Media Watch

Musical Managerial Chairs at KEYE, Emmis

"...other stations. The deal represents the first foray into broadcasting for Cerberus, the 15-year-old firm with investments in everything..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

"...teams installed the boxes, and Cartoon Network owners Turner Broadcasting System settled the matter out of court with Boston...."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

Music From the Inside Out

Documentary filmmaker Daniel Anker spent five years with the Philadelphia Orchestra as they toured, rehearsed, and waxed poetic about the purpose of music in their lives.

"...a starchy quality thick with the scent of public broadcasting. But while the film doesn’t contribute to the canon..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...What other Austin radio broadcasting outlet carried the entire Supreme Court hearings of Judge..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column

'Chronicle' Finds KUT Guilty of, Well, Guilty of Being Successful

"...Angeles, with a nationwide reputation. What other Austin radio broadcasting outlet carried the entire Supreme Court hearings of Judge..."

Jan. 25, 2006 Postmarks

Good Night and Good Luck

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

"...Shifts in broadcasting include the development of online real-time streaming, and upgrading..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

White House Press Whores?

Top 10 media stories

"...don't see every day in the radio biz: Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio) dropped the Beat, one of the..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

The Weather Man

In this heartfelt comic drama, a wonderfully controlled Nicolas Cage plays a man who, despite the appearance of success, is despondent over his superficiality.

"...top Chicago weatherman who’s currently under consideration for a broadcasting position on a New York morning show, Hello America..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Border Radio Show': Blast From the Past

In The Border Radio Show, a stellar cast of Lone Star artists revive the days when radio towers south of the Rio Grande filled the airwaves with revival meetings, wild product pitches, and all kinds of music.

"...as an outstanding documentary by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She is currently working with UT-Austin students to launch..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

The hottest morning show in town is not a morning show

"...return of the Beat, an R&B format, to Infinity Broadcasting-owned KXBT-FM (104.3). In its first book after switching back..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

TV Eye

Saving the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is going to require stepping outside the bleeding-heart comfort zone

"...last week when support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting came under attack. At risk was $220 million that..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Making the fashion scene with Your Style Avatar, Mr. Stephen McMillan Moser, it's hard to imagine when he has time to worship at the altar of Trinity Broadcasting Network... but he does. Hallelujah!

"...delight in the middle of the night: the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which broadcasts turgid biblical dramas without interruption. I..."

May 6, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Howard Stern's move to satellite pleases local hip-hop fans

"...was once the top-rated format in Austin. But Infinity Broadcasting, faced with competition from upstart KDHT-FM (Hot 93.3), dropped..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...by Bill McConnell, in the Sept. 28 issue of Broadcasting & Cable:..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Imperfect Game

The Texas Documentary Tour: 'Small Ball' follows a Little League team – and their parents – to the World Series

"...us by the good people at Penn State Public Broadcasting – they're right down the road from Little League..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Last Flight Out

Righteously mediocre stuff from the "film ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"

"...Out has the look and feel of a Christian Broadcasting Network movie of the week, replete with an interracial,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

Getting heavy with Recover, poppy with Voxtrot, and rejoicing that the AMN flap is finally over. More or less.

"...Stern. Seems the station's parent company, New York-based Infinity Broadcasting Inc., decided to switch over to an all-syndicated "hot..."

July 23, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Emmis Shoe Falls at KLBJ

The new radio business model comes to KLBJ-FM

"...Emmis took control of the stations from family-owned LBJS Broadcasting. In addition to Simmons, afternoon co-host "Powermouth Patty" Lotz..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Anger Fills the Air(waves) at FCC Hearing

Activists from the left and right challenge corporate media in Clear Channel's own back yard

"...is arguably Ground Zero in the world of corporate broadcasting. So on Jan. 28 it was only fitting that..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...a hearing in San Antonio on localism in the broadcasting industry (www.fcc.gov/localism), and local media reform activists planned substantial..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

A coup d'etat in Venezuela is captured by a video camera, and the filmmakers use the footage to question the honesty of the news media.

"...outlet, complete with folding chairs and production chaos, was broadcasting anything remotely resembling the reality of the situation. Bartley..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Latina USA in Exilio?

"...recipient of a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Martin is forming her own company, Gracias Vida Productions...."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

It All Started at a Small, 50,000-Watt Radio Station in Fredericksburg, Texas ...

"...into these stations if the bluebonnets have faded. KWCB-FM 89.7Broadcasting from Floresville, this station mixes country, gospel/Christian, and Tejano..."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Making Radio All Right

"...Owned by Infinity Broadcasting, a New York company that owns 180 stations, KJCE..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...because he could. Other quacks and misfits joined him, broadcasting their astrological predictions and strange spiritual and medical cures..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...Now, I'm just fascinated with the whole thing of broadcasting and how it works. There's a voyeuristic quality to..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Preachers and Pirates

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

"...Act of 2000 opens up the airwaves to stations broadcasting at a maximum of 100 watts and operated by..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

A point-counterpoint on Long Park development; Austin Music Network's bad move; and a call for a car-free council member.

"...the sub-standard quality of programming that AMN has been broadcasting since the move to Threadgill's North. On the technical..."

April 7, 2000 Column

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...the substandard quality of programming that AMN has been broadcasting since the move to Threadgill's North. On the technical..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Genghis Blues

"...night he encountered a signal from the former USSR, broadcasting a strange form of folk music he'd never heard..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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