Joined in Progress

Three local channels get Austin back with the program – but is anybody watching?

"...timid medium in the communications universe." – Ted Koppel, Broadcasting & Cable, 75th Anniversary Special Edition..."

June 23, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Good Night and Good Luck

Why is 'podcast' 'Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year?

"..."It's a wonderful way to broadcast what you do," says Hickman, who podcasts her music..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

TV Eye

Last week, I launched a riff on 'fascinating' TV-related events of 2005. Here's where I left off.

"...a lot of talk about indecency on TV. The broadcast networks had a "no fair" response to criticism, pointing..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

In an unusual union between an indie-rooted movie network and another cable network specializing in sensational courtroom dramas comes a sustained, multifaceted discussion on one of the most pressing issues of our time: free speech

"...man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for broadcast on [CBS and UPN]." NBC issued a similar response,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!

The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles' infamous radio version of 'The War of the Worlds,' and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas

"...adapting H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds for broadcast on the Mercury Theater on the Air the day..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Show With No Home

The current antsiness among broadcasters nails a local favorite

"...incident in a later note to fans, "During the broadcast of last Saturday's show on the Austin Music Network,..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...cornered Mark Cuban, then one of two founders of Broadcast.com, a collection of radio stations on the Internet, after..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

The Hightower Lowdown

Your Pentagon PAL tracks your every move, and the FCC lets media companies redefine "local."

"...out of the centralized television studio of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 62 television stations in cities like..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway. The concert will be broadcast to 450 million homes in 100 countries, with the..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta has been having trouble watching television lately. It's what isn't on television that's keeping her up at nights --the conspicuous absences, the loud silences.

"...Why? Because the public square, as it were, of broadcast television is not providing space for this discussion. However,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Doves

Record Review

"...DovesThe Last Broadcast (Capitol) Is The Last Broadcast the most consistently breathtaking..."

June 14, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...record labels for the music they play, just as broadcast radio and other music outlets do. That law instructed..."

May 3, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Push versus pull, a standardized infrastructure, the death knell of prime time … do you even want to interact with your TV?

"...to viewers flies in the face of the traditional broadcast TV's approach to audiences, which is to insert ads..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Articulations

Austin Playwrights Dan Dietz and Tom White get produced in L.A., playwright Colin Swanson gets two shows mounted in NYC, and set designer Christopher McCollum and painter Michael Ray Charles show up on PBS.

"...production of Little Women was visible on the PBS broadcast of the opera as part of its Great Performances..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

After a shutdown prompts an international protest, Rice Radio is back on the air in Houston.

"...It took a broadcasting shutdown, an instant international protest movement, and a student..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting; the Antone's Blues Festival looks to have a bright future.

"...fans all had to be turned off for the broadcast of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting. The..."

May 19, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...and hundreds of others started their own radio stations, broadcasting everything from Morse code to piano music. The free-for-all..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

The Body Politic

"...for his credibility.) Almost the next words that CNN broadcast were, "The President of the United States!" as William..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...(it has won nine international festival awards) and been broadcast as the 1997 season opener of PBS's prestigious P.O.V...."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

Psychographical Communities

Internet Radio: Sounds Heard 'Round the World

"...a streaming audio resource/listing of far-flung pirate radio stations broadcasting live over the Internet via RealAudio technology. Listening, I'm..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Give Us News, STAT!

Clooney's Cute, But Not After 10pm

"...-- let's get it out of the way, the broadcast seemed to say, so we can get to the..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Outing Ellen

TV Eye

"...Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is scheduling a broadcast by satellite of the episode at Birmingham's Alabama Theater..."

April 25, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Sleeping With the Television On

Teething Problems at the Austin Music Network

"...she took over, AMN went to 24 hours continuous broadcasting. In a short span of time, AMN lost two..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Women Dive into WATERTechnology Gainer

"...make inroads." KOOP and KAZI have since added a broadcast element to community media...."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Ken Hunt

Camp Wannabeheard

Three Days in the Life of a Talking Head

"...Consequently, the first half of the three-hour live broadcast on Saturday night was turned over to a warm-up..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Suzy Banks

Crossing Channels

Back in the News: Ron Oliveira and KXAN Cut a Deal

"...patterns of thought. So how come every local news broadcast offers the same insipid menu of blue collar crime,..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Column

Day Trips

"...discontinued its live Saturday night radio show, which was broadcast from under a tent at the jelly factory west..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fox and CBS Pull the Switcheroo Musical Affiliates

KEYE Channel 42

"...from an NBC-affiliated station in Peoria, Illinois, a Granite Broadcasting-owned station where he started his career in 1982. Six..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

Late Night With the Devil

Supernatural satire shows the hellish price of success

"...anything to stir up conversation, plots a special Halloween broadcast in which he’s going to invite on supposedly possessed..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...Brothers Productions featuring Penelope, Ryley Walker and Friends, The Broadcast, and The Long Long Night. Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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