KTCK-AM 1310 The Ticket just announced that Nolan Ryan will be at Ticketstock 2008 at the Plano Centre on Saturday, February 9.
As usual Richie Whitt nailed it, no Greggo news, no new on-air talent.
Update. More names to come.
Update 2. The Hardline will have Greggo news at 5:15 today.
From Star Telegram:
AirTran, the nation’s second-largest discount airline after Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, plans to substantially expand its presence at D/FW in the coming months, increasing the number of daily flights threefold, opening three gates and adding destinations.
Hopefully, this will force American and other carriers to lower prices. Better still would be the repeal of the Wright Amendment.
From a August 13 Press Release:
The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and the DFW International Airport announced today that as of October 1, 2003, TollTag customers will be able to use their TollTags at DFW International Airport for pass through and “Terminal” parking.
This is welcome news for all as it will make trips to the airport even easier for TollTag holders. Even better news appears to be in the works:
Currently, the NTTA is working with the Harris County Toll Road Authority to provide interoperability to all EZ TAG and TollTag customers in both the Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth area and has approached Love Field and several major downtown Dallas and Fort Worth parking garages with similar agreements.
Let’s get these agreements done and keep Texas moving!
What is Knight Ridder’s dfw.com site doing selling sex ads? Think I am kidding. Just check out the screen shot below.
I was searching for an article on Jordan Thomas and the day-care center T&T Tots. It looks like any search string with t& results in this sex ad being show. Just goes to show you how bad sponsored links can be. DFW.com features ads from Overture.
What happens when the link provider displays ads you object to? Has anyone experienced problems with Google’s AdSense displaying inappropriate ads for your site? Do you have any control and/or recourse?
For Immediate Release
Hire DFW First Gains Mayoral and Corporate Support
Dallas, TX, July 3, 2003 - Community and Corporate support continues to grow for CareerConnection’s Hire DFW First, an innovative program that offers DFW companies an invaluable, responsible and cost-effective approach to current traditional and electronic staffing methods. Efforts to raise awareness, increase support and coordinate activities have been boosted by the endorsement of the Mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth.
Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, talking about her endorsement, said, “In these tough economic times, programs such as Hire DFW First are just what this area needs to keep good jobs and good people here in the Dallas Fort Worth area and get the DFW economy back on track.” Mike Moncrief added that “our city needs more agencies which encourage the placement of the professionals currently residing in the Dallas Fort Worth area.”
Diane Weklar, Chairperson for Hire DFW First, said, “we are excited to see our proactive efforts creating a forum to discuss ways to build a stronger DFW economy and stop the ‘brain drain’ that currently exists in this area. By engaging community and business leaders in a dialogue about the issues, we can find creative ways to effect positive change in the Metroplex.”
On the corporate sponsorship front, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), Countrywide Home Loans, and Inet Technologies have joined Sabre Holdings as Sponsors. For their sponsorship, they receive a variety of customized benefits, ranging from assisted searches and job lead distribution to the CareerConnection database to getting their company name and logo placement on the CareerConnection website.
Carlyn Christy Davis, Director of Recruiting and Diversity for Sabre Holdings, the first sponsor, says that “Our company is excited about using Hire DFW First, a quality, cost-effective resource that immediately connects us with local professional talent.” Davis adds, “The candidates we have to choose from in the CareerConnection database are highly skilled, experienced professionals.”
“It is exciting to gain community and corporate support for our proactive approach to facilitating professional level placement and helping to focus attention to an important challenge we face in the DFW area,” commented Lisa Miller, Executive Director of CareerConnection. “Through active cooperation among businesses, local leaders, and the professional community, we can put a stop to the talent drain that happens when people can’t find work locally. By involving these three groups, we seek to fill local positions with local talent. In fact, since the beginning of the year, nearly 400 members have been connected with DFW companies”.
About CareerConnection: CareerConnection is the largest not-for-profit career management and networking organization in the DFW area, having connected over 14,000 members since 1992. CareerConnection sponsors initiatives such as Hire DFW First to encourage local employers to search for and hire locally qualified talent in order to partner for a better DFW economy.
For more information on Hire DFW First, contact Diane Weklar, Press Contact, direct telephone 214-755-5233 or Email at hireDFWfirst@careerconnection.org, or visit the CareerConnection website at www.careerconnection.org.
On June 9, the Career Transitions job networking group will present Oh, My Gosh! I May Have to Change Careers!
This interactive panel discussion will be hosted by Ruth Glover, president of Career Consultations, a human resource consulting company. Ms. Glover will lead four guest panelists in discussing the successes and difficulties that accompany radical career changes. Group Q&A, small-group exercises and resource sheets to be included.
Join us for this fast-paced, thought-provoking session on Monday, June 9, 8:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., at First Baptist Church Richardson, 1001 N. Central Expressway at Arapaho, Bldg. C. For more information, visit www.fbcr.org/careertransitions, or call Cynthia Coldren at 972-489-4820.
In a not at all shocking decision the FCC voted 3-2 today to ease rules on media ownership:
At one level, Monday’s vote represents a high-stakes power struggle at FCC headquarters between left-leaning groups—along with a few conservative allies like the National Rifle Association—and free-market groups and Republicans in Congress. The FCC’s tense internal deliberations also highlight an ideological conflict between two wildly different views of how to keep prices low and competition robust: Is it wiser to increase the number of federal regulations or to gradually rescind them?
Although we firmly believe in limited government and the free-market, the influence the big media conglomerates has over American media is staggering. The big companies are sure to grow bigger as a result of the new ruling. Let’s see how things change here in Texas. To that end, we have prepared a review of media ownership in D/FW as of today:
Here are my notes from Presonwood’s Job Seeker Conference that I attended earlier today.
Please pass to all, who are “unemployed, unhappily employed, unwarily employed, or underemployed.” This is good for anyone who wants to improve their career networking skills.
Place: First Baptist Church, Euless, TX
Date: Saturday, 5-31, 9-11:30 A.M.
For room number and other details, call 817.354.4864.
For those of you in the area, join us for our free, weekly workshop, covering everything in the career process. This is held at Metroplex Chapel, in Euless. Details are at www.careerworkshops.org.
ineedajob.com provides a list of Dallas—Fort Worth job fairs, career fairs, and expos.
Worthy’s Calendar is a great resource for job networking events as well.
From HoustonChronicle.com:
If Columbia had broken up just a moment earlier, “that debris would have fallen on downtown Dallas and Fort Worth,” said former astronaut William Readdy, NASA’s top space flight official, as he stared out a window of a government jet descending recently over east Texas.
That realization, Readdy said, prompted him to commission a study of having shuttles avoid urban areas during future re-entries into Earth’s atmosphere.
From DallasNews.com:
In creating Legacy business park, Mr. Perot charted a course for corporate interest in the northern suburbs and Collin County in particular.
Today, the county is home to 21 of Dallas-Fort Worth’s largest publicly traded companies, more than double the number in 1998, according to The Dallas Morning News’ 2003 D-FW Top 200 study, an annual ranking of companies by revenue.
Living in Collin County it is easy to take for granted the impact of Legacy, but everyone owes so much to the project. Our home values are tied directly to it.