Tag Archives: FM Radio

Houston Shock Jock Moby died 9/12/23

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Steve

Moby wasn’t as famous as the other equally boring, homophobic and tedious shock jocks who pollute FM radio nowadays…as FM radio dies. I know his schtick pre-dates Howard Stern, the king of loving his own voice, but was definitely after … Continue reading →

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Happy Tenth Birthday KUTX

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Steve

Hard to believe the FM frequency allocated to Leander was never utilized until 1988. I guess Austin was still too small to have the whole “dial” filled up as per older and much smaller markets (*cough!* Milwaukee). For all my … Continue reading →

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Rot in Hell Ken Starr & Lowry Mays

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Steve

Two more assholes who made Amerika the shit storm it is today finally died. The former most people know, he was the guy behind the vendetta to undo Slick Willie being elected twice. Starr had a special hard-on to get … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace John Aielli, KUT/KUTX’s morning guy for 50 years

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Steve

John’s passing was announced Sunday afternoon but I have been busy with other crises at Castello di Maggi as you see from earlier posts. It was sad to see the news from the Austin Chronicle‘s e-mail alerts yet it was not … Continue reading →

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RIP Howard Hesseman

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Steve

Sad to see him pass. Glad I met him briefly at WizWorld with Lonnie Anderson. I could blame him partially for my bad career/college choices via Dr. Johnny Fever; I wanted to be a DJ or work in radio. It … Continue reading →

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1971: NPR begins with All Things Considered

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Steve

Too many obituaries this week! Three great people to celebrate and another whose career got screwed over. By the way, I did listen to the first new episode of On the Media minus Bob and Brooke did address it. Unfortunately, she … Continue reading →

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