KCOH: Best Radio Station

The Houston Press announced its "Best Of Houston 2008 Edition" awards; and, once again, KCOH 1430 AM (http://www.kcohradio.com/) was selected as the "Best Radio Station".

Currently, KCOH is off the air -- radio air that is. Hurricane Ike destroyed the station's radio transmitter; but, the station can still be heard over the Internet -- click the "Listen Live" and take a listen.

Fortunately, a new transmitter is almost ready; and, the station should be ready to be heard over the radio airwaves by the end of next week.

FRS Walkie Talkies

I received this email about 12 hours ago; but, since I've been prepping for Ike, I just checked my email.

This info may be too late to help us now; but, I'm posting it anyway.

Buy FRS walkie talkies anywhere they're available and use them on CHANNEL 1 during a storm.

If everyone uses FRS CHANNEL 1 as a "party line" and first responders do the same, communications can take place even when phones and power are down.

Info Sheet. 

PSA Text. 

PSA Audio. 

More Info.

WAC and ESPN Announce 7-year Extension

ESPN and its "family of networks" announced a seven-year contract extension with the Western Athletic Conference today.

The agreement to extend their current contract for rights across multiple platforms an additional seven years beginning in 2010-11 and continuing through 2016-17, was announced by Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming, and Karl Benson, WAC commissioner.

ESPN will receive rights to distribute WAC football, men’s and women’s basketball, Olympic sports and conference Championships across ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic. As part of the agreement, ESPNU will obtain rights to televise conference controlled games for the first time beginning with the 2008-09 season.

Southland on TV 55

FRISCO, TX -- Today, the Southland Conference and KTBU-TV announced KTBU will serve as the exclusive affiliate in Houston for the new Southland Conference Television Network.

KTBU will carry all 36 telecasts of the league’s in-house television offering, including nine football games, 16 basketball games and a monthly magazine show.

Seems like a good move by both sides.