Media Watch: KXAN Bucks the Wave: Covers the News

KXAN bucks the wave – covers the news

"...list of once-common features has disappeared from local TV news, staples of the business that faded into the oblivion..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Fox and CBS Pull the Switcheroo Musical Affiliates

KEYE Channel 42

"...bare-bones Fox station in North Austin into a multi-million-dollar CBS affiliate. Upah's 6'3" frame moves swiftly and purposefully across..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

Culture Flash!

The Blanton unloads some prints, 'Keepin' It Weird' gets the eye from CBS, and Zach's Little Elf ain't so little anymore

"...Theatre Center gets some national exposure this weekend, as CBS News Sunday Morning does a segment on Keepin' It..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

On the Map

Austin's art scene kept catching the eye of the nation in 2005

"...Center's homegrown show about Austin, Keepin' It Weird, caught CBS's eye, scoring a segment on the network's Sunday Morning..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

News blast

"...at two in the afternoon or two in the morning, for a month or another set period of time?..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

Openings, licenses, and more foodie news around town

"...scone, a Chelsea bun, and some espresso shortbread for Sunday morning. Oh, and some organic tangerines from Carrizo Springs...."

Nov. 20, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

TV Eye

The discussion of race in this country needs to continue, but who's going to do the talking?

"...speech" and the resultant clatter about it on cable news and other talk shows. Then there was the series..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...– 8-track, keyboard, guitar – but in the bright morning light of this low-ceiling corner room, mostly bare walls..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Kubiak's Gutsy Call Clinches Victory

"...last one? Apparently the fine folks at our local CBS affiliate aren't big fans as they chose to show..."

Nov. 13, 2006 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

TV Eye

Good riddance to Bill Maher, with reservations.

"...to mind), absent from the airwaves is serious, balanced news coverage that dares to ask: Is our way the..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Chick dramas: we just don't get it; also, what to watch this witching weekend

"...Sydney, as the dutiful daughter, has to break the news to the family, which has (hark) grown to love..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...also believes that the amount of independent and alternative news available today indicates an "unprecedented movement in American history."..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...performance; 63% said the same in a New York Times/CBS News poll, while 55% said they have a favorable..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"..."That Sunday we closed the fair down," boasts the Palo Alto,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Grandma vs. Cowboy

Can Strayhorn lasso Perry? Maybe the Lege will tell.

"...each sought to upstage the other during the weekend news cycle. The two media events followed U.S. Sen. Kay..."

June 24, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...the audience heard motivational speeches from Debbye Turner, a CBS news correspondent and doctor of veterinary medicine who emphasized..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

TV Eye: That's Entertainment?

Why are we so interested in watching a TV star self-destruct?

"...Sheen's popular TV series, Two and a Half Men (CBS), which had been on temporary hiatus since Sheen's very..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

"...and legacy of Texas icon Molly Ivins was celebrated Sunday in a memorial service at the First United Methodist..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

TV Eye

"TV Eye" reflects on television's coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

"...horrific events of September 11 on television. On weekday mornings, I usually listen to Morning Edition on National Public..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...days, the legendary Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on Sunday. See "Page Two." Austin Stories• Having failed to gather..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

We Get What We Want

"...I enjoyed Lee Nichols' article regarding our local area news coverage ["Media Clips," Vol. 17, No. 24]. Though I..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

TV Storm Surge ... and the Demanding Life of a 'Statesman' Editor

What would we do without TV during a storm?

"...TV were supposed to be told to go to News 8, the local cable news channel...."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

An Easy Read

NPrint Brings Books to TV

"...says. Locally, NPrint will air on KEYE-TV, very early Sunday mornings. "Austin has one of the highest literacy rates..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Screens Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

The Big Crapshoot

Tracking South by Southwest

"...second year, the Toys played the Back Room's last Sunday night slot to a crowd of ten. Frontman Jason..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Liaison d'Etre

"...Emmons will continue on in her position. "The good news is that the current Bureau director [Ric Luber] is..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...So imagine the lodes of self-righteous vanity that fueled newspaper editors in the Western pioneer settlements, where the exercise..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature