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Let’s see, what went down on the dial while I was ransacking the craps table at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas? *Weird story about Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Not that he’s accused of sexual assault. That happens. The bizarre twist is that ESPN – your worldwide leader – has…

So reports the great Ed Bark, who’s peeked at a copy of the CBS affiliate’s petition to the Federal Communications Commission in which KTVT’s asking for a new frequency pronto. Uncle Barky’s got the details, but the short version is: Channel 11 says the digital transition on June 12 absolutely…

Ok, where were we? … Ah-ha! Right here. While I was out actually winning some money in Las Vega$, playing some horrible golf and getting some rest in advance of Dallas Cowboys’ training camp in San Antonio, last week on vacation I did make time to catch Channel 8’s “candid” and…

So says The New York Times on this morning’s front page in advance of ESPN’s Monday-morning announcement that it’s this close to launching a Web site dedicated solely to Dallas sports. The Worldwide Leader’s actually muscling into three markets after testing the product in Chicago, with Los Angeles and New…

The biggest revelation to arise from Dr. J. Q. Lazarus Schütze’s appearance on KERA-TV last night was that haircut and that suit — quite fancy for a sex-tabloid worker! I’ll let you watch Jim’s Friday-night Think-off with Dallas Morning News’er Lee Hancock without further comment, though why Hancock was invited…

Yes, yes and yes to all those wondering if Dr. James Phoestus Schutze will still brighten up KERA-Channel 13’s airwaves tonight at 7:30 with sand-in-the-levees talk. Says right here:WHAT’S ON TODAYTopicThe Trinity SagaGuestLee Hancock, Jim Schutze & Philip HaasDescriptionWhere does Dallas stand on the Trinity River Project? Will the recent…

Remember how, earlier this week, we mentioned that Austin venture capitalist John Thornton was starting an online newspaper, the intention of which is to cover Texas and specifically Austin? Well, now we know who the CEO of that paper’s gonna be: none other than Texas Monthly’s president and editor-in-chief Evan…

It’s doubtful you’ve ever heard of Border Media Partners: It’s a miniature radio conglomerate founded in 2002 in McAllen but now HQ’d in the same shiny N. Central Expressway office tower as Richards Group, and it owns and operate more than two dozen Hispanic-centric stations from Waco down to Austin…

Greg Janda at KXAS-Channel 5 sends word that the NBC affiliate’s Web site is carrying live Brett Johnson’s funeral in its entirety; you can watch it here. Services for the 48-year-old Fort Worth native — who died suddenly Sunday of pancreatitis after being admitted to the hospital one week ago…

Says so right there on The Dallas Morning News’s “Problem Tracker” Web site…

Six paragraphs into this Burnt Orange Report item this morning, which deals with the dwindling number of reporters covering State Capitol doings, there’s this intriguing nugget:Sources say publishers and editors have ratcheted up their efforts to come up with news while cutting staff. Additionally, word that Austin investment guru and…

After the jump you’ll find KXAS-Channel 5’s video tribute to Brett Johnson, the 13-year station veteran who died Sunday at the age of 48. The NBC affiliate reports that Johnson — whose affinity for Texcentric tales made him the station’s down-home-style version of Bob Phillps — died of pancreatitis, for…

Schutze is out of the office, no doubt freshening up his deep, dark tan for his forthcoming television appearance, about which we were just notified by Meg Fullwood at KERA. As she does every week, Meg sent along the programming schedule for next week’s Thinks, both the radio and teevee…

Honestly, I thought the guy was gonna walk. I’m shocked he took a plea today. I mean, “no contest” is a sort of an admission of guilt, right? To me, this smells like Russ and Mandy –  who were reconciled for months – having a very recent falling out and him fearing…

Flickr’s been very good to Unfair Park over the years, helping to turn up vintage photos from Fair Park, inspired looks at the skyline and sharp political commentary from Southfork.Starting next week, we’ll be showcasing some of the best new shots from around town in a weekly slide show: the…

The latest issue of The Economist contains a special section about Texas — six stories in all to down with your morning coffee: “Lone Star rising,” “Tex-mix,” “Work hard. Be nice,” “Beyond oil,” “The red and the blue” and “The new face of America.” (Guess which of the handful leads…

I’ve answered the “Where’s Greggo?” inquisition over and over and over. But what of Russ Martin? At one time he was the No. 1 radio voice in this market. The first half of this decade 105.3’s Russ Martin Show and The Ticket’s Hardline battled for supremacy amongst male listeners in afternoon…

Pete’s got the details concerning Paul McCartney’s just-announced August 19 performance at Jerry Jones’s EnormoDome in Arlington, I think it is? But, really, if you know anything about me, you had to know this was coming: the Beatles’ interview with WFAA’s Bert Shipp during the band’s September ’64 visit to…

Well, none of them are building wind farms in West Texas. Two have known the soft touch of Mike Modano. Three are former or current Disney Channel stars. All are enamored of copious amounts of free publicity. Two have posed nude. And all have been named one of the “25…

I appeared on NBC5’s Out of Bounds Sunday night with Matt Barrie and hosted Monday’s mid-day slot on 105.3 The Fan with NBC5’s Newy Scruggs, yet still was somehow clueless that we’re in the midst of a monumental alteration to our TV landscape. Was watching Channel 5’s newscast last night when…

Perhaps you heard Mike Snyder and Jane McGarry’s tearful parting of ways this morning on Dunham and Miller, where the closing segment of Monday’s 10 p.m. KXAS-Channel 5 newscast seemingly played on a loop. The station’s story concerning Snyder’s new deal with the NBC affiliate — as mentioned in May,…