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D-FW television\'s list of 2009 departures
Uncle Barky lists the television news departures of 2009 from the Dallas-Fort Worth TV market: For now, though, we say a last goodbye and wish all of these people well. This alphabetical list of 2009's evictees, either by choice or force, is of on-c...
Is KDAF\'s Candice Crawford engaged to Cowboy Tony Romo?
Is DFW sports reporter sensation Candice Crawford of KDAF 33 (she is also the sister of Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford) engaged to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo? That rock on her hand is getting some talking, but the reps say there has been no ...
DFW\'s KTVT boss moves to LA\'s KCBS
I told you how KTVT general manager Steve Mauldin aims to make CBS 11 number 1. Well I guess he did a good job and now CBS has moved him to KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles says the LA Times: CBS picked Mauldin partly because ...
KTVT CBS 11\'s Bennett Cunningham exits
Looks like salary cuts at CBS owned and operated station KTVT sends an investigative reporter packing: Facing a salary cut and a shaky local television news landscape, CBS11 investigative reporter Bennett Cunningham on Friday decided to leave the ...
VIDEO: Abby\'s Book Corner a success
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com/video. Nice update by Lindsay Wilcox of NBC 5 KXAS in DFW on my goddaughter's book drive. There are thousands of books on the shelves in Abby's Book Corner at Medical City Children's Hospital of Dallas...
Free Whataburger food through December
You know me, I like free food and I like Whataburger. What can I say, I'm a Texan...I will not apologize for it. Well two things I like have come together for the holidays: Sign up today and you'll receive a coupon for free food valid every other d...
Texas radio roundup
Todd and Don show returns to airwaves of 590 KLBJ After a five-month suspension from Austin’s airwaves, the Todd and Don Show is back on the radio. Boller exits KTSA morning show; female successor hired Big news on San Antonio's talk radio front: ...
Why Buc-ees is so popular
I think this photo I took of a sign over a Buc-ee's gas pump explains why this place has a cult-like following in Texas.> Mike McGuff Blog ...
Bigfoot creature on the loose in San Antonio
WOAI has been aggressively covering the story of a bigfoot-like creature on the loose in San Antonio: Police said the 'Bigfoot-type' creature was spotted in the area around Highway 151 and Loop 1604. A caller told police a large, tall, hairy creat...
Texas TV station sweeps month ratings are in
All the blood, sweat, tears and gin has paid off for TV newsroom staffers during the month of November. We now know sweeps month ratings results for Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin. HOUSTON Channel 13 leads in most Nove...
President Obama-shaped Ecstasy pills seized in Texas
On the Mexico border in Palmview, TX police found drugs in the shape of President Obama: The Ecstasy caused some concerns, because it was brightly-colored and made to look like popular cartoon characters like Homer and Bart Simpson, the Smurfs, an...
TV game show host Chuck Woolery\'s new Austin, TX life
Who knew that the host of the Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection and Scrabble lives in Austin: He came here in 2006 to tape a commercial and bought a home within two days. It was only supposed to be a vacation home. “Then three months after, I ...
VIDEO: KENS 5 tribute to anchor Chris Marrou
After 36 years behind the anchor desk - KENS 5 Anchor Chris Marrou has stepped into retirement. Now the station pays tribute. - PART 2: SA's Newsman, A Tribute to Chris Marrou - PART 3: SA's Newsman, A Tribute to Chris Marrou> Mike McGuff Blog ...
Fox 4 KDFW cuts anchor Baron James
The Dallas Observer reports that anchor Baron James will leave Fox 4 KDFW soon: The Fox affiliate has opted not to renew James's contract, and his last day co-anchoring the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Clarice Tinsley will be January 17. READ MORE ...
Black Friday reveals the human condition
It's that time of year again for cold chills and ice...actually that is just how the stares feel you get from other shoppers this weekend. It doesn't usually get super cold in Texas right now temperature wise. I have received reports from the Black...
107.1 KGSR to move to 93.3, Todd and Don back on KLBJ
107.1 KGSR is a popular adult alternative station in Austin that's been on for years. Now the station is moving down the dial to 93.3: Emmis Austin Radio announces that effective Friday, November 20th at 5pm, award-winning, adult alternative stat...
Electrical fire forces NBC DFW off air
NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas Fort Worth has such a hot newscast that the station actually caught on fire. The flames "interrupted" the show at 10:10pm. READ MORE Talk about a scorcher of a sweeps month in DFW. (Thanks Murdock)> Mike McGuff Blog ...
KENS 5 names Jeff Vaughn as new anchor
The speculation is over. It turned out not to be Jeff Brady (former WFAA 8 anchor) or ABC newsman Jim Avila to take over KENS 5 anchor Chris Marrou's gig but Jeff Vaughn of KSHB-TV Kansas City: KENS 5 has named Jeff Vaughn, an award-winning br...
H-Town\'s 11 Best barbecue joints
I am a barbecue lover and a few years ago did my ratings of the best Houston and Texas barbecue joints for abc13.com. Now KHOU.com 11 is getting into the act by taking votes for the top Houston BBQ restaurants. SEE THE LIST RELATED - Houston's to...
VIDEO: Cat climbs ticket writing cop like a tree and Bud Adams saluting
Taylor Police Officer Keith Urban caught one of the strangest incidents of his career a few weeks ago on his police unit's video camera. During a traffic stop, a cat climbed him like a tree as he was writing a ticket. BONUS Commenter UR posted thi...
New \'TXA 21 News: First in Prime\' anchor Keith Garvin debuts
I told you in October that former ABC network reporter and Washington DC's NBC O and O WRC-TV anchor Keith Garvin was joining KTXA 21's prime time news. Well guess what? He starts this evening: Garvin, who grew up in Bryan-College Station, retur...
San Antonio to get new 24-hour local news channel?
Jeanne Jakle of the San Antonio Express-News reports that the city could be in the running for another 24 hour local news channel after the closure of News 9 San Antonio a few years ago: Time Warner Cable here is in the midst of "a conversation" abo...
Radio jingle pioneer Tom Merriman, 85, dies
Sad news to report from the radio world. Tom Merriman, who was a radio jingle pioneer in Dallas, has passed away: Merriman wrote and recorded the first radio jingle for KLIF-AM/Dallas, the first ever recorded in Dallas. He along with Jim Long partn...
Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2009 ceremony highlights
Rowdy Yates of 100.3 KILT sent me this great recap of the 2009 Texas Radio Hall of Fame ceremony: It was the biggest and best, Most attended and most comfortable. Held in a historic place, Tin Hall, there was no better venue to showcase legendary ta...
DFW gets new indie radio station Monday
That new indie public radio station KXT radio (91.7 FM) from KERA I told you about signs on in Dallas-Fort Worth tomorrow. The Dallas Observer has more: "We're just putting together playlists of things that we think will sound good," [Gini] Mascorr...
KTVT general manager Steve Mauldin aims to make CBS 11 number 1
Anyone who knows about Dallas-Fort Worth television knows it will be hard to take WFAA Channel 8's top ratings spot. Don't tell KTVT general manager Steve Mauldin that. He aims to make CBS 11 the number one station: Steve Mauldin, president and ge...
New Web site for KVUE - what about KHOU, WFAA and KENS?
A report on the Internet says some Belo stations got new Web sites (KREM-TV and WWL-TV). I just looked at the Texas Belo station sites and see that KVUE 24 in Austin has also flipped to the new design. Guess we could see big Web changes for KHOU,...
Texas state senators use taxpayer cash to live it up
TexasWatchDog.com is at it again: Texas state senators have racked up tens of thousands of dollars on the taxpayer's tab jetting around the state in charter planes, relaxing in luxury hotels and hobnobbing at exclusive junkets. Texas Watchdog revie...
Inside Edition goes after Cheaters
Uncle Barky reports on how Inside Edition is "investigating" the syndicated TV show Cheaters. That's like Bernie Madoff investigating Wall Street. READ MORE Deborah Norville and gang are particularly looking at the big stabbing incident of host Jo...
Abby’s Book Corner Book Drive 2009
You might remember that my goddaughter died of pneumococcal meningitis in 2008. Now for the second year in a row, her family is holding a series of book drives. This year it has expanded from Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas to the Me...
