TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...suspended pending an internal investigation and, in accordance with station policy, was escorted out of the office building by..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

None of the Hits, All of the Time

Austin's Real "Alternative," KVRX

"...on KVRXphotograph by John Anderson "C'mere!!" motions the affable station manager. "I want to show you the bathroom." Inside..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...• Local TV stations are refusing to broadcast a commercial from People for..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Media Watch

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

"...news department, the ritualized skin shedding and rebirth that stations periodically undertake when their news product starts tanking in..."

July 13, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Making the Energy Grid Smarter

New nonprofit pushes energy providers for efficiency via high tech

"...firm, and six public universities – believes the electric power grid is lacking the benefit of today's high tech..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...consistent and believable, but false, image of benevolent, protective power that feels good, especially since the image is candy-wrapped..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

"...budget savings -- which given the popularity and political power of the public-safety sector, is, of course, playing with..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

KAOS at KOOP

Austin's "community-owned" radio station is once again fractured into factions.

"...At KOOP, Austin's "community-owned" radio station, the latest chain of conflicts stems from what station..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Won't Leave the Nest

Singing AMN's Praises

"...and gave anecdotal evidence that the advertising on the station really works, thereby providing hope that ad revenues can..."

May 21, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Radio Waves

Changes at the Current

"...two entities. Could we expect to see the radio station rise to the level of the Current, which has..."

April 16, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Making Hay Out of Y2K

Preparedness 101

"...place, Collier says that generally, in talking about a power outage of lengthy duration, "we're looking at specifically trying..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Channeling the News

Watchdog Group Grades Local TV Stations

"...and fail to deliver truly relevant news that can empower and enlighten viewers. Of the 102 lead stories this..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs

The Death of Indie Labels: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...puts it, "The big boys, just out of sheer power of money, still have the ability to create somebody..."

May 2, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

TV News Revealed

K-EYE's Smoke and Mirrors Approach

"...of the mentality it takes to run a television station's news department these days. After all, K-EYE, like almost..."

May 2, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...someone who has fought and clawed his way into power, and now he has all that power. What will..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...behavior, enjoy music in the Great Hall, a build-your-own-bouquet station, a Valentine card crafting station, and a Polaroid station,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...Castle kicked off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again." After..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...But writer/director Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) is not making a film in isolation. This..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Exception

WW II melodrama lacks a charismatic lead

"...second wife who encourages his fantasies about returning to power; Ben Daniels, quietly moving as the Kaiser’s devoted right-hand..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Remembering blues drummer 'Uncle' John Turner, tracking the devil and Daniel Johnston, on-air with Seattle's KEXP, Abandoned Love Records, and more

"...Shannon on bass, the threepiece made blues history ("The Power of Three," April 13), cutting three seminal LPs, The..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...into a war against the U.S. He's a very powerful intellectual...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

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"...I took a sabbatical from this station when the Morning Zoo got replaced with The Big..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

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"...the article are purely my own and not the station's. In response, KUT deserves to be given back to..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

The Day the Music Died

Austin Music Network's on-air life winds down, as another network AMPs up

"...the cable dial, channel 15. As AMP readies the station, the city's take on AMN is best summarized by..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two

We celebrate the opening of Jonathan Demme's complex and moving The Agronomist and cherish the sensibilities of horror-film art director Robert Burns, who passed away this week

"...To talk about the power, content, and impact of The Agronomist, the documentary on..."

June 4, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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"...in their neighborhoods. They want to move an annoying power plant and a pungent landfill. The so-called liberal white..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Preachers and Pirates

The FCC proposes LPFM stations as an alternative to microradio, but that political process also generates static.

"...down in 1994, the FCC cracked down on microradio stations in earnest. But busting stations and taking operators to..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...channel 12). Meanwhile, over at 24-hour local cable news station News 8 Austin, the Chronicle's own non-mullet-wearing Andy Langer..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Interfaith's Socialist Agenda

"...City Lines' deep-pocketed advertising) that replacing electric streetcars by gas-powered buses was "progress." We sold our streetcars and put..."

April 23, 1999 Column

Kkkjfk

Giving Hate a Microphone

"...No one at the station seemed to be too anxious to take credit for..."

March 19, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

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