April 2007 - blogHOUSTON

Changes at KILT-610

April 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Barron has been keeping track of John Granato’s ongoing legal dispute with KILT-610, and tonight reports on his blog that Granato and the station have reached an agreement that ends Granato’s employment

ABC: Chron circulation down again

April 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Audit Bureau of Circulations has released its latest figures, and once again the news is not very good for the local Hearst daily (or very many other newspapers): Average paid weekday circulation of the

Ch-ch-ch-changes at Clear Channel

April 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

Kristen Mack, the Chronicle‘s one-woman Michael Berry Bureau, writes about the councilmember-talk host-radio programmer’s newest job: City councilman and talk show host Michael Berry, who has filled in as mayor pro tem for the past

One Casey replacement adopts his art of the smear

April 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

Last weekend when I was in New York, the Chronicle ran a revealing column by new metro writer Lisa Gray. Here’s an excerpt: Just before 12:30 p.m. almost every Tuesday, Judge James Squier leaves his

City has admitted murderers on its payroll

April 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 had a couple of stunning stories last week, reporting on the City of Houston’s employment of ex-convicts. First, Jeff McShan’s story uncovered that admitted murderers are not only not in prison, they are employed

Museum of Natural Science to host Terra Cotta Warriors in 2009

April 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

This is very neat: Houston will be one of only three stops in the nation for a future exhibition featuring the famous Terra Cotta Warriors from Xi’an, China. The Houston Museum of Natural Science will

The return of Froot Loops!

April 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

We’ve been missing the Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau of late, so it was amusing to see this dispatch today: A tanker truck exploded on the Interstate 10 exchange near downtown around midnight, according to reports

From Councilmember to radio programmer?

April 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles posts the news that Michael Berry will be the new top dog for Clear Channel’s AM stations in Houston. Radio-Info also has the news. So, the lame-duck councilmember is effectively the

The $36,000 City Hall reception desk

April 26, 2007 Anne Linehan

Back in December of 2005, we noted a city council agenda item: 10. Ordinance 2005-1357 ORDINANCE appropriating $36,893.27 out of General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund for Construction of a Reception Desk at City Hall for

The Editorial LiveJournalists: "Late, emotional, and wrong"

April 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over at the Lone Star Times, Matt Bramanti writes that an editorial today “nails the Chron trifecta: Late, emotional and wrong.” That’s a great motto for the Editorial LiveJournalists, actually! Bramanti’s full critique of the