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Friday, November 13, 2009
Jody Denberg to leave KGSR after 19 years
Content manager and on-air host Jody Denberg will leave KGSR FM after 19 years, Emmis Austin Radio announced today.
Denberg, who is on the air weekdays from 1 to 6 p.m. and who also hosts a popular Sunday morning show, will stay on until at least early December, the station said.
“I have promised myself one year without doing any work,” Denberg said in a statement. “The time is right for me to take some time off and recharge my creative batteries.”
Before coming to KGSR when the station launched in 1990, Denberg spent 10 years on the air at KLBJ FM, also an Emmis station, the statement said.
“Jody’s … passion and talent have been instrumental in the station’s ongoing success,” said Scott Gillmore, Emmis vice president and market manager.
No decision has been made for Denberg’s replacement, the statement said.
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Catch Willie Nelson at 41 and 75, both this weekend
Need a satisfying way to spend your hours this weekend? KLRU has just the ticket.
The local PBS affiliate will air the long-awaited Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel “Austin City Limits” episode tomorrow at 7 p.m. The country legends teamed up for February’s “Willie and the Wheel,” a toe-tapping tribute to Western swing. The episode was filmed Feb. 23.
Below, check out a preview from the episode, a peppy take on swing standard “Hesitation Blues.” And when you’re done with that, surf on over to PBS Video, where the original 1974 pilot episode of “Austin City Limits” featuring Nelson is currently streaming. The episode will be available online until Tuesday.
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel are on tour at the moment, but will be swinging back through Austin to close their current set of dates on Dec. 15 at the Austin Music Hall.
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Indie rock, outlaw country and electronica favorites come to Austin
It’s a big day for concert announcements.
Special thanks to The Dillo for bringing to our attention a couple of shows that should be of interest to local indie rock mavens: the Cribs (featuring Johnny Marr of the Smiths fame) at the Parish Jan. 23, $18, and New Jersey’s Yo Lo Tengo at Antone’s Jan. 29, $20-$23. Tickets for both will go on sale tomorrow (Nov. 14).
Also paying a very welcome visit to Austin will be Texas legend and outlaw country pioneer Jerry Jeff Walker, who will be playing a show at the One World Theater Feb. 5. Tickets range from $30 to $70.
Finally, hip hop and electronica favorite RJD2 will be hitting up Emo’s Feb. 13, touring behind new album “Colossus.”
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New tenant to take over old Spiros location
Orlando, Fla., bar owner John Gardner will soon open a new club in the Red River Street building once occupied by Spiros nightclub, according to a news release from SkylesBayne, the real estate company that handled negotiations for the tenant.
Spiros closed back in June after eight people were injured in a May 30 shooting at the club. Two Central Texas rap artists, Brandon Bruce Hutchison, 25, and LaBaaron Demon Hutchison, 21, were charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the incident.
Gardner, owner of Orlando’s Independent Bar, leased the roughly 4,500-square-foot building. A longtime fixture in downtown Orlando, Independent Bar is a multi-room dance club featuring video walls that play indie rock and ’80s music videos.
We’ll be back to update the story as more details become available.
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