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November 13, 2009
Your Second Friday (Acid) Flashback: A Saturday in the Life of KNUS, Ads Included
KNUS99.comWe wrap our broadcast week with yet more from the KNUS vaults currently in the possession of one George Gimarc. What you'll find below are few minutes of what aired on Gordon McLendon's FM freak-out on August 22, 1970 -- some of the sounds and some of the smells, dig? The best part: the ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Dallas Radio and Jingle Pioneer Tom Merriman Died Early This Morning
Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame -- the great Ron Chapman's introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon's former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman "shaped the sound of thousands of telev ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2009
A Friday (Acid) Flashback, or: Local Radio Newcasts Could Still Use a Little More Sitar
The great George Gimarc bestows upon the Friends of Unfair Park quite the neat treat this Friday eve: a few minutes of a newscast from the late, great KNUS-FM (98.7). George, who could find a needle in a thousand haystacks in the pitch black whilst wearing a blindfold, just picked up hours' worth ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
At 93.3 FM, Cumulus Has Gone Off a KLIF
Yes, but will we see the return of these klassic kollections?Late yesterday, a Friend of Unfair Park suggested that Cumulus Media's going to rebrand 93.3 on Your FM Dial as a pop-40 station -- as in, Justin Timberlake and the Black Eyed Peas. Maybe so. But this much is (almost) certain: Sooner th ... More >>
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March 6, 2009
Echoes and Reverberations: Our Radio Heads Are Waxing Nostalgic
The staff of the Zoo, as seen on Liles' bedroom wall poster.I was twelve years old and up way past my bedtime. The headphones were on and I was hiding underneath the blankets. The stereo was tuned to a Dallas radio station called "The Zoo". A DJ named JD was playing a track from The Beatles' W ... More >>
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May 24, 2007
Helter Skelter, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
The staff of the Zoo, as seen on Liles' bedroom wall poster.I was twelve years old and up way past my bedtime. The headphones were on and I was hiding underneath the blankets. The stereo was tuned to a Dallas radio station called "The Zoo". A DJ named JD was playing a track from The Beatles' W ... More >>
Music
November 11, 2004
Remembering John Peel
Influential DJ began his radio career in Dallas
Culture
February 18, 1999
Master stroke
Olympic gold medalist Jerry Heidenreich has become what he swore he never would -- one hell of a swimming coach
Music
August 13, 1998
Fake the money and run
Steve Miller learned everything he knows about music while living in Dallas--but has he forgotten it all?
Music
June 25, 1998
Sucking on the '70s
A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade
Music
June 18, 1998
Sucking on the '70s
A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade
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October 17, 1996
Letters
A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade
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September 7, 1995
Letters
A new boxed set is the cardboard tombstone for a dead decade
Music
May 4, 1995
Farewell from Cracker Eden
Texas journalism loses a great writer and friend in Grover Lewis

Gordon McLendon

Blogs

Your Second Friday (Acid) Flashback: A Saturday in the Life of KNUS, Ads Included

Blogs

Dallas Radio and Jingle Pioneer Tom Merriman Died Early This Morning

Blogs

A Friday (Acid) Flashback, or: Local Radio Newcasts Could Still Use a Little More Sitar

Blogs

At 93.3 FM, Cumulus Has Gone Off a KLIF

Blogs

Echoes and Reverberations: Our Radio Heads Are Waxing Nostalgic

Blogs

Helter Skelter, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Music

Remembering John Peel

Culture

Master stroke

Music

Fake the money and run

Music

Sucking on the '70s

Music

Sucking on the '70s

News

Letters

News

Letters

Music

Farewell from Cracker Eden

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