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Liberal group funds local anti-DeLay ads

May 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 picks up an Associated Press story about billboard advertising against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) locally: “Lobbyists sent Tom DeLay golfing; all you got was this billboard,” says a billboard overlooking a freeway

KIOL adds second (permanent) frequency

May 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Billboard reports that KIOL, which has been broadcasting on the 97.5 FM frequency, has now begun simulcasting on its permanent frequency, 103.7 FM. The 97.5 frequency will flip to its new format, which will complement

KSEV talker promises to sort out home foreclosure

May 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Earlier, we heard KSEV 700’s Dan Patrick take up the story of the woman who lost a property via foreclosure by a homeowners’ association, which Anne Linehan posted about here last week, and Owen Courreges

Life and death in Houston

May 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 checks in on Spiro Nikolouzos, and reports that the man is being moved back to a nursing home with a pro-life orientation. We had previously noted the San Antonio hospital’s decision to pull the

International festival numbers down from 2003

May 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Sedosi Alhambra calls attention to the Chronicle‘s postmortem of the Houston International Festival, held downtown again this year after a disastrous experience in the parking lots at the Reliant complex. As Alhambra points out, reporter

HBJ writer slights own publication

May 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last week, Thora Qaddumi wrote about a reunion of sorts for old Houston Post workers (and some competitors). It’s worth reading in its entirety, but this blurb caught my eye: Another hot topic among the

KPRC summarizes DeLay poll, declines to post raw data

May 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 news has run a “big story” about a poll it commissioned that found weak support for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) in his district. Unfortunately, KPRC news, which regularly trails KHOU-11 and KTRK-13

Chron's Peabody wins Stanley Walker award

May 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Tuesday, I posted some thoughts on what I view as increasingly personal journalism being produced by the Chronicle. I expected more of a response from professional journalists, but instead I got a sharply critical

Neighborhood residents complain about MS-13, HPD reaction

April 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Vicente Arenas reports that residents of an unnamed Houston neighborhood are complaining that they can’t get HPD’s brass to take their concerns about suspected MS-13 gang graffiti seriously: In a neighborhood that 11 News

May Day, May Day!

April 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

In anticipation of the coming May Day festivities, the Houston Rockets’ own Yao Ming has been named proletarian of the year by China’s ruling Communist Party. “Before, I thought model workers only recognized ordinary people