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Sarah Vowell leaves the Cannoli and takes on dead presidents

At Long Last, KERA's Set to Get Back in the Music-Playing Biz With Newly Acquired 91.7

Just received a press release from KERA-FM concerning its latest acquisition: 91.7 on your FM dial. So many questions, which we'll get to shortly, but I wanted to offer the announcement in the meantime. The takeaway?KERA has yet to select a name for the new station. The programming on 91.7 FM will b ... More >>

KERA Purchases 91.7 FM Frequency, Promises AAA Format Broadcasting By Fall '09

Well, we asked for it (OK, passively), and now we've got it (Yay!): Come this fall, the 91.7 frequency on your FM dial will be all music, all the time. The folks at KERA just sent out a press release announcing that their organization has purchased the frequency and has chosen the AAA format (Adult ... More >>

Dallas, An "American Icon"

​On Christmas Eve afternoon, radio-radio's Julia Barton stopped by the offices to interview Schutze and me for an episode of Public Radio International's Studio 360, which is hosted by Kurt Andersen. Barton had been tasked with doing a piece on Dallas as part of the show's "American Icons" series, ... More >>