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Exploring The Camera-Ready

The way broadcast journalists and politicans present themselves to th epublic is explored in Tell Me What You Want ro Hear by Liz Magic Laser

Zaprduer Analysis Of A.J. Clemente's (F-Bomb Dropping News Anchor) 15 Minutes Of Fame

As I wrote about yesterday, Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz kind of re-calibrated the acceptability scale for the f-word on Saturday when he dropped it in the middle of his brief speech welcoming Bostonians back to baseball in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Hell, even the FCC wasn't go ... More >>

Beaumont Fox, ABC Affiliates Pitch in During CBS Anchor Bill Leger's Memorial Service

People tuning into Beaumont's CBS affiliate, KFDM, for the news at noon will notice something unusual: It will be anchored by a newscaster from the local Fox affiliate. And here's why: KFDM's beloved anchor Bill Leger was killed in a car accident in Louisiana December 22, and other newscasters are ... More >>

Bronco Bama For The Win: Your Election Night 2012 Live Blog & Comment Feed

"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth or something I guess..." -- Luke 13:28, A Copy Of The Bible I Swiped From A Hotel Room Hello and welcome to Hair Balls' election night live blog and comment, where tonight I will be chronicling the mania of the 2012 presidential ... More >>

Lawndale's Stellar Studio Show

Three resident artists put on a strong group show.

Googling Santorum: The Chron's TexasSparkle Makes a Horrifying Discovery

TexasSparkle is the highlight of the Houston Chronicle's "Anyone Can Blog" page. Kathleen McKinley is her real name, and she's a person who thinks Sarah Palin is a serious individual, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh make sense, etc., etc. Her bio says she is a "co-host [of] SmartGirlNation on FTRadio ... More >>

Glen Rice Allegedly Slept with Sarah Palin (w/ VIDEO)

Sarah Palin in her Michigan-fan days.​Okay, I'll admit that might have been the most duplicitous headline of a post ever, not because Sarah Palin and Glen Rice didn't sleep together (They apparently did, back in the late '80's. More on that in a minute) but because the "w/ VIDEO" would seem to ... More >>

Comment of the Day: The Death of News Radio in Houston

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

KTRH All But Says Goodbye to News, Welcomes More Right-Wing Blather

The Houston Chronicle's David Barron just reported that longtime KTRH news anchors J.P. Pritchard and Lana Hughes are leaving the station in favor of new hosts Mike Patrick and Lois Melkonian. In case you need an introduction to Mike Patrick, check out the above video where he personifies the term ... More >>

Donald Trump, Bible-Hoarder: The "Very Nice" Places He Keeps Them

People just keep giving him Bibles​I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but does anyone else think that Donald Trump's "presidential campaign" is nothing more than a clever ruse to publicize his television show, NBC's Celebrity Apprentice? I know, I sound like a crazed nut right now wit ... More >>

KIAH's "NewsFix": The Anticipated TV News Revolution Begins Saturday, But We Won't Be Covering It

What NewsFix is...will be revealed Saturday​The world, or at least that portion of it peopled by journalists, is mightily anticipating Channel 39's Saturday night newscast. Why would they care about a weekend newscast that Houston barely watches? Because most of them will be gleefully hoping ... More >>

Ally ASL Goes National Via ABC News, Yahoo!

​Rocks Off is a modest sort of music blog. We generally need both of our arms for typing, so we don't want to risk breaking one of them patting ourselves on the back. But once in a while, through hard work, dumb luck or (most often) some combination of the two, we push over the first domino in ... More >>

Hard Freeze Tonight: The Only Tips You Will Ever Need (As Long As It Stays Warm)

Don't forget to wrap your icicles​There are hard-freeze warnings for tonight in the Houston area. That means Houston must brace itself for an overwhelming barrage of tips on how to deal with temperatures in the 20s, or maybe the very low 30s. There are tips like the first one on KHOU's list, ... More >>

Jerome Gray Out At Channel 2, Report Says

Photo from KPRCJerome Gray: Contract not renewed​Jerome Gray, who has been a TV presence in Houston for more than 20 years, has told the Houston Chronicle that KPRC is not renewing his contract. Gray has been the co-anchor on the station's 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts; he came over from KHOU i ... More >>

Channel 39 Will No Longer Be Like The Onion's TV News

ONN's Brandon Armstrong: not wanted in Houston​Big, bold changes are coming to television news in Houston. For the fourth, fifth, 18th time? Who knows?Next up in the bold-changes batting box will be Channel 39, KIAH, which is owned by the Tribune Company. And the Tribune Company has a "chief innov ... More >>

What Rhymes With Anahuac? We Ask The Rapping Weatherman

Nick Kosir, Beaumont's Rapping Weatherman, has a posse​We wrote about Beaumont's rapping weatherman Nick Kosir last week, and as we mentioned then, we weren't the first to do so. ESPN2's Sports Nation, The Huffington Post and the ever-illustrious Ryan Seacrest have all recognized Kosir for his ... More >>

Teenage Werewolves: A City's Shame

The above clip is not from The Onion; it may be from the files of Teens Pulling Pranks On Reporters.At any rate, you owe it to yourself to watch these marvelous four minutes from a San Antonio news station.And then read the comments that the clip brought forth from Gawker, after the jump.

Channel 39's Anchor Wants You To Watch Her (Doing The News, Possibly)

​For a couple of weeks now, commuters on the Loop near Meyerland have been seeing a billboard featuring a lovely looking black woman leaning seductively into the camera, a come-hither look on her face, with the caption "Watch me at 9." Her autographed first name just increases the intimate intensi ... More >>

Beyonce Scheduled to Perform at Michael Jackson Memorial

Daniel Kramer ABC News is reporting that Beyonce, who sang tributes to Michael Jackson at her Toyota Center concert and at New Orleans' Essence Music Festival over the weekend, will perform at Jackson's funeral in Los Angeles this afternoon. Also expected to attend are Justin Timberlake, P Diddy, Sm ... More >>

Houston's Top Ten Female TV Reporters, Based On A Highly Scientific And Professional System

Our own Miss Pop Rocks wrote an entry some time ago about the Secret Lives of Houston's Hottest Male Newscasters, which seemed...incomplete to me somehow.I wasn't sure of the exact problem until she followed it up with the admission of her crush on KPRC's Jennifer Reyna, then I realized that by not ... More >>

Missing NASA Tool Bag Found! Launch A Rescue Mission!

The famous $100,000 tool bag lost by an astronaut on the current shuttle mission has been found!And no, not by that nut from Minnesota who's been calling media outlets all over to say the bag is up for sale on eBay.It's been found in space, streaking through the night.An amateur astronomer in Ontari ... More >>

Fox Calls It For Obama. People Desperately Look Up How To Spell "Shadenfreude"

Darian Ward, Reporter (On "Friday Night Lights")

Rappers and Republicans: Still the Same?

What Do Shepard Smith and Soulja Boy have in common?

Wack's here to tell you: more than you might expect

Say It Ain’t So, Dr. Frank

Houstoned Video: Texas Sinkhole

Straight Talk with World Net Daily

Radio on the TV: Chamillionaire Debuts New Video

Best Local TV News Reporter

Doug Miller

Best Local TV News Anchor

Alan Hemberger

Power Play

Jim Carrey goes from physical to metaphysical comedy in Bruce Almighty

Jailhouse Mock

Pot calls kettle black! Tonight on KHOU!

Protesting Peace

Plus: Been There, Din That; No Smut Glut; Cursory Check

Man of the Year

If Chronicle coverage is any indication, Texans owner Bob McNair is 2002's VIP

Best Local TV News Anchor

Gina Gaston, KTRK-TV, Channel 13

The Product

Heath Ledger's in no rush to be a star. Why's everyone else in a hurry?

Booster Shot

A proposed Medical Center project gets big, big play

Volume, Volume, Volume

COC may be edging toward the mainstream, but the metal specialists still refuse to conform

More of the Same

Houston braces for an invasion of TV news

Rubber Fetish

Glory days for KHOU and Anna Werner

Best Local TV News Anchor

Lisa Foronda, KHOU-TV Channel 11

Best Weathercaster

Chuck George, KPRC-TV Channel 2

Starting from Scratch

Insider

Unhappy Talk TV. At KHOU, the hit tune is "Take This Job and Shove It!"

In the Line of Fire

During the Branch Davidian siege, a Waco TV reporter risked his life to help federal agents -- then was falsely accused of setting them up. Before the compound burned, his career was in ashes.

The Mean Spirit of Texas?

Two veteran TV news reporters accuse Channel 11 of age discrimination

Clonesome Blues

No, says Multiplicity, you don't want to be two places at once

Pay TV

Inside Houston tries to go inside your wallet

Changing Channels

For decades, 13 ruled the Houston airwaves. Now 11 is coming on strong. Is KTRK's broadcast dynasty losing its hold?