Showing posts with label houston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label houston. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10

Making Houston Sports Radio A Better Place

Former NFL quarterback, Sean Salisbury, started a new sports talk radio show in Houston yesterday. I had a radio on and I was working at my desk, so I just listened while I worked.

I was bothered by the way Salisbury was giving out the phone number. The station is AM 790, and every other host for as long as I have tuned in to the station would pronounce the last four numbers of the phone number as 5-790. Well, on Salisbury's first day, he kept saying it as 57-90, which defeats the purpose of having the number that way, and it sounds weird. So, I let the first hour of the show go by while I worked, figuring someone else would alert Salisbury to this terrible error. However, into the second hour of the show, I had had all I could take. So I tweeted to Salisbury during the commercial break. When he came back from break, he acknowledged my tweet, and corrected his ways. I might listen to day two to see if he sticks with it.

I have helped to make the world and journalism a better place by placing the show audio here for your enjoyment. The complete show is on Spreaker and you can listen below. I have also included my tweet and Salisbury's response at the bottom. Let me know if you have any questions.

Listen to "SeanSalisburyShow-7-9-18" on Spreaker.

You can hear the phone number being given out incorrectly at these points, among others:

25:25
44:23
56:34 here the phone number was given correctly by the co-host
67:35

Then, the magic happens:

68:13 you can hear Salisbury refer to the tweet from me (see below)
68:20 Salisbury gives the phone number out correctly


Monday, February 26

Renewing the American Neighborhood: A Houston Case Study


I have published a report with Ed Hubbard that looks at the local response to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. You can download the PDF for free here. We would love to hear your feedback, either here or on the Renewing the American Neighborhood website.

Sunday, September 3

Great Points Made in Hurricane Harvey Rescue Image

There are probably few who have not seen the iconic image of the man carrying the women and her baby through knee-deep waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Some themes developed in the wake of this image going world wide, and of course some great points are made.
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Thursday, February 5

Steve Parkhurst Appears on The Price of Business

I was the guest of Kevin Price on Houston's The Price of Business radio talk show earlier this week. We discussed the 2014 election of a Houston (now) State Representative. Please listen to the 9 minute interview and let me know what you think.

 

Sunday, May 20

2012 Smack-Off On A Mobile

As I posted a few days ago, a local sports talk station in Houston does an annual Smack-Off On A Mobile, which imitates, perfectly, Jim Rome's annual Smack Off.  I think this is always hilarious. The good guys at 1560 The Game limit this annual to one hour, but it's a great hour.  Take a listen to the files below. Enjoy, and let me know what you think.  Oh and, the surprise call in the 2nd segment from former NFL Quarterback Jim Everett is a real treat.

Before you listen to the 2012 Smack-Off On A Mobile, you may want to listen to last year's (2011) Smack-Off on a Mobile here.

ALL FOUR SEGMENTS OF SMACK-OFF ON A MOBILE 2012 ARE POSTED BELOW:
(clicking on the buttons will open up a player for the mp3 file, or you can right-click and "save as")

Wednesday, May 16

If you've ever listened to Jim Rome's Smack Off, well, this is way better. The local sports guys in 1560AM do a perfect imitation of the show. Adam Clanton does a perfect Rome.


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Tune in this Friday, listen online.

Tuesday, January 24

The Texas Economy

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has launched a great website for all the world to see.

From the website:
The Texas Economy strives to provide you with the latest news, trends and analysis on issues affecting the state’s economy. Our mission is to present hard-hitting data, information and insights on a wide variety of topics of concern to Texas policymakers, businesses and taxpayers.
Take a look, tour the site and see what intrigues you. Every state, city and municipality should be finding ways to be much more transparent and open about their governing processes.  These locales should also be open to feedback and ideas from the public.  Take Houston for example: a city with 2 million people and with 5 million people in the surrounding area.  The city of Houston now elects 17 members to the city council, which includes the mayor.  I doubt these 17 people have all the answers for 2 to 5 million people.  Opening the doors and shining a light on the business of government will help is spend less and get more.