Still haven’t seen a copy of A.H. Belo’s Briefing, the single-section freebie being chucked on the lawns of the 75-thou-and-up crowd not currently taking The Dallas Morning News, luckies. Alas, all I’ve seen is the online media kit, which describes the ad supplement thusly: “Briefing delivers concise and informative news,…
A Friend of Unfair Park e-mails with some literary doings courtesy a familiar face: KTVT-Channel 11 chief meteorologist Kristine Kahanek has a kiddies’ book forthcoming titled Katie and the Magic Umbrella: A Stormy Adventure. The book’s due in stores on Monday, and from the publisher’s description, the 44-pager aimed at…
Greg Williams of ESPN Radio. How weird does that sound? The longest-running, worst-kept secret (ahem, welcome to the party mainstream media) in local radio finally has replaced its question mark with a period as former Ticket co-host Greg Williams has officially landed a show on ESPN Radio. Williams confirmed to…
After news of yet another delay in the Trinity River Project, we thought it was about time to check in on the progress of the Texas Horse Park, especially with the deadline for Texas Horse Park, Inc. to raise $15 million rapidly approaching. Turns out THPI ain’t nowhere close to…
Innocent until proven guilty. Or at least indicted. I’m just a toy-box tinkering sportswriter whose never been indicted, so I’m learning how these jurisprudence things work. The answer: Slowly. I was wondering this morning what the heck is going on with LIVE 105.3 FM’s Russ Martin. Surely you remember him…
Skin has cash and, apparently, safety goggles. Ben’s the other guy. I’ve always loved, er, at least really liked Ben & Skin. The dudes are fast, funny, fresh, friendly, finicky and, best of all, freaky fans of friggin’ alliteration. But in the ramp-up to them taking over middays 11 a.m.-3…
Bob and Dan vs. Ben and Skin. Delicious. Another radio industry source tells me just now that Live 105.3 is indeed shifting its midday focus toward sports and former Ticket hosts. But instead of Greg Williams and Mike Fisher, Ben & Skin have landed the gig. Commencing 8.25.08. — Richie…
Careful Romo, next thing you know Jessica might leave you for a syndicated star. Back to sports after this short break for your weekly breaking radio news: Richard “Big Dick” Hunter, host of the always innovative and usually intoxicating Wild Ass Circus on Live 105.3, is going big time. I…
Our old pal Sarah Hepola points us to Jody Rosen’s story in Slate today about “the weekly alternative for Montgomery County” that likes to steal other folks’ stories and credit them to some dude named Mark Williams. Rosen was tipped to The Bulletin by a Slate reader who noticed that…
Last month, the Department of the Army published War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003-2007, a textbook selling for $71 on Amazon, which is currently out of stock. It’s not exactly a coffee-table tome, as The New York Times notes today that “the pictures show shredded…
Belo at its best. Dallas’ Only Daily sports columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor (wearing a white lab coat, v-neck sweater, bow tie, scruffy, proletarian mustache and Bluetooth earpiece, peculiarly speaking with a robust Irish accent): Ya know what I’ve been thinking? Dallas’ Only Daily sports columnist Tim Cowlishaw (wearing a white lab…
Coming to a station near you soon: The Ticket’s new head-to-head competition? As his old bunkmates revel in ratings success, Greg Williams is angling to become one of The Ticket’s head-to-head rivals. Though he’s been flirting with a weeknight gig at ESPN Radio for months, Live 105.3 is now the…
Better than ever? In this story, The Ticket didn’t seem to really miss their old colleague, Greg Williams. And in the radio ratings for Spring ’08, the station likewise seems as healthy as ever. The Ticket finished No. 1 in Dallas-Fort Worth for their target demographic – men 25-54 –…
I was looking for something on Flickr and, as usual, got distracted, this time by dozens of photos “Texas Big Boy” has snapped of his little Big Boy standing at various locales — like, oh, Augusta National during the ’08 Masters, a museum in Laos and the American Airlines Center…
While we’re on the subject of KXAS-Channel 5, an excerpt from reporter Grant Stinchfield’s blog entry today, the title of which is “Why Don’t Rappers Rhyme Anymore?”: “I’m G-Stinch of the Six O’clock hour, uncovering the news is my power. I hold the mic like a gun firing facts at…
Jane McGarry Looks like KXAS-Channel 5 is making news this a.m. — at least in Chicago, where both the Sun-Times and Tribune make mention of the Dallas NBC affiliate’s new president and general manager, Tom Ehlmann. Why’s it a big deal up there? Because Ehlmann’s VP and GM at WGN-Channel…
Robert Decherd Seeking Alpha has posted the transcript of yesterday’s conference call during which A. H. Belo Corporation execs, including chairman Robert Decherd and Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney, chatted with three analysts concerning the company’s second-quarter earnings. But, of course, first and foremost on the minds of the…
Kudos to the headline writer at KLTV-Channel 7 in Tyler for figuring out how to get a joke out of that whole awful, don’t-wanna-even-think-about-it Mineola under-age sex-club story. –Robert Wilonsky…
Russ Martin, courtesy the Southlake PD Just got a e-mail from an elated Russ Martin fan: “He’s back on the air.” Sure enough. Says David Henry, general manager at KLLI-FM (Live 105.3), of the decision to put Martin back in the air, following his July 18 arrest, “Russ came on…
I left a message earlier today for Bob Mong, president and editor of The Dallas Morning News, for further details concerning this morning’s announcement that, beginning immediately, A.H. Belo will reduce its workforce by 500 employees spread amongst its four newspapers. Mong, who was relatively forthcoming with Unfair Park during…
Obviously you guys get turned on by tuning in. I repeat, I’m not an Ed Bark starter kit attempting to become Dallas’ radio beat reporter. But, then again – in the essence of “the customer is always right” – here’s the latest news that filled my email and voice mail…
You will find here this morning several “arguments why A.H. Belo would be a good investment,” among them “experienced and shareholders-aligned management” (meaning Belo’s chairman, president and chief executive officer Robert Decherd) and its estimable catalog of valuable properties. The analysis comes on the morning A.H. Belo announced a net…
