Radio

Chronicle Takes Two Big Hits As Loren Steffy, Terri Langford Leave

It's been a while since any widespread layoffs at the Houston Chronicle, partly because there aren't enough people left to stock a widespread layoff. The empty desks at 800 Texas just got a little emptier, as two of the paper's mainstays -- business columnist Loren Steffy and investigative reporter ... More >>

Sports-Talk 1560 Loses Another Veteran: Lance Zierlein Calls It Quits at The Game

Photo by Jeff BalkeZierlein (left) with his now former co-host John Granato.​In what feels like the dismantling of KGOW 1560 The Game, long-time morning show co-host Lance Zierlein announced via his Houston Chronicle blog that he would be turning in his microphone and leaving the station eff ... More >>

Changing Stations: KGOW's Creative Team Packs Up, Pendergast Goes National

KGOW's now former creative team of Frank Bullington (left) and Chance McClain (right)​If you have listened at all to KGOW 1560 the Game over the last month or two, you may have noticed some changes taking place that represent a distinct shift in the overall vibe of the station. Gone are the od ... More >>

My March Madness Selections (And Lots Of Helpful Links)

It's bracket-ology BABY!​I made this public service announcement on my radio show this week, but seeing as many of you are scrambling to fill in your brackets at the last minute, I feel compelled to print it here and remind all of you of the following: If Sports talk radio hosts (like myself) ... More >>

KTRU: The Death Knell Rings, Thanks To UH

Turn that music down!!​Moments ago, the University of Houston Board of Regents approved the purchase of Rice University student station KTRU (91.7) FM, reports Rocks Off's Matthew Keever, who is at the board's quarterly meeting at the Hilton University of Houston.The motion carried by a margin of ... More >>

Houston Is Loving Its Rush Limbaugh Again

Photo through wikimedia commonsHouston has always been a big Rush Limbaugh town -- it was one of the first to sign on to his show, when a small Tomball station run by Dan Patrick picked it up. (Patrick rode that rocket to KPRC and eventually a state-senator gig, much to the chagrin of people who don ... More >>

TV on the Radio: Dear Science

Cokie Roberts

This award-winning NPR reporter knows all about the first first ladies

Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: John McClain, Coach Fran and Mike Sherman

2007 Turkeys of the Year

Priscilla Slade is the biggest gobbler of them all

Sports talk radio stations fight for listeners in Houston

Jock Talk

Mail Call

Talking Radio

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio performs Friday, April 6, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717.

Rogue Waves

A new report cuts through the static on the radio industry

KACC Mentality

Alvin Community College's little radio station churns out young pros and the best rock in Houston

Podnography

And you thought those audio files were only used for music

Blocked Signals

City, county officials silence a proposed radio station inside the Dome

Letters

Drat!

Racket proposes a rock radio revolution. Clear Channel beats him to the punch.

Hip-hop, Tejas

Latinos take on rap music and make it their own

Frank Theater

Jerry's World -- and Joe Frank's radio show -- come to life

Frankly Funny

Joe Frank comes to life in Jerry's World

Lost in Space

Meet the new radio, XM. It's big. It's bad. It's nationwide.

Damming the Streams

The major labels want the Internet to be as arid as the airwaves

The Kidz Are All Right

KTSU's Kidz Jamm attains voting age along with the hip-hop it nurtures

Small World

Radio Disney provides a safe haven for little ears, and guilty pleasures for the rest of us

Streamlining the Hit-Making Process

Clear Channel wants to cut the indies out of the deal

Letters

Rockin' On, A Stark Affair, Wrong War?

A KIKK in the Pants

The new "Houston's Country Alternative" has got 'em waiting, worried at KPFT

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

Tuning Out the Static

Protesters scream about censorship. The board denounces potentially crippling boycotts. Will the two sides in the Pacifica conflict ever learn that, beneath their shrill cries, they're on the same team?

Rollin' on the River

San Antonian Jim Cullum and his band keep the Dixieland torch alive and burnin'

Cowboy in the Kitchen

Welcome The Houston Press's new food critic, Robb Walsh

Amplified

All People Considered

Platinum Dreams

Local Latium Records rides pop Latin wave to success

Public Radio Inc.

Local Music News

Pump Up the Volume

Amplified

Local Music News

God's Plan

At Dan Patrick's KPRC talk-radio station, it's politics with a capital G

Howard's End

Dallas ran Howard Stern out of town. Could Houston be any more hospitable?

Silence on the Dial

Two weeks ago the FCC shut down Montrose Radio. Can the pirate station survive the bust? Can the pirate station survive itself?

Roll Over, Selena

And tell Emilio the news

Naked Brunch

Flower Power

A once-slumbering syndicated radio giant empties its vaults

Letters

Desi Dance

The music is called bhangra, and it's the sound of a whole new way of being Indian. Or Pakistani. Or Bangladeshi.

Radio Daze

Howard Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

Wasted Days, Wasted Lives (Part I)

Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

Echo Chamber

Talk radio talks to itself for argument's sake

Pop Moment