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« Mission Accomplished! | Main | As Long As We're Fact-Checking (UPDATED) » October 06, 2004
Local Radio Affiliate Dumps CBS News
Posted by Bill The affiliate is located in Bryan, Texas: Local radio station WTAW will sever its ties with CBS News because of negative reaction to the network’s recent news coverage of President Bush’s military record, the station said Tuesday. WTAW, which is located at 1620 AM, will ditch its CBS affiliation and begin airing national news broadcasts from ABC within 90 days, station manager Ben Downs said. And let's not forget Dr. Bouffard's final statement: "For your information, it appears that the Selectric Composer could not have created the memos. See http://ibmcomposer.org." (Via Rathergate) UPDATE: Reader Peter Sheeran adds some political/geographic context: Let me give you some background on Bryan, Texas. Bryan is literally next to the college town of College Station Texas so they are basically considered the same, except College Station is a nicer area. But as far as TV goes, they basically are the same area, also known as the Brazos Valley. College Station happens to be the home of Texas A&M University (where I graduated from) which also happens to be, according to the below ranking, the most conservative school in the country. It's also home to the George Herbert Walker Bush Presidential Library and hopefully the George W Bush Presidential Library when that time comes. So in short the Bryan/College Station community is VERY conservative so I'm not at all surprised about this news. Posted by Bill at October 6, 2004 12:35 PM | TrackBack (1) CommentsAs an aside, WTAW was also the first station to broadcast live coverage of a football game, between Texas A&M and the University of Texas. can't remember the year, though--1909? Posted by: beloml at October 6, 2004 01:38 PM Something good finally comes out of Aggie land. Posted by: Chad Evans at October 6, 2004 02:35 PM Gig 'em! Posted by: Rabid Dog at October 6, 2004 02:41 PM That's not how you put your Guns Up Rabid Dog. Posted by: Chad Evans at October 6, 2004 05:50 PM More geography and history here. Huntsville, Texas is about 45 minutes east of Bryan-College Station. It is the location of Sam Houston State University and the Texas Department of Corrections Headquarters. Dan Rather graduated from Sam Houston State University (I forget the year). It shows that even places he might think "Pro Dan", that is NOT the case. As far as I know, he has never had any ties to the Texas Department of Corrections, but maybe that will change. Posted by: Pete at October 6, 2004 08:12 PM (Different Pete than the one above) Huntsville is also where Texas executes people :) Surely not one of Rather's selling points on his former Alma Mater. Posted by: Pete at October 7, 2004 08:47 AM 4513 http://texas-holdem.ownsthis.com texas holdem Posted by: online texas holdem at October 25, 2004 05:13 PM 8540 http://www.online-casino-one.com Posted by: online casino at October 26, 2004 01:43 AM |
