Austin Media Contacts
by Jen Blackert
The Austin Media Directory
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The Austin American Statesman
Phone: (512)445-3500 Fax: (512) 445-3679 Email:news@statesman.com Website: www.austin360.com P.O. Box 670 305 S. Congress,78704 Austin, TX 78767-0670
Owner: Cox Enterprises, Inc. Circulation: 187,754
Book Editor: Jeff Salamon (512) 445-3610 Fax (512) 445-3968 jsalamon@statesman.com
Executive Features Editor: Tim Lott (512) 912-2938 Fax: (512) 445-3968 tlott@statesman.com
Food Editor: Kitty Crider (512) 445-3690 Fax: (512) 445-3968 kcrider@statesman.com
Sports Editor: John Bridges (512) 912-2952 Fax: (512) 445-3868 jbridges@statesman.com
Travel Editor: Allison Beach (512) 912-2936 Fax: (512) 445-3968 abeach@statesman.com
LIFESTYLE
Features: 445-3690 FAX:445-3968 Email: features@statesman.com Prefers news releases by Mail/Fax/Email. Strongly suggest calling first!
Arts Editor/XL Editor: Jeff Salamon, 445-3610
Best Bets: Jeremy Egner, Ginger Cowles, bestbets@statesman.com
XL Events- Ginger Cowles, gcowles@statesman.com
Austin Chronicle
Publication type: General Interest Weekly newspaper of Austin entertainment/features
(512) 454-5766 FAX: (512) 458-6910 P.O. Box 49066 Austin, TX 78765-9066 Email: mail@austinchronicle.com www.austinchronicle.com 4000 N. IH-35, 78751
Owner: Austin Chronicle Corporation Circulation: 90,000, Primarily: Free Primarily serves Austin and Travis County
Publisher: Nick Barbaro
Advertising Director: Carol Flagg cflagg@austinchronicle.com
Editor: Louis Black
Book Editor: Shawn Badgely books@austinchronicle.com
Features Editor: Kate Messer
Published Thursdays Deadline: 9 days prior Prefers news releases by: Mail/Fax
Daily Texan
Publication type: UT Student Publication M-F daily newspaper- General & student news
(512) 471-4591 Fax: (512) 471-2952 Email: news@dailytexanonline.com www.dailytexanonline.com P.O. Box D Austin, TX 78713-8904 2500 Whitis, Austin, TX 78705
Owner: University of Texas Circulation: 28,000, Primarily: Free Primarily serves Austin and Travis County
Advertising Director: Evelyn Gardner egardner@mail.utexas.edu
Editor: Kevin Kushner editor@dailytexanonline.com
Published: Monday-Friday Deadline: 2 days prior Prefers news releases by: Fax
The Good Life
Publication Type: Health Care/ Medical
(512) 474-1022 Fax: (512) 474-5725 Email: editor@goodlifemag.com www.goodlifemag.com P.O. Box 4400 Austin, TX 78765-4400 Owner: Panache Publishing, Inc. Circulation: 20,000, Primarily: Free Primarily Serves County: Travis City: Austin
Publisher: Rebecca Melancon hello@goodlifemag.com
Advertising Director: Rebecca Melancon hello@goodlifemag.com
Editor: Ken Martin editor@goodlifemag.com
Published: Monthly Deadline: 15th of month prior Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness- Prefers news releases by: Email
RADIO:
KGSR-FM
Frequency: 107.1 Format: Adult Alternative
(512) 832-4000 Fax: (512) 832-1579 www.kgsr.com 8309 IH 35 North Austin, TX 78753-5771
Owner/Operator: Emmis Communications Serves City: Austin County: Travis Target Demo: Persons 18-49
General Manager: Bruce Walden bwalden@lbjs.com
Sales Manager: Dave Sonefeld dsonefeld@emmisaustin.com
Program Director: Jody Denberg jdenberg@emmisaustin.com
P.S.A. Director: Jyl Hershman-Ross bigjyl@kgsr.com, Prefers: Written
Promotions Director: Jyl Hershman-Ross bigjyl@kgsr.com
KLBJ-AM
Frequency: 590 Format: News/Talk/Sports
(512) 832-4000 Fax (512) 832-1579 www.590klbj.com newsroom@lbjs.com 8309 IH 35 North Austin, TX 78753-5771
Owner/Operator: Emmis Communications Target Demo: Persons 25-54 Serves City: Austin; County: Travis
General Manager: Bruce Walden bwalden@lgjs.com
Sales Manager: Brooke Gallagher bgallagher@emmisaustin.com
Program Director: Mark Caesar mark@590klbj.com
News Director: Hal Kemp newsroom@lbjs.com
Sports Director: Ed Clements
P.S.A. Director: Julie Springer jspringer@emmisaustin.com -Prefers: Written
Promotions Director: Julie Springer jspringer@emmisaustin.com
Talk Show: Mornings with Mark Caesar, 5-9 AM M-F Contact: Mark Caesar mark@590klbj.com
Talk Show: Jeff Ward At Large, 3-7 PM M-F, Contact: Stephen Johnston Jeff@590klbj.com
KLBJ-FM
Frequency: 93.7 Format: Album Oriented Rock
(512) 832-4000 Fax: (512) 832-4051 www.klbjfm.com 8309 IH 35 North Austin, TX 78753-5771
Owner/Operator: Emmis Communications Serves City: Austin; County: Travis Target Demo: Persons 25-54
General Manager: Bruce Walden bwalden@lbjs.com
Sales Manager: Fred Smith fsmith@emmisaustin.com
Program Director: Jeff Carrol jcarrol@emmisaustin.com
P.S.A. Director: Jeff Crouch jcrouch@emmisaustin.com Prefers: Written
Promotions Director: Jeff Crouch jcrouch@emmisaustin.com
KMFA-FM Frequency: 93.7 Format: Classical
(512) 476-5632 Fax: (512) 474-7463 3001 North Lamar Blvd. #100
Owner/Operator: Capitol Broadcasting Ass'n Serving City: Austin and County: Travis Target Demo: Persons 45+
General Manager: Jeff Krys jkrys@kmfa.org
Development Director: Joan Kobayashi
Program Director: Jack Allen
News Director: Supna Sharma ssharma@kmfa.org
P.S.A. Director: Darrell Reed psa@kmfa.org Prefers: Written
Marketing Director: Marcia Williams mwilliams@kmfa.org
KOOP-FM
Frequency: 91.7 Format: Community radio
(512) 472-1369 Fax: (512) 472-6149
koopradio@yahoo.com www.koop.org P.O. Box 2116 Austin, TX 78768-2116 304 E. 5th, 3rd Floor, Austin TX 78701
Owner/Operator: Texas Educational Broadcasting Serving City: Austin and County: Travis Target Demo: Persons 12+
General Manager: Angela Keaton angela@liberatedspace.com
Sales Manager: Sandra Beckmeier- sbeckmeier@austin.rr.com
Station Manager: Angela Keaton angela@liberatedspace.com
News Director: Gerald Thomason squarepeg@webtv.net
P.S.A. Director: Rodney Garza Koopradio@yahoo.com Prefers: Fax
Development Director: Sandra Beckmeier sbeckmeier@austin.rr.com
Talk Show: Evening News, 5:30-6PM, M-F, Contact: Gerald Thomason: squarepeg@webtcv.com
Talk Show: Progressive Forum, 6-6:30PM Tu. Contact: Gerald Thomason
Talk Show: Barrio News, 4-4:30PM Su. Contact: Paul Hernandez
Talk Show: PODER, 4:30-5PM Tu. Contact: Ramon Maldonaldo
KUT-FM
Frequency: 90.5 Format: Eclectic
(512) 471-1631 Fax: (512) 471-3700 www.kut.org U-T Austin 1 University Station Box A0704 3.142 Austin, TX 78712-1001
Owner/Operator: University of Texas at Austin Serving City: Austin and County: Travis Target Demo: Persons 18+
General Manager: J. Stewart Vanderwilt
Underwriting Manager: Chris Collins
Program Director: Hawk Mandenhall
News Director: Emily Donahue edonahue@mail.utexas.edu
Traffic Coordinator: Melaine Shrawder mshrawder@mail.utexas.edu: Prefers: Written/Fax
Membership Services Manager: Betsy Pilkington bpilkington@mail.utexas.edu
Talk Show: Eklektikos, 9-1 M-F, Contact: Jen Proctor
TELEVISION:
KEYE-TV
Channel 42 Network: CBS
Phone: (512) 835-0042 (512) 490-2111 Newsroom Phone: (512) 490-2199 Email: keyetv@keyetv.com 10700 Metric Boulevard Austin, TX 78758-4596
Owner: CBS Viacom Serving County: Travis and City: Austin V.P. & General Manager: Gary Schnieder
Sales Manager: Jeff Stern
Operations Manager: Dusty Granberry granberry@keyetv.com
Program Director: Gary Vinson
News Director: Tim Gardner tggardner@keyetv.com
Assistant News Director: Annette Smith alsmith@keyetv.com
Executive Producer: Sousa Williams - stwilliams@keyetv.com
Assignments Editor: Amie Hudspeth achudspeth@keyetv.com
Weekend Assignments Editor: Leah Wright lkwright@keyetv.com: Prefers news releases by: Email Political Reporter: Elizabeth Dannheim eedannheim@keyetv.com
Sports Director: Robert Flores rbflores@keyetv.com
P.S.A. Director: Kellis Voss Prefers: -Beta, 3 months prior
Talk Show: Morning News, 5:30-7 AM M-F Contact: Amie Hudspeth/Matt Benacci: achudspeth@keyetv.com
KNVA-TV
Channel 54 Network: WB
Phone (512) 478-5400 (512) 476-2507 Email: webmaster@knva.com P.O. Box 684647 Austin, TX 78768 908 W. MLK Blvd. Austin, TX 78701
Owner: 54 Broadcasting, Inc. Serving County: Travis and City: Austin
General Manager: Mark Goldberg
Sales Manager: Patricia Niekamp pat.niekamp@knva.com
Program Director: Regina Soto prog54@knva.com
Promotions Director: Jim Canning promo36@kxan.com
P.S.A. Director: Jason Mandel tish.saliani@knva.com: Prefers: -Beta SP
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Talk Show: Austin Works, 1PM M-F Contact Betty Dunn: betty.dunn@knva.com
KTBC-TV
Channel 7 Network: FOX
Phone (512) 476-7777 (512) 495-7060 Newsroom Phone (512) 472-0988 119 East 10th Street Austin, TX 78701-2495
Owner: Fox Television Stations Serving County: Travis and City: Austin
General Manager: Danny Baker - dbaker@fox7.com
General Sales Manager: Mark Rodman mrodman@fox7.com
Operations Manager: Jay Jamandre
Program Director: Holly Morrison Breaux programming@fox7.com
Promotions Director: Kathie Smith ksmith@fox7.com
News Director: Pam Vaught news@fox7.com
Assistant News Director: Kevin McPherson news@fox7.com
Executive Producer: Trey Shaar news@fox7.com
Assignments Manager: Jaime Ortiz news@fox7.com
Weekend Assignments Editor: Scott Lewinter news@fox7.com: Prefers news releases by Fax
Police Reporter: Dick Ellis news@fox7.com
Political Reporter: Mike Rosen news@fox7.com
Sports Director: Dave Cody
P.S.A. Director: Rob Cunningham community@fox7.com: Prefers: Written- 1 month prior
Talk Show: Fox 7 Morning Show, 5:30-8AM M-F Contact: Regina Gilbert: reggie144@hotmail.com
KVUE-TV
Channel 24 Network: ABC
P.O. Box 9927 Phone (512) 459-6521 (512) 533-2233 Newsroom phone: (512) 459-9442 Email: listens@kvue.com 3201 Steck Ave. 78757 Austin, TX 78766-0927
Owner: Belo Corp. Serving County: Travis and City: Austin
General Manger: Patti Smith psmith@kvue.com
Sales Manager: Sarah Smith ssmith@kvue.com
Program Director: Judy Cornelius jcornelius@kvue.com
News Director: Frank Volpicella fvolpicella@kvue.com
Executive Producer: Scott Reather sreather@kvue.com
Assignments Editor: Keith Harris kharris@kvue.com
Weekend Assignments Editor: Tiffany Love/ Kyle Martin tlove@kvue.com Prefers news releases by Fax
Consumer Reporter: Olga Campos ocampos@kvue.com
Education Reporter: Quinta Culpepper qculpepper@kvue.com
Investigative Reporter: Clara Tuma ctuma@kvue.com
Police Reporter: Amanda Lawson alawson@kvue.com
Political Reporter: Lee McGuire lmcguire@kvue.com
Sports Director: Mike Barnes mbarnes@kvue.com
P.S.A. Director: Judy Cornelius jcornelius@kvue.com
Talk Show: Daybreak, 5-7 AM M-F Contact: Thea Williams twilliams@kvue.com
KXAN-TV
Channel 36
Network: NBC
Phone: (512) 476-3636 (512) 469-0630 Newsroom Phone (512) 476-2863 P.O. Box 490 Austin, TX 78767-0490 908 W. MLK Blvd. Austin TX 78701
Owner: LIN Television Corp. Serving County: Travis and City: Austin
General Manager: Carlos Fernandez carlos.Fernandez@kxan.com Sales Manager: Tod Terry tod.terry@kxan.com
Program Director: Regina Soto regina.soto@kxan.com
Promotions Director: Jim Canning promo36@kxan.com
News Director: Bruce Whiteaker bruce.whiteaker@kxan.com
Assignments manager: Wrey Hinds wrey.hinds@kxan.com
Executive Producer: John Thomas john.thomas@kxan.com
Managing Editor: Jim McNabb mcnabb@kxan.com
Weekend Assignments Editor: Gene Stephens gene.stephens@kxan.com - Prefers news release by Email/Fax
Police Reporter: George Howell george.howell@kxan.com
Sports Director: Roger Wallace roger.Wallace@kxan.com
P.S.A. Director: Beth Lullo beth.lullo@kxan.com - Prefers: -Beta SP
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Talk Show: News 36 First, 5-7AM M-F Contact Haley Bow/Christine Fansler news36@kxan.com
News 8 Austin
Cable News channel Phone (512) 531-8000 (512) 531-1234 Newsroom Phone (512) 531-8800 1708 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78701-1311
Owner: Time Warner
General Manager: Brian Benschoter bbenschoter@news8austin.com
Promotions Director: Barry Decrane bdecrane@news8austin.com
News Director: Kevin Benz newsdesk@news8austin.com
Morning Producer: Tiffany Magana newsdesk@news8austin.com
Assignments Manager: Cyndie Espinosa newsdesk@news8austin.com
Weekend Assignments Editor: Matt Havlik newsdesk@news8austin.com Prefers news releases by Email
Political Reporter: Eric Allen newsdesk@news8austin.com
Sports Director: Jeff Power newsdesk@news8austin.com
