Mike Rhyner, at left, weighed in today about the future of The Hardline. Moments ago, The Hardline host Mike Rhyner and sidekick Corby Davidson spoke at great length about the fate of KTCK-AM’s drive-time show — specifically, the cease and desist about which Richie wrote yesterday and the what’s-next for…
As we pointed out in November, Clear Channel’s experiment at KZPS-FM (92.5, also known as Lone Star Radio) ain’t working out as the San Antonio-based media giant had hoped. In April, ZPS went commercial-free in hopes of playing more music per hour and attracting listeners jumping ship in favor of…
For those who can’t wait till Texas Monthly’s new issue hits the stands, the mag has kindly posted its 2008 Bum Steer Awards — and by my count, Houston, with its 11 separate items, is far more bum-steer than Dallas, which only garners six (not including ones related to, oh,…
Greggo, at right, is gone — even his drops have been adiosed, alas. If you’re a listener of KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) — and judging from my saturated e-mail inbox and your comments, you most certainly are — this week you’ve heard a subtle, yet significant change. Or maybe you…
Mark Graham Not much early blogging today: I’m scheduled to appear on Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price’s radio show at 8 a.m.: Liberation Nation, sitting at KNON-FM (89.3) on your transistor’s tuner. The subject: this week’s cover story, about architect William Sidney Pittman and his Knights of Pythias Temple…
4:30 p.m. Just got back from an afternoon field trip to the Sigel’s liquor store at Cole and Fitzhugh avenues with Bobsky, ’cause when Bobsky says, “Grimes, let’s drink,” there’s nothing to do but grab one’s purse and traveling hat and follow the man in the motorcycle boots to the…
Uncle Barky, who watches local TV so you don’t have to, today provides his local TV year-in-review — a Top 10 rundown of “2007’s most notable happenings,” leading off with David Finfrock’s hacking cough, poor guy. Amazingly, Rececca Aguilar ain’t the top dog in Ed’s pack o’ picks. –Robert Wilonsky…
J.D. Freeman, Clear Channel’s Dallas market manager, called this morning with the news that as of 10 a.m. today, 97.1-FM is once more … The Eagle. As in, “We’ll play artists like Metallica, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Linkin Park,” etc. As we reported last month, Clear Channel ditched the Spanish-language format…
According to Editor & Publisher, folks ain’t spending a lot of time trolling The Dallas Morning News’ Web site. And the number’s dropping precipitously, at least when Nielsen compared November 2007 to November 2006 — down 18.5 percent, which ain’t as much as USA Today’s 27.8 percent free fall, but,…
More from the KXAS-Channel 5 archives, courtesy our Friend “phloid,” who sends word that he’s got more vintage video forthcoming — a little Harold Taft, anyone? Till then, a hard-hitting piece on a psychic from Richardson who predicted a “Metroplex calamity” for 1990. Not this. –Robert Wilonsky…
Yes, but that wasn’t the question. Do you like your new gig, Greg Hill? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. But it’s not The Ticket’s Greg, but rather this one, now appearing on the newly tweaked ESPN Radio. Don’t get me wrong, any move that yanks Stephen A. Smith and his faux…
Fred Holston Andrea Grimes, uncharacteristically shy this a.m., doesn’t feel terribly comfy touting her radio appearance today, so I will: The Girl on Top will join the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Cary Darling and D’s Zac Crain at noon today on KERA-FM (90.1)’s Think. Their subject: ” 2007 – The Pop…
A video double feature this a.m., courtesy “eyeontv,” who yesterday posted to the YouTubes these ancient KXAS-Channel 5 promos featuring Chip Moody and shockingly topless sports guy Jim Brinson, who really puts the “action” in Action News. Moody, during this period, was particularly hunky — Dirty Harry, with only a…
The Hardline’s Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams Lawyers. That’s the latest update on the continuing saga of host Greg Williams and KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). The wind has drastically changed directions since I wrote in my November 22 column that “The Hammer” would be back on the air at The…
KDFW-Channel 4’s Rebecca Aguilar — gone, but not forgotten Courtesy Uncle Barky, this morning we find over at the Poynter Institute an article wherein TV news directors and general managers from across the country debate — long after the fact — whether KDFW-Channel 4’s Rebecca Aguilar acted properly when she…
In the December issue of Presstime, the Newspaper Association of America asks six Interwebheads how they’d run newspaper Web sites if given the chance to start from scratch. Among the panelists are: reddit.com’s co-founder Steve Huffman, topix.net’s CEO Chris Tolles and Mark Cuban, who references Crocodile Dundee when answering the…
In a couple of weeks, neither one of these folks will be working here. Hey, lookie there — our very own Matt Pulle makes the Nashville Post today. And its People section, no less — howzabout that, fancy. And what does it have to say about Matt? Lessee … oh,…
Plano’s Karith Foster, whose new job is keeping Don Imus out of trouble Don Imus is back on the air this morning, this time with an African-American co-host — and she’s a Plano native, no joke, who moved to New York in 1999 so she could get on TV. Her…
Say adios to La Preciosa, the Clear Channel-owned Spanish-language station currently sitting at 97.1 on your FM dial. At midnight tonight, it’s going … all-Christmas music, all the time, till at least the end of, like, Christmas. At that point, Clear Channel’s Dallas market manager J.D. Freeman says this morning,…
So, he told us in February he was done with the news business — was gonna take some time off, spend time with the missus and family, maybe do some teaching at SMU. Not so fast: KTVT-Channel 11 just sent word that Tracy Rowlett has signed a contract extension that…
I honestly can’t remember the last time I watched CW33’s News at Nine in its entirety. Actually, I don’t think I ever had. But last night, I was rummaging around, cleaning up the house and fiddling on the laptop with the TV on. America’s Next Top Model had expired on…
Philip Wuntch, seen here signing copies of his book Martin Jurow Seein’ Stars in 2003 at UTA Well, well — look who’s back. After taking some time off, courtesy the Belo brain trust, former Dallas Morning News film critic Philip Wuntch makes his return to the dark side, reviewing the…
