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A home for those who love almost everything about The Ticket (1310 AM, 96.7 FM, Dallas-Fort Worth), and who would like to discuss -- respectfully and fondly -- their thoughts on how (and whether) to eliminate the "almost."

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Two Cheers for Hardline Music Talk

Whenever I do an article on Hardline music talk, I get a lot of comments highly critical of The Hard Ones, especially noting (1)...

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Considering Andy Williams

+ + + The Hardline noted Andy Williams' passing yesterday. I won't go so far as to say they were in favor of it, but...

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Unconfirmed on This Site: Sean Bass

A late comment to the last string reports that Sean Bass was involved in a serious automobile accident. I have been able to get no additio...

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

OPEN THREAD -- Intentional Grounding

+ + + Missed the first show but caught the second. First impression is that CTO programming has delivered another off-hours wi...

Monday, September 17, 2012

That Tony Call-In -- How Did They Know?

+ + + Pretty cool of Tony Romo to spontaneously pick up the phone and dial The Hardline. And The Line did a nice job with the o...

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

OPEN SEAS -- er, OPEN THREAD: BaD

When I started this blog, my first, I figgered I'd need to develop a thick skin to shrug off some of the passionate negative comments ...

Saturday, September 8, 2012

A Question for Our Radio Guys

+ + + No, this is not the STD. We're all aware that the CTO have issued one of their periodic, and ultimately ignored, edic...

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Hey, Junior, I Liked Your "Profar, So Good" Pun

Heck, I even liked your Mitzi Gaynor pun. ("Did she invent the half, or the full?") Mitzi Gaynor, back in the day Your Pro...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Musers Quick Hit

+ + + From this morning's Muser showgram: GORDON: I was on "It's Just Banter" recently . . . JEREMY ...

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Oh. My. Frackin'. Gawd.

This may not be worth a separate post, but twelve hours later, I'm still shaking my head. Last evening I saw the most appalling few se...

Friday, August 24, 2012

OPEN THREAD: Fight Night

+ + + I thought I was going to be able to hear most of Fight Night, but I only heard bits and pieces over the course of the e...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

August 22, 2012

+ + + I liked Gordon's "Five on Five" segment on the Observation Deck this morning. Punchy, funny, fast-moving...

Saturday, August 18, 2012

[Hit the Sounder] BREAKING NEWS: Michael Krenek Moving On

I did not hear this, but can only assume it was announced during The Orphanage. [CORRECTION: Confessor advises it was at the top of Cirque...

Friday, August 17, 2012

The Song of Tyrone

+ + + On Wednesday, I heard the Musers' beachside interview of drifter/homeless/panhandler Tyrone. You can hear it here on t...

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Happy Birthday, Mike R

On this day in 1948, Babe Ruth died. Two years later to the day, Baseball Jesus was born. A respectful happy birthday to the rock upon w...

Friday, August 10, 2012

A Quick Thought on Originality and Corby

My time and ability to be by the station has been limited lately. Sorry that new posts have been few and far between. Hoping that will eas...

Sunday, August 5, 2012

More George DiGianni Talk

+ + + If you follow the comments, you will know that in response to the prior post a Confessor called attention to George DiG...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

MTC Congratulates the Teebox

+ + + I'm not a golfer but I've always gotten a kick out of the Teebox. Not just in anticipation of a Craig Rosengarden ...

Friday, August 3, 2012

Quick Ratings Question for Knowledgeable Confessors

We've taken a passing interest in the on-air postings for positions with Cumulus and the stations. There's the chief engineer slot,...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

And the Winner, Based on a Small Sample Size and Highly Subjective Taste, Is . . .

+ + + This site has remarked a couple of times on the frenetic George/Gordon Raising Cain's ads. I think I heard them say t...

Monday, July 30, 2012

OPEN THREAD: Oxnard and Elsewhere

I like it when a host runs into some luminary at one of the road trips. Gordon's stories of encounters with Garrett and Jones were fun ...

Friday, July 27, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen: George DiGianni

+ + + FKA George DeJohn, Inventor of the 21-Day Full Body Cleanse, Currently Being Experienced by Bob Sturm for the Nint...

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Open Thread: "Ethnic" Sports Talk

+ + + There have been some interesting comments in the prior thread about ESPN's pairing (unclear whether this is temporary or per...

Monday, July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012

+ + + What's up, Ticket Tribute Guy? (Link: The Ticket Tribute ) * * *

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

WARNING -- Marginal Tickety Post: My Brush with Southwest Airline History

+ + + The only connection of this post to The Ticket is The Musers' immersion in all things Southwest Airlines today. Just a b...

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

July 17, 2012

7:24 a.m.: Stream down. Ticket computers down, at least in the period prior to The Musers' 5:30 start. At 5:35, Junior referred to...

Monday, July 16, 2012

An Uninvited Guest Visits the Musers

+ + + Gone for a week. No Ticket? No problem! Not only a wheels-off moment, not only an all-time E-Brake (will be interesting to s...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Still Gone

+ + + Just freshening up the thread, to ease scrolling anxiety.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

OPEN THREAD -- More Tech Talk

OK, folks, I'm out for awhile with Mrs. Plainsman on vacay way far away. Will not be listening to The Ticket. I have an STD (Scorching...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

OPEN THREAD: CBS Rumblings

As I mentioned, I was going to take a break, but this tidbit deserves its own thread. See the following article brought to our attention b...

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The Plainsman: Tiny KTCK Coverage Area, Texas; I am one of many gentleman listeners to The Ticket. I do not know anyone at The Ticket. I have never called into a program on The Ticket. I pop into a remote or station event from time to time but have never met any Ticket employee. I am not a radio industry insider. I am just a guy who spends a lot of time in a vehicle and whose employer doesn't tell him to turn off the radio in his work area.

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