With Newy Scruggs on vacation this week, I’ll have some new voices alongside me from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on 105.3 The Fan. Monday: NBC 5’s Matt Barrie. Tuesday/Wednesday: You didn’t think I’d give it away that easy didja? Some clues? Sure. This voice has been on the TV/radio in this…
San Antonio’s Krayolas have been around a long while — since the late ’70s, on and off. I’d definitely start with Best Riffs Only, which collects the early singles that sound alternately like the Sir Doug, the Kinks and the Beatles, but the newer comeback stuff’s top-notch too, especially ’08’s…
Almost four years ago, the great George Gimarc introduced us to his then-latest rock and roll alternative: a would-be syndicated format called Radio SASS, which stood for “Short Attention Span System” — as in, no song lasted lasted longer than two minutes. Said one commenter at the time, the whittled-down…
Ever since Mayor Tom Leppert, City Manager Mary Suhm and Trinity River Corridor Project Committee chair Dave Neumann fired off a missive in which they claimed “public safety and flood control always come first,” we’ve been trying to track down Kevin Craig, director of the Trinity project for the U.S…
I’m not just saying this because he’s in sports talk radio and a fellow Duncanville High School alum, but I feel horrible about The Ticket’s suspension firing of Mike Bacsik. His crime: TWI. Tweeting While Intoxicated. Was what he said racist and offensive? Absolutely. In this day and age of everyone sees everything…
I know. Too easy. Actually, I’m not about to get all self-righteous and call 1310 AM The Ticket hypocritical. In fact, I’m shocked that producer/host Mike Bacsik’s Twitter posts on Mavs-Spurs Game 4 warranted a suspension and not a gold star. Not because they weren’t, as the saying goes, hot sports opinions: Congrats…
Update: Mike Bacsik was fired by station management Tuesday afternoon.This just in from KTCK-AM — you know, The Ticket: Mike Bacsik, the former footnote in baseball history who became Norm Hitzges’s producer-slash-co-host and weekend show host, has been suspended by the station. Why come? Well, for tweeting nine little words…
Word’s been circulating throughout the local radio community today that Greg Davis, who has been general manager at WRR-FM (101.1) since 1993, has been fired. That’s not true, according to WRR employees to whom I spoke today. Instead, they say, he is retiring effective May 6. He announced his decision…
I’ve only been in radio for 16 months, but there’s one word that keeps flowing from my lips when people ask me how I like the industry: Volatile. Seems every week day there’s a lineup shuffle or personnel switcheroo at some Dallas station. Over the weekend was no different, as legendary…
Not trying to pick a fight here. Promise. I just get really tired/annoyed by almost daily emails and comments to this here blog accusing me of stealing content from 1310 AM The Ticket. Got this one Monday for example: “I read Whitt’s End and, seriously you hack, you never have…
In the race for second place – and the challenge of closing the gap on monster 1310 AM The Ticket’s gigantic ratings lead – 103.3 FM ESPN is the latest sports talk radio station to re-organize and shuffle its lineup. Months after ridding itself of big-name hosts like Dale Hansen,…
I am finishing up a Buck Pets piece for the paper version of DC9 at Night in advance of the band’s reunion at Trees one week from tomorrow night. And, as I went to look for an old piece of video on YouTube (the “Iron Cock” performance at Trees in…
For his new piece about how ESPN’s locally focused Web sites are proof that the Worldwide Leader’s “thinking bigger than ever,” per GQ’s headline, New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman spent most of his time in Dallas with the likes of Calvin Watkins, Tim MacMahon and other ex-daily-newsers who’ve…
Over on DC9 this morning, Pete posted a video of Erykah Badu performing “Window Seat” on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show earlier this week — oh, right, so there’s a song in that naked video. Speaking of: Alice Cooper was on CBS’s The Early Show this morning addressing Badu’s Dealey Plaza…
A few news and notes with which to end your red-flag Tuesday:The Bush Institute on the SMU campus today announced its very first “human freedom” event, scheduled for April 19 at the James M. Collins Executive Education Center: The Conference on Cyber Dissidents: Global Successes and Challenges. The former president…
Alerted you last week that changes at 105.3 The Fan were looming. As of this afternoon, they’re official. The good news is that ratings are up, now clearly No. 2 ahead of 103.3 ESPN in the market but still well behind 1310 AM The Ticket. The bad news is that it’s…
A few odds and sods with which to end your soon-to-be-stormy Wednesday …State Sen. John Carona was down in Austin today speaking to the chamber of commerce about the state of Texas transportation, which, for those not following along, ain’t good. As in: a $50-to-$100-billion-shortfall not good. The Republican from…
Back in December we made mention of a one-woman show set to bow in Philly this month: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Yesterday, The New York Times offered a lengthy sneak peek at the show “by” and about Schutze’s former colleague and competitor, which stars Kathleen…
Actually, it’s not a rumor. It’s fact. But it’s not that Gavin. As in Gavin Spittle, the guy who served for years as fodder for Russ Martin’s shenanigans before moving to Houston. No, this time the new face at 105.3 The Fan is Gavin Dawson. He apparently will arrive from…
On April 13 in Las Vegas, Ron Chapman will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters’ Radio Hall of Fame — a momentous occasion that comes exactly one month after the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation pulled the plug on Platinum 96.7 and replaced it with an FM simulcast of WBAP-AM…
Several Friends of Unfair Park who like their oldies (and their terrestrial radio, same difference) are wondering what in the what is up with KPMZ-FM, otherwise known as Platinum 96.7. Because up until a short while ago it appeared the station had gone back to playing country. Only now, when…
Just so there’s no confusion, beginning at 7 tonight you won’t be able to post comments to Unfair Park. Our crack IT staff informs me this outage will last no longer than 30 minutes — but they said Tuesday night’s maintenance outage would last no more than an hour or…
