Media Watch: Marfa Ready for NPR?

An attempt to bring public radio to West Texas shows that no good deed goes unpunished

"...With much hoopla, Marfa Public Radio launched last February, backed by a..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch

KXAN promises a new approach to 'Austin News' – but will it go beyond just a new set?

"...new set, which debuted last week with as much hoopla as local TV can muster. The set is the..."

July 13, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Hero

"...a scathing indictment of the depths to which the media frequently sinks in its unending quest for “truth” and..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Did that gal on the local news crew DHOH? With so many great stylists in Austin: why, why, why??? And guess who was seen at Starlite again?

"...famed local PR whiz Jennifer Hill is marrying her Hoopla Media & Communications business partner Fritz Robenalt. Hill's longtime..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Page Two: Nightmares on Main Street

New media, same old story

"...that what counts is to keep on keeping on – no matter how many people try to barricade your..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

Golden Globes were a big bust, but the new Terminator series opens an impressive can of whup-ass

"...NBC carries the gala in its entirety with pre-awards-show hoopla covered by entertainment networks on cable. But with the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

There'll be no hoolpa over our 19th anniversary.

"...I had put on the first SXSW Music and Media Conference with Roland Swenson, now managing director, and Louis..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Louis Black

"Morning-After Treatment" for HIV: Don't Count On It!

About AIDS

"...Recently there was a lot of hoopla in the media about a "morning-after treatment" against HIV..."

July 25, 1997 Column

Tentatively Titled

Austin's Class of 1997

"...to not get caught up in the record business hoopla."..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

"...fallen for the Smart Growth lie, the shallow Mega-Trends hoopla revived from the last boom gone bust...."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...Paul Aviña..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

In Development

From Cinemaker to the Austin School of Film

"...• First housed in the ArtPlex, 1705 Guadalupe. Screenings held..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature

Naked City

The hottest morning show in town is not a morning show

"...local radio morning shows, the new ratings champion is – drum roll, please – none of the above. KBPA-FM..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...over by now if I belonged to the "DV & MasterCard" camp. Rule No. 1: There's no need to..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...U.S. in Waco: Covert & Clumsy..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Fugitive Dreams Rides the Rails to Your Screen

Jason Neulander's American fable is available on VOD now

"...the station with a VOD release via Freestyle Digital Media, completing what Neulander called "one of the most challenging..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"......"

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Soccer Watch

"...As revealed here last week, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl..."

March 7, 2014 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

No Mo' Money

Big-time radio fears tsunami; Dudley & Bob treads water

"...As usual, KLBJ-FM's The Dudley & Bob Morning Show has gone public with its contract..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...thrilled to live in a Fehr and Granger house – its original rectangular block left intact by an offset..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column

KOKE Ratings Better Than 'Chronicle' Suggested

"...Brass reports, “The news wasn't as good for Border Media's Air America. After debuting in Austin in March to..."

Aug. 25, 2005 Postmarks

TV Eye

Eeek! A precious, affluent white woman is lost! Eeek! Evil looms around every corner, and the biggest victim of all? Plus, here comes Jenny Hart.

"...laughs. But it's also a statement of her emancipation – the beginning of a character's evolution which viewers would..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Got a fetish for fashion? Read the verdict on Austin's latest fetish fashion show. (Hint: Stephen seems to have kept his whip sheathed!!!)

"...as you also know, my feeling about all this hoopla is that it distracts from the basic reason for..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Page Two

Editor in Chief Louis Black reflects on the Chronicle's 21st anniversary.

"...splash in the community. Ed Lowry convened a meeting immediately so we could decide whether or not we were..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Lowdown

A Little Help From My Friends; The Buddy System

"...that it's pretty easy to fool most of the media most of the time...."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...through the pack of television cameras and dignitaries. The hoopla was lost on them. They just wanted what you..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

About AIDS

Geneva: Were We at the Same Conference?

"...commonplace in America that public preceptions produced by the media may be significantly different than the perceptions of those..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Raising Hell and Blazing Trails in the New Molly Ivins Documentary

A personal look at the journalist's powerful and profound Lone Star legacy

"...just how Ivins would go about skewering the administration – the fodder is endless, and Ivins would have spun..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Screens Feature by Mary Tuma

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...The cri de coeur went out via social media, as these things do. On the weekend of June..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Oh hai! I can haz haiku?

We Put Words on Paper unofficial SXSW party

"...still carve out a tiny piece of the SXSW hoopla. Case in point: On Tuesday night, We Put Words..."

March 17, 2011 Books Post by Ashley Moreno

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