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Central Texan pops up on Martha Stewart’s show
Domestic goddess Martha Stewart gets a little help from an Austinite as she crafts Valentine’s Day goodies on an upcoming show.
Lauren Appenbrink was picked from “The Martha Stewart Show” audience during a taping Friday, and headed on stage to help the TV hostess make children’s candy bags.
The show airs Monday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., as well as Tuesday at noon on the Hallmark Channel, Time Warner Cable Channel 39.
Also on Monday’s show: Pastry chef Sandra Holl whips up a chocolate ganache dessert topped with meringue, a look at new breeds featured in the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and details on how to make a magnetic memo board.
Martha Stewart and Austinite Lauren Appenbrink
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Look for Austinite on ‘The Price is Right’
C’mon down, Sue Loyd. You’re the next contestant on “The Price is Right.”
‘TPIR’ host Drew Carey
Loyd, a 77-year-old Austinite, is one of the hopefuls on Thursday’s edition of the beloved CBS game show.
She ended up at a taping earlier this year while on a group trip to Los Angeles.
“I had an extra day and was tired of the people and the traffic,” Loyd said, “so I figured I’d go to ‘The Price is Right.’
“Up popped my name and I thought, ‘Oh, Lord, what have I gotten myself into?’”
Did she win anything? Loyd can’t say, so you’ll have to tune in.
“The Price is Right” airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on KEYE-TV, Channel 5 on Time Warner Cable.
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Most-played list: Flo Rida’s got it ‘Good’
Austin’s got a Good Feeling about Flo Rida.
Madonna’s moving up the charts
The song, in heavy rotation on 96.7 KISS-FM and 102.3 the Beat, was No. 1 on the city’s radio dial Jan. 31 through Feb. 6, according to AllAccess.com.
It was heard 233 times last week, up from 231 the week before.
Rihanna’s We Found Love had 195 spins, putting it in second place.
Moving up the charts: Madonna’s Give Me All Your Luvin’, LMFAO’s Sorry For Party Rocking, Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know and Jack White’s Love Interruption.
On the way down: Bruno Mars’s It Will Rain, Rihanna’s We Found Love, Montgomery Gentry’s Where I Come From, Luke Bryan’s I Don’t Want This Night to End and Foster The People’s Helena Beat.
Here are the top five songs played on a random sampling of local stations:
96.7 KISS-FM
Flo Rida, Good Feeling - 115 spins
Adele, Set Fire to the Rain - 113
Bruno Mars, It Will Rain - 91
Katy Perry, The One That Got Away - 86
Rihanna, We Found Love - 75
Mix 94.7
OneRepublic, Good Life - 53 spins
Katy Perry, The One That Got Away - 53
Maroon 5, Moves Like Jagger - 52
Adele, Set Fire to the Rain - 38
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All - 37
101X
Young the Giant, Cough Syrup - 50 spins
Foo Fighters, These Days - 48
Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know - 42
Black Keys, Lonely Boy - 28
Cake, Long Time - 28
93.3 KGSR
Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out - 40 spins
Adele, Set Fire to the Rain - 39
Black Keys, Lonely Boy - 39
Snow Patrol, Called Out in the Dark - 39
Mayer Hawthorne, The Walk - 38
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Which Super Bowl commercials were your favorites?
Update:
The game’s over, and now the fun of rehashing the best commercials begins. Watch below and let us know in comments which were your favorites.
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As we head into Super Bowl weekend, the folks at Hulu are gearing up for the action. Hulu visitors can watch Super Bowl commercials in real time as they air Sunday, vote on their favorites and share links to the clips on Facebook. Voting results will be announced Monday.
You can watch the preview and leaked ads now here:
H-E-B will air a commercial regionally during the game. A version of the ad is up on H-E-B’s Facebook page.
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KUT starting work on Austin Music Map
It seems like a new place to hear live music pops up each and every day here in Austin.
Keeping up is difficult, to say the least.
That’s why the crew behind “Texas Music Matters” on 90.5 KUT-FM is starting work on the Austin Music Map, an interactive project aiming to document the city’s “distinct sonic geography.”
Producer Delaney Hall will spend the next year working as producer-in-residence at KUT, overseeing the project — one of 10 in the works nationwide.
“You hear all the time that Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World, but we want to explore why,” Hall said. “We’re curious to learn more about the stories and histories that thread through Austin’s different musical traditions — whether it’s bluegrass or conjunto or hip hop — and we want the whole city to help us map the places and venues that make Austin’s many vibrant musical subcultures possible.”
A celebratory music festival will take place when work wraps up next year, the station says.
More details to come.
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Radio ratings: KISS, Majic No. 1 in December
December was the most wonderful time of the year for the fine folks at Austin’s Majic 95.5.
Holiday hits gave Majic a ratings boost
The station’s all Christmas, all the time lineup helped it rocket up the December ratings chart, tying 96.7 KISS-FM for the No. 1 spot. It’s the first time in ages anyone’s even come close to KISS, numbers-wise.
A little further down the list, Comedy 102.7 FM continues to impress, landing in the Top 10. Not bad for a newcomer on a low-power signal - especially when you see who they’re beating, including KLBJ-FM and KVET-FM.
The rest of the list features, for the most part, the usual suspects.
Average quarter-hour ratings as of Jan. 4, courtesy of Radio-Info.com (numbers in parentheses indicate rank as of Dec. 7):
Tie, 1.) 96.7 KHFI-FM (1)
Tie, 1.) 95.5 KKMJ-FM (3)
2.) 100.7 KASE-FM (6)
3.) 590 KLBJ-AM (2)
4.) 103.5 KBPA-FM (5)
5.) 107.1 KLZT-FM (7)
6.) 102.3 KPEZ-FM (4)
7.) 104.3 KLQB-FM (9)
8.) 90.5 KUT-FM (8)
9.) 94.7 KAMX-FM (11)
10.) 102.7 K274AX-FM (14)
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Aielli update: Still hospitalized
KUT 90.5 FM, Austin’s NPR affiliate, just passed along an update on popular host John Aielli:
“KUT ‘Eklektikos’ host John Aielli remains in the hospital after surgery related to a heart attack on Monday. John is in good spirits and looks forward to returning to the airwaves when he gets the green light from his doctors. We’ll let you know if something changes. In the meantime, Jody Denberg will host ‘Eklektikos’ until John returns.”
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KUT’s John Aielli back in the hospital
KUT 90.5 FM is reporting this morning that “Eklektikos” host John Aielli is back in an area hospital.
A station spokeswoman had few immediate details, but said Aielli “is alert and in typical good spirits.”
The longtime Austin radio host suffered a heart attack earlier this month, and spent nearly two weeks off the air while he recovered.
KUT’s Jody Denberg has been tapped to fill in for Aielli on today’s edition of “Eklektikos,” which runs from 9 a.m. to noon.
More details to come.
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62 UT baseball, softball games to air on Longhorn Network
More than 60 University of Texas baseball and softball games will air exclusively on the Longhorn Network this season.
Through May, LHN will broadcast 32 baseball games and 30 softball games, the network announced this week.
The first telecast, the UT alumni game, is Saturday at 1 p.m, preceded by a 90-minute edition of “Longhorn GameDay” that begins at 11:30 a.m.
The game will feature Brandon Belt, James Russell, Huston Street and Drew Stubbs. Roger Clemens and Brooks Kieschnick will serve as coaches.
Next up on LHN is a three-game series against Duke Feb. 17, 18 and 19.
LHN host Kevin Dunn and ESPN’s Carter Blackburn will handle play-by-play duties, with Greg Swindell, a UT alum and a 17-year MLB veteran, serving as analyst.
The first softball game to be telecast is Feb. 9 against Cal State-Fullerton.
UT alum and two-time Olympian Cat Osterman will serve as analyst alongside former NFCA first team All-American and Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year Amanda Scarborough.
In Central Texas, LHN is only available to Grande Communications customers. AT&T uVerse, Dish Network, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable have yet to agree to carry the network.
The full schedules:
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Tie for Austin’s most-played song
Ladies and gents, we’ve got a tie.
Ryan Adams: Sliding down the charts
Rihanna’s “We Found Love” and Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” were both heard 230 times on local stations Jan. 19-25, according to AllAccess.com.
Both songs saw huge increases in airtime on Beat 102.3; “Feeling” had 49 more spins than the previous week, while “Love” had an increase of 51.
Moving up the charts: Florence + the Machine’s “Shake it Out,” Gofye’s “Someone That I Used to Know,” DJ Khaled’s “I’m On One” and Jessie J’s “Domino.”
On the way down: Ryan Adams’ “Lucky Now,” Drake’s “Headlines” and Lil Wayne’s “She Will.”
Here are the top five songs played on a random sampling of local stations:
Mega 103.5 HD2
Calvin Harris, Feel So Close - 98 spins
Avicii, Levels - 98
Adele, Set Fire to the Rain - 98
David Guetta, Turn Me On - 98
Coldplay, Paradise - 46
KASE 101
Eric Church, Drink in My Hand - 48 spins
The Band Perry, All Your Life - 48
Luke Bryan, I Don’t Want This Night to End - 47
Kenny Chesney, Reality - 47
Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly - 43
103.5 BOB-FM
Andy Grammer, Keep Your Head Up - 11 spins
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay - 11
Adele, Someone Like You - 11
Pink, Raise Your Glass - 10
Neon Trees, Animal - 10
Beat 102.3
Jay Z and Kanye West, (Expletive) in Paris - 122 spins
J. Cole, Workout - 118
Flo Rida, Good Feeling - 117
Rihanna, We Found Love - 115
Drake, Headlines - 71
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New morning show debuts on Austin’s Greatest Hits
There’s a new morning show on Austin’s airwaves.
Bo Chase
Bo Chase is now helming the wakeup shift on 98.9 FM Austin’s Greatest Hits, a station focused on oldies from the 1960s and ’70s. He debuted today in the 6 to 10 a.m. timeslot.
This isn’t Chase’s first time on Central Texas radio, though. He was part of the “Bo and Bama” show on Z102 from 1990 to 1994, and has been heard on several other frequencies here in town, as well as stations in Peoria, Ill.; Tulsa, Okla.; and Kansas City, Mo.
“We’ve been working hard to tailor this station for the Austin market, and I can’t wait to bring the rock back to Austin,” Chase said.
The Border Media-owned station has also picked up “The Tom Kent Show,” airing it weeknights from 7 p.m. to midnight.
Scott Shannon, whose True Oldies Channel programming has been featured on the frequency since it debuted two years ago, can still be heard from midnight to 6 a.m.
“We’re excited to have a locally programmed classic hits station to fill the void that Austin has had for years,” said program director Jeff Wolf. “We want to make it easier for people to find the music they know and love.”
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Comings, goings at KUT-FM
A pair of familiar voices will no longer be heard on KUT-FM.
Nathan Bernier
“Morning Edition” producer and backup host Crystal Chavez, a five-year veteran, headed to San Antonio earlier this month to serve as “Morning Edition” host for Texas Public Radio.
Ian Crawford, the station’s news editor, has also departed, bound for Washington, D.C. He’ll serve as a community engagement project coordinator for AmeriCorps VISTA, a program designed to combat poverty.
“This was an opportunity to get out of the newsroom and to face the challenge of day-to-day service to the community that I’ve reported on for so many years,” Crawford said.
More KUT changes to pass along: Nathan Bernier, who has been focusing on the NPR affiliate’s website, is set to return to on-air reporting. He’ll be replaced by Wells Dunbar, who arrives from the Austin Chronicle.
Got all that? Good.
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Jimmy Fallon did predict in his live superbowl post-game show that Flo Rida would be #1 this week.
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