Six paragraphs into this Burnt Orange Report item this morning, which deals with the dwindling number of reporters covering State Capitol doings, there’s this intriguing nugget:Sources say publishers and editors have ratcheted up their efforts to come up with news while cutting staff. Additionally, word that Austin investment guru and…
After the jump you’ll find KXAS-Channel 5’s video tribute to Brett Johnson, the 13-year station veteran who died Sunday at the age of 48. The NBC affiliate reports that Johnson — whose affinity for Texcentric tales made him the station’s down-home-style version of Bob Phillps — died of pancreatitis, for…
Schutze is out of the office, no doubt freshening up his deep, dark tan for his forthcoming television appearance, about which we were just notified by Meg Fullwood at KERA. As she does every week, Meg sent along the programming schedule for next week’s Thinks, both the radio and teevee…
Honestly, I thought the guy was gonna walk. I’m shocked he took a plea today. I mean, “no contest” is a sort of an admission of guilt, right? To me, this smells like Russ and Mandy – who were reconciled for months – having a very recent falling out and him fearing…
Flickr’s been very good to Unfair Park over the years, helping to turn up vintage photos from Fair Park, inspired looks at the skyline and sharp political commentary from Southfork.Starting next week, we’ll be showcasing some of the best new shots from around town in a weekly slide show: the…
The latest issue of The Economist contains a special section about Texas — six stories in all to down with your morning coffee: “Lone Star rising,” “Tex-mix,” “Work hard. Be nice,” “Beyond oil,” “The red and the blue” and “The new face of America.” (Guess which of the handful leads…
I’ve answered the “Where’s Greggo?” inquisition over and over and over. But what of Russ Martin? At one time he was the No. 1 radio voice in this market. The first half of this decade 105.3’s Russ Martin Show and The Ticket’s Hardline battled for supremacy amongst male listeners in afternoon…
Pete’s got the details concerning Paul McCartney’s just-announced August 19 performance at Jerry Jones’s EnormoDome in Arlington, I think it is? But, really, if you know anything about me, you had to know this was coming: the Beatles’ interview with WFAA’s Bert Shipp during the band’s September ’64 visit to…
Well, none of them are building wind farms in West Texas. Two have known the soft touch of Mike Modano. Three are former or current Disney Channel stars. All are enamored of copious amounts of free publicity. Two have posed nude. And all have been named one of the “25…
I appeared on NBC5’s Out of Bounds Sunday night with Matt Barrie and hosted Monday’s mid-day slot on 105.3 The Fan with NBC5’s Newy Scruggs, yet still was somehow clueless that we’re in the midst of a monumental alteration to our TV landscape. Was watching Channel 5’s newscast last night when…
Perhaps you heard Mike Snyder and Jane McGarry’s tearful parting of ways this morning on Dunham and Miller, where the closing segment of Monday’s 10 p.m. KXAS-Channel 5 newscast seemingly played on a loop. The station’s story concerning Snyder’s new deal with the NBC affiliate — as mentioned in May,…
As Barry Horn mentioned about an hour ago, as of this afternoon Ben and Skin are no longer your drive-time hosts at 105.3 The Fan. After almost a year of station name changes and philosophical tweaks, in the end their unconventional show – heavy on basketball and hip-hop and unique guests…
If you were surprised by Greg Williams’ cameo on with Richard Hunter yesterday afternoon, you haven’t been paying attention. The Hammer, sacked by ESPN Radio in May partly because of a couple of wacky nights he blamed on a change in depression medication, will sit in with Big Dick the next…
To close out a month in which ESPN blowhard Chris Berman somehow received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, guess who’s mad at sports announcers? Would you believe … a sports announcer? I love me some Steve Dennis. I mean, other than the times he puts on…
Actually, once you read the piece — which appears in the issue hitting newsstands this week but which you can read right now — it seems rather unlikely that the Prairie Home Companionist actually came to Dallas for the State Fair, as his is more of an essay about the…
So guess who I bumped into Saturday afternoon? Hmm. Perhaps I gave away a tad too much in the headline? The former Live 105.3 FM shock jock is alive. I’ll let you decide if he’s well. Martin – who gets the Dallas Observer cover treatment in our July 16 issue – took…
Saturday afternoon, friend of the show Danny Hurley sent word that they were offering quite the Father’s Day gift out at Addison Airport — flights on a B-24 Liberator, where everyone calls shotgun. (Pretty cool too, as only two Liberators are still flying). Danny wanted to go out and shoot…
News today that 105.3 The Fan has said goodbye to weekday 9 a.m.-Noon hosts Kevin Scott and Greg Hill. More changes could be in the offing. Developing …..
*May’s PPM radio ratings show The Ticket maintaining its dynasty as the No. 1 station among Men 25-54. ESPN Radio and The Fan treaded water, placing 9th and 20th respectively. Status quo. *You could read about the Mavs and ESPN Radio reaching a four-year extension here on June 17, or you could’ve read…
The Richards Group gets a shout-out in The New York Times this morning for its Hoagiefest promotion, which takes a big ol’ bite outta the Yellow Submarine in order to sell sandwiches to folks living up north. Turns out, Richards is just ridin’ the peace train with the rest of…
Back in April we brought word of the KDGE-FM 20th anniversary shindig that George Gimarc’s been putting together at the Lakewood Theater without a cent from Clear Channel, which ain’t got many pennies left. Well, George called this afternoon to remind us that, yes, the thing’s still on and, according…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to Uncle Barky’s nice YouTube discovery: WFAA-Channel 8’s analog adios on Friday, a brief retrospective of the ABC affiliate that offers a far fancier farewell than KXAS-Channel 5’s anti-climactic fade-to-static. It’s worth a look-see, especially for longtime locals for whom Pete Delkus’s…
