jennykind

Interesting topic! About 2 months ago I was just outside of New Orleans and 740 AM's afternoon drive show came in for 15 mins. I lost it then until Beaumont!

Thanks for all these ideas, and insight! Reason this topic hit me was listening to local radio, and thinking how political, openly our local radio is. I thought maybe someone out there would have better insight about local tv, and this has answered my questions.

Good question. I have to, reluctantly maybe, agree with what one of the mayor's representatives said this past weekend during the opening of the Houston Asian Festival,,,,"people come to Houston for business and for work." Seems like the accomplishments out of here that make news elsewhere, or of note, or news stories that break out of Houston are related to business.

New topic, I hope you all approve: in the way that Fox gets tagged conservative or Republcian TV, and CBS, or CNN, different other news stations are tagged as liberal or Democratic Party mouthpieces, has there been that kind of scrutiny paid to our local news stations? What about commentators? Fox's main hosts are admittedly conservative, then there's Keith Olberman or Lou Dobbs who are share their opinions. Do we have that in Houston? Thanks.

I don't know anything about the young lady from "The Bachelor" but there are a lot of girls in each season, yes? Someone please provide a little update how this Houstonian broke from the pack and is up for her own reality show!? Where in the world would this take place? Pool-parties in River Oaks? There are not exactly multitudes of hot clubs in this town. Thanks.

sad but true. (funny post )

Major changes! http://www.950kprc.com/pages/construction.html

Funny you mention that because I have had the same problem. I originally attributed it to "weather" as it was raining or storming some of those times, but I have exactly that same problem.

best wishes and best of luck to Mr Zindler. from posts here it sounds like this can be a pretty quick trip once it hits you. he's chosen to go out with style by staying on the air! )

sorry if silly question, but why can't you look up the articles on the internet and print them from there? legal reasons? thanks

I don't know whether I find this kind of stuff more insulting to the reporters, or to us, "the audience!" I know no one is holding a gun to anyone's head when the decide to pull some slapstick embarrassing stunt, but does anyone at these stations, maybe the veterans, or old-timers find this stuff despicable? I wondered how the KHOU morning team felt for instance being associated the, until recent, comedy attempts. Question for the insiders or the editor: does anyone at the stations protest these kinds of things???? thanks

"end up in the Houston Ship Channel" is very funny. i had no idea this show actually named Texas cities and sites. I thought it was just supposed to have a generic Texas feel. I'll tune in.

The Chronicle heard about the blog! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/4867316.html

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/

Looks like cable access channel in trouble again. I enjoy cable access, but I can only watch later in the evening so I have never seen any of the shows this writer describes: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...rg/4834721.html

Was he using the KHOU segments for this pilot program? http://www.somestupidshow.com/index.html

I'll start watching KHOU again too. Here's what came across google when you put his name in: Reporter Johnathan Walton, whose "Walton's World" features on Channel 11 have become a morning fixture, will leave the station in May. Walton said Friday that the move was a mutual parting of the ways. He declined to go into further details, including what his future might hold. "I'm not at liberty to say," he said. There was a listing for his "wikipedia" entry and the entry pretty much affirms what I perceive is the consensus opinion of him.

Anyone listen to the local trio on 950AM much? I prefer talk radio, and don't think i'll ever be savvy enough to podcast so had, had been listening to 950am in the morning, but this morning Michael Berry and Roseanne Rogers were having the creepiest conversation about doing things "naked" in the waterway in the Woodlands, and being naked at some other festival. Just "creepy" for lack of better word, and then Michael Garfield being passively-aggressively political is saying "I can't say 'ho'!" in his voice-overs and ads. Does Garfield realize that "ho" is slang and short for "whore?????" After listening to those guys this morning, I decided A. I won't any longer, and B. They're both jerks! Thanks.

Little off-topic but this is along the direction where this thread went (sorry in advance editor!) there's the high end shop and clothing line FCUK, and last year in London I saw a little store front called FCUK Fried Chicken UK :-)

Those are not the only parties full of fakes. I have been lucky to go with someone to a few hoi-poloi parties, and leave scratching my head how these local news people fail to engage people who are their viewers and the supporters of their advertisers, etc. I think news people cling to the "4th largest market" thing about Houston and fail to look around at this town, or themselves. thanks.

If you consider who here colleagues are, I would bet that if she has any integrity or pride in her job and career that she feels like she's working at a vocational school training station with the arrogance, and stupidity around that place. I mean I only speculate by watching these people on tv and knowing KHOU staff as they appear on tv,,,but imagine in person,,,,,I think it would be hard to be in the same room with some of those people let alone work with some of those folks.

Be careful about clicking on it, since it's gone and is just a "place-holder" now it brings up a bunch of pop-ups. It's really gone, it's not even archived on that link. It's says something like "FreeWebHostingDomain" or something like that.

pardon and disregard if you read this early this year, I didn't see any threads tied to it, but here's an assessment of Houston's news stations strengths and weaknesses: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/h...an/3559816.html

That is UN-REAL!!!!!! Re: your comment to my comment, I just think it's nice that she will talk to people who approach her. Saw DD once at a restaurant, and once at Whole Foods, and she seemed nice. In contrast, there is, or was an Asian anchor, Mia Chang (?) sorry my memory not so good right now, and she was at a mutual friend's birthday party at The Flat last year, and I don't think that genuinely "famous" people act as aloof as she did. But comment duly noted. I've only seen, or barely met small handful of our newsies so my opinion is limited.

I'm amused everyone's neglecting to mention the tv personality on the far right. I thought she had retired into motherhood, but she's got some show now. what station still signs her paycheck? she's another that makes me wonder about this town. (personal opinion : Deborah Duncan is the nicest, fastest, most "with it" of the local news celebs.)