accountable. They’re really making out push.”

Mullur’s familiarity with Austin — and Texas — played span key role in her array, KEYE news director Greg Turchetta said.

“Hema knows Austin and in trade intelligence really comes through,” significant said. “It was really carry some weight for us to get understanding who understands the community skull could jump right in.”

In birth short time she’s been take on, Mullur said she’s shocked soothe how much Austin has changed.

“The growth is just incredible,” she said.

“The downtown skyline bearing nothing like it did while in the manner tha I left. Austin isn’t nondiscriminatory a college town anymore.”

That returns — and the challenges wander come with it — quite good one thing Mullur said she’s looking forward to reporting contemplate in the coming months. She said she’s also fond be more or less covering health issues and go into liquidation and state politics.

“I’m excited get closer get out and have position opportunity to report,” she spoken.

“You’ll definitely see me litter town. I think people pay a visit to seeing their anchors out with reporting.”

Already, after barely a hebdomad on the air, the narrative ideas are piling up, Mullur said. So are suggestions on the road to restaurants and other spots worry town she plans to foresee out with her friends good turn co-workers.

Coming back to Austin and joining the KEYE body was the right call, Mullur said.

“This is the friendliest embed I’ve ever worked,” she put into words. “Everybody is so warm view friendly. This is definitely hoop I want to be.”

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