Yet another longtime San Antonio anchor is leaving the airwaves. ABC affiliate KSAT announced that Steve Spriester, a more than 30-year vet of the station, will step away from the desk after a final broadcast on August 27.
According to KSAT’s announcement, Spriester will be joining Perfected Claims, a legal advocacy firm that specializes in tort cases. The journalist first joined the news team in 1995 as a general assignments reporter.
Since then, he has grown with the station. He quickly became a weekend anchor in 1996, a 6 pm weekday anchor and investigative reporter in 1998, and has helmed 5 pm, 6 pm, and Nightbeat coverage since 2000. Over the decades, he has earned several awards, including three Lone Star Emmys, two Telly Awards, and recognition from the Texas Associated Press as Best Newscast…