Cole's Posthumous Exoneration Is First for Texas

In clearing Timothy Cole's name, Travis Co. judge does what Lubbock officials refused to do

"...sitting on a floor with her 26-year-old son, Timothy Cole, rocking him in her arms, as he wondered aloud..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hill's Cafe Review

South Austin mainstay offers good food, good value

"...When local radio personality and restaurateur Bob Cole announced recently that this iconic South Austin eatery..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

All the Pretty Horses

"...Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton. Starring: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Julio..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Radio Bullies

"...your cowboy hats for this revelation -- Sammy & Bob are funny. That's right, sometimes they tell decent jokes,..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Food-O-File

Is it "Goodnight" for iconic Hill's Cafe?

"...in a long conversation with radio personality and restaurateur Bob Cole. Readers had been emailing me about Cole all..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Boy Scouts and United Way Agree to Disagree

Despite calls for a boycott, local reaction muted to split between United Way and Boy Scouts

"...Last week, radio host Bob Cole of KVET-FM described the split between United Way..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Something to Live For

"...out yet," says Akins' longtime friend and KVET colleague Bob Cole...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Naked City

"...Clear Chan­nel Austin has teamed KVET 98.1FM country stalwart Bob Cole and KVET 1300AM sports-talk morning guy Bucky Godbolt..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...got around that KVET's morning deejays Sammy Allred and Bob Cole had launched a red-baiting attack on the much-wooed..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

BloodSport

Place 6 Goes for the Jugular

"...for weeks by the time KVET's Sammy Allred and Bob Cole began creatively embellishing the already questionable charges. Sammy..."

May 30, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Playback: KOKE Is Back

The original KOKE returns to a soda fountain near you

"...commercial era of country," says longtime Austin radio personality Bob Cole. "That was part of the reason I left..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Naked City

RECA Recap

"...meal and the banter of KVET's Sammy Allred and Bob Cole, who appear to be making an annual gig..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Page Two

Over time, our "Best of Austin" issues have become an ongoing catalog of all things Austin, truly capturing the city and conveying a deep sense of place.

"...on KGSR-FM, followed by Brian Beck; Dale Dudley and Bob Fonseca on KLBJ-FM; Trina & Drew on 101X; Sammy..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Playback: Fringe Radio

Austin's newest radio frequency, Fringe

"...with sister station KOKE 99.3FM – whose head honchos Bob Cole and Jason Nassour are the primary owners of..."

April 11, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Strayhorn Leaves GOP Primary and Goes Indie

Comptroller decides to keep fighting Perry into November

"...of it flattering. Last Friday, KVET's Sammy Allred and Bob Cole laid out in advance the comptroller's plans to..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Election Updates

Shootout at D.a. Corral

"...two candidates take their platforms to the Sammy and Bob radio show. No doubt Phelps, ever the prosecutor, will..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature

What's Funny and What Isn't

"...let's frame the issue. The exchange between Allred and Bob Cole keyed on Cole's dry but provocative setup that..."

March 21, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

News Short

"...Sam Allred and Bob Cole of KVET-FM continued to beat the free campaign..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Page Two

Editor Louis Black comments on our brief reunion with cover subject (and onetime Chronicle illustrator) Keith Graves, reconsiders Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter, and says "get well" to KVET talk-show mainstay Sammy Allred and "farewell" to former staffer Sarah Hepola.

"...when it was really true that in Austin, Texas, Bob Wills was still the king. I don't always agree..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Media Clips

Southwestern Bell and Time Warner push Jump.Net and other small Internet service providers out of the Austin market with anti-competitive pricing schemes.

"...relapse, but something even more serious. KVET general manager Bob Cole said that, for both legal reasons and at..."

May 26, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Media Clips

KJFK-FM fires conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Daryl Janes goes to work for Comproller Carole Keeton Rylander, George W. Bush is still running for president

"...spilled over onto the airwaves of KVET's Sammy and Bob Show. Seeking another outlet to spread their message now..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Austin Murals

Two new murals that made their debuts in February reveal the pride of the Southside

"...Member Betty Dunkerley, KVET personality and Hill's Cafe owner Bob Cole, and Nilda de la Llata, owner of El..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

An 'Our Town' for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

"...the Statesman and on the front page was that Bob Cole was going to save the Tavern and reopen..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: The Big Mac Attack

The landslide victory of Brewster McCracken may have significantly mixed messages.

"...Hill's (owned by rabid McCracken-backer and KVET radio host Bob Cole) comprised more than just his friends and relations;..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...its way to KVET radio hosts Sammy Allred and Bob Cole, who launched their own attacks on TPSD staff..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Dancing About Architecture

Pushing the Envelope

"...512 and Disgruntled Seeds. Plans for the showcase at Bob Popular on Friday, March 19 calls for the club's..."

March 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Case of the Mystery Voice Mail

"...On Wednesday morning, on KVET-FM, Sammy Allred and Bob Cole played a recorded voice mail message from County..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature

News Top 10s

"...Larry Faulkner: Shortly after Sept. 11, UT journalism professor Bob Jensen actually had the gall to tell Houston Chronicle..."

Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...precisely, someone. The particular someone, of course, was Jim Bob Moffett, the CEO of New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan, whose FM..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rev. Frank Does It His Way

"...objectivity, Frank Garrett (The Wake-Up Call, KAZI-FM 88.7) and Bob Cole and Sammy Allred (The Sam and Bob Show,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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