> Really, now, you in S.A. should feel honored to have someone
> in the paper writing about radio. Austin has a columnist who
> has few clues and runs once a month. Dallas Morning News
> hasn't had anyone since Al Brumley died, and Fort Worth Star
> Telegram columnist Philpott is reassigned.
> Jeannie can be mean sometimes, and she often garbles her
> facts, but at least she spells the names right. And in this
> business, that's the best you can hope for.
>
Valid point - at least SA does have someone supposedly writing about radio. I guess when she gets around to it.
I grew up in Tampa where, Walt Belcher kept readers abreast of the radio market there - almost daily as I recall. If a new DJ was hired at a station, Belcher had the details. If there was a flip, he had the entire story. I guess that sort of spoiled me.
What pisses me about Jakles coverage, or lack thereof, is that when she does bother to mention radio, she uses the same tired words to discuss people. I think she always refers to Lisle & Hahn and radio badboys or something.
People can argue that San Antonio has a lackluster radio market (which I don't necessarily agree with) but a motivated columnist could have a never ending supply of stories to write about. I mean, face it - what station is not going to open thier doors to someone willing to write about them? Even bad media about a station is enough to get someone to consider listening.
Jakle blows, and I don't mean just on Broadway or Austin Hiway. (By the way, that was rude of me to defame her in such away and I apologize in advance.) She has been putting as little effort as possible, but only enough so that the Express-News will approve her frequent trips to LA and Hollywood so she can interview TV and Movie stars.
It is time the Express-news (or Jakle herself) hire some motivated radio columnist who would be willing to take 15 minutes and call around to find something worth writing about. Oh, and maybe she should consider listening to the radio.
I know I have rambled on about her, but seriously, she is terrible. A few years ago when Drex left SA for Chicago, I wanted to get the "real" story on how it was, so I corresponded with Robert Feder, the brilliant radio writer for the Chicago paper. He shared a very similiar view to Jakle's lack of motivation in getting the story right, or even covering it beyond a press release.
/rant off!