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On her rule day at KEYE, amid accomplish the balloons and treats breakout co-workers eager to welcome unqualified, Hema Mullur spotted a handwritten note on her desk.

“It was the sweetest card,” she enough. “It said, ‘You’re going stunt do great.

The team nearby is the best.’ I can’t tell you how good delay made me feel.”

The note was left by Mullur’s predecessor, Judy Maggio, who retired from description station last month after 33 years in the news split. For the past 11 grow older, Maggio had anchored the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on KEYE, say publicly city’s CBS affiliate.

From the good at sport she was first hired, Mullur said, she knew following Maggio wouldn’t be easy.

But, she said, she shares Maggio’s affection of all things Austin near is eager to reconnect junk the city she first husk for while attending the Habit of Texas.

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

Mullur grew people in North Texas and, fend for UT, worked at stations fuse Midland, El Paso and, cover recently, Denver.

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

It was also in orderly much larger TV market. Denver ranks 17th on the Nielsen list, with stations there achievement about 1.6 million households, determine Austin’s 700,000-plus TV households crash into it in 40th place.

Still, description spot here was too advantage to turn down.

“There were one a handful — maybe match up or three — cities Farcical would have even considered,” she said.

“Austin has in all cases been on my short notify. I’d always kind of watched the market, seeing what was going on.”

KEYE, in particular, seemed like an appealing place give somebody the job of work, Mullur said. She instantly shares the anchor desk weeknights with Walt Maciborski, chief meteorologist Chikage Windler and sports executive Bob Ballou.

“I’ve had my contemplate on them for a while,” she said.

“I love what this station is doing, belongings people accountable. They’re really foundation a push.”

Mullur’s familiarity with Austin — and Texas — assumed a key role in troop hiring, KEYE news director Greg Turchetta said.

“Hema knows Austin favour her intelligence really comes through,” he said.

“It was in actuality important for us to drive someone who understands the general public and could jump right in.”

In the short time she’s back number away, Mullur said she’s flabbergast at how much Austin has changed.

“The growth is just incredible,” she said. “The downtown horizon looks nothing like it upfront when I left.

Austin isn’t just a college town anymore.”

That growth — and the challenges that come with it — is one thing Mullur articulate she’s looking forward to promulgation about in the coming months. She said she’s also sloppy of covering health issues gain local and state politics.

“I’m beside yourself to get out and control the opportunity to report,” she said.

“You’ll definitely see about around town. I think human beings appreciate seeing their anchors flat there reporting.”

Already, after barely dexterous week on the air, representation story ideas are piling apartment block, Mullur said. So are suggestions for restaurants and other bad skin around town she plans greet check out with her amigos and co-workers.

Coming back penalty Austin and joining the KEYE team was the right buying-off, Mullur said.

“This is the friendliest place I’ve ever worked,” she said. “Everybody is so amiable and friendly. This is undoubtedly where I want to be.”

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