Talk Radio Turns Blue

Leading with Al Franken, Air America lands in Austin

"...seat to that day's live broadcast of Al Franken's radio show on the Air America network – the local..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Time to Bring Respect and Integrity Back to Talk Radio

"...The repeated racist comments made by 590AM KLBJ News Radio talk-show host Don Pryor on his July 14 morning..."

July 24, 2009 Postmarks

The Best and the Brightest (in Talk Radio)

More letters from the brilliant minds of Dan Patrick listeners.

"...the chipmunk-faced Silvio Berlusconi of suburbia let loose his radio listeners on the Chronicle, with dozens e-mailing our Lege..."

April 20, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

In Case You Missed Talk Radio's Rants This Week, Here's a Summation

April 18, 2006 Postmarks

Partisan Republican Spin Not Even Changed From Its Talk-Radio Sources

Feb. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"...Freed, and high energy?...Do you remember rock & roll radio?" -- Ramones, 1980..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...can divide the world between those who listen to radio (not only in the car) and those who get..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...Think about the history of radio as a medium. It has defined entire generations, starting..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Radical Radio

Is Hightower's Show Too Liberal for Austin?

"...writing is on the (Ruta Maya bathroom) wall: Austin radio listeners deserve Jim Hightower. Can someone please explain to..."

April 18, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Talk to Me

Cheadle leads a great cast through a musical glance at D.C. in the Sixties and Seventies.

"...take on yet another full transformation as the down-and-dirty radio deejay Petey Greene, who emerged from prison to develop..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

My Satellite Radio Jones

I love all radio, but my heart belongs to satellite

"...I have always been a radio junky. When I was younger, my fix was Seventies..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Radio Bullies

"...use of public airwaves. And that abuse of their radio frequency is what has gotten them into trouble...."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

When the Sixties Was Happening on FM Radio

AFS Doc Night: 'Radio Unnameable'

"...his "Good morning, cabal" sign-on signaling the start of Radio Unnameable, his midnight-to-dawn show on WBAI. Sitting in a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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

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

"...broadcasting remotely, three deejays now power the all-music public radio frequency. The no-contact skeleton crew does the work of..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Making Radio All Right

"...recent months KLBJ-AM has found some competition in the "news/talk" radio format. KJCE (1370 AM) switched from funky oldies,..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Girl Talk's Gestalt

Gregg Gillis and his monster mash-up brain

"...Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, reinvented the mash-up with his 2006 copyright-challenging masterpiece, Night..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Mo' ’Mo Music: The Return of Girl Talk

The mash-up maestro returns with a new album.

"...Girl Talk has released his latest epic mash-up album All Day..."

Nov. 17, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Boycott Hate Radio

"...the vast sewer of far-right, neoconservative thugs on AM talk radio. We have Rush Limbaugh, an obnoxious drug-addicted racist...."

Feb. 2, 2004 Postmarks

You Won't Hear That on Commercial Radio

"...at KUT, the University of Texas at Austin's non-commercial radio station (90.5 FM). It's especially true after pledge drives...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...down the door, we all lean in, we stop talking...."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Rebel Radio

Four guys, six 'Star Wars' films, and endless possibilities

"...Every Monday night from 8:30 to 9, a radio show airs on KVRX that by all rights should..."

April 28, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Radio On

'Austin Music Minute' maven Laurie Gallardo takes her time on KUTX

"...For all the talk of SiriusXM and Spotify (see "Nights in White Satin,"..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...When bureaucrats in Washington changed the laws that govern radio some 70-odd years ago, a goateed doctor from Kansas..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"...To hear Tom Castro tell it, radio advertisers have no respect for Austin's Hispanic community. "There..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'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.

"...might seem a mighty tall order, comparing The Border Radio Show: The Big Juke Box in the Sky to..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Texas Rebel Radio

The Hill Country's Alt-Country Beacon

"...-- 76, at last count -- there are even radio stations that play it. And not merely as an..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Prop. 2 on the Radio

Chronicle news editor and Stop Domain Subsidies founder to debate on KOOP

"...perhaps the following might help. Press release from KOOP radio: 91.7FM KOOP Radio Airs Both Sides of the Controversial..."

Oct. 29, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Zim: Right-Wing Radio Star?

What comes after Council for the talking head?

"...for vacationing Jeff Ward, Don Zimmerman joined KLBJ conservative talk show host Ed Clements on Monday to break down..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Radio Dial: New New Rock Alternative Alternatives?

The radio marketeers have rendered adjectives completely meaningless

"...noticeable to casual listeners, but all the local rock radio stations have been quietly tweaking their formats, trying to..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: Radio Waves

Station chiefs turn to meters to gauge listening habits

"...flurry of format changes and frequency juggling by local radio stations was only the first round of what is..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

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