Latest / WTAW - Infomaniacs / The Infomaniacs: September 25 2026 (6:00am)

Transcript

The Infomaniacs: September 25 2026 (6:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Good morning and happy Friday. From the WTAW newsroom, I'm
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Will Welch. The College Station City Council voted in favor
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: of renewing the contract with Flock Safety. The vote was
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: split 4-2 with Councilman Yancey and Smith voting against. It
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: was not an easy decision for those voting in favor.
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: If we can prevent one more aggravated assault of a
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: child or find another missing child from another jurisdiction... that
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: it's worth seeing what happens over the next year. Let
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: the courts work out the privacy issue and determine what
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: we need to do.
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: Councilwoman Melissa McElhaney also speaks on the increase in misuse detections.
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: I actually find that reassuring. To me, that's showing that
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: there are policies and procedures that are online or coming
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: online to help manage this new technology.
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: College Station Police Chief Billy Couch explains that the department
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: can limit who can view CSPD's flock data.
• 0:56
  Speaker 3: So we do control the agencies who can search our network.
• 1:00
  Speaker 3: If we have an agency that is no longer a
• 1:03
  Speaker 3: customer or an agency that is committing problems or issues,
• 1:07
  Speaker 3: we can remove them from our search network if needed.
• 1:11
  Speaker 3: And then all searches are retained indefinitely.
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: Councilman Bob Yancey says the flock name is toxic. He
• 1:18
  Speaker 1: says flock is undergoing layoffs, hemorrhaging clients, and potentially shopping
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: for a buyer. Snapchat is being credited for the arrest
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: of a College Station ISD elementary school custodian on child
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: pornography charges. 22-year-old Gerardo Gonzalez, also known as Jerry, was
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: a nighttime janitor at Greens Prairie Elementary. He was arrested
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: Wednesday and charged with two counts of possession with intent
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: to promote child pornography. Arrest records say Snapchat reported the
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: user's IP address to the National Center for Missing and
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: Exploited Children. He remains jailed on $ 115, 000 bond. Attorney General
• 1:54
  Speaker 1: and United States Senate candidate Ken Paxton has so far
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: declined all invitations to debate Democratic nominee James Talarico. Now
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: the MSC Wiley Lecture Series hopes to change that. Representatives
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: have reached out to both campaigns to extend an invitation
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: to debate at Rudder Auditorium on October 14th. They say
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: the available U.S. Senate seat is crucial, and the group
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: is actively organizing the event to give Texas voters an
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: opportunity to hear directly from both candidates before casting their ballots.
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: A terrorism charge dropped against a Texas mother accused of
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: helping her son plan a school shooting. Fox's Kristen Goodwin
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: has more.
• 2:32
  Speaker 4: Ashley Pardo was charged last May with aiding in the
• 2:34
  Speaker 4: commission of terrorism. The San Antonio mother was accused of
• 2:37
  Speaker 4: buying ammunition, magazines, and tactical gear for her 13-year-old son
• 2:42
  Speaker 4: with knowledge that he planned to carry out mass acts
• 2:44
  Speaker 4: of violence at his middle school. But Bexar County records
• 2:47
  Speaker 4: reveal the charge was dismissed for insufficient evidence. The teen,
• 2:51
  Speaker 4: who officials say showed up to school in tactical clothing
• 2:54
  Speaker 4: as part of an alleged attack, was initially charged with terrorism,
• 2:57
  Speaker 4: but under a plea agreement received two years of probation
• 2:59
  Speaker 4: in a secured residential facility for a prohibited weapons charge.
• 3:03
  Speaker 4: Ashley Pardo still faces an unrelated charge of abandoning or
• 3:07
  Speaker 4: endangering a child with criminal negligence in a separate incident.
• 3:11
  Speaker 4: Kristen Goodwin, Fox News.
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: The city of Navasota is celebrating the grand reopening of
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: the Navasota Animal Shelter. The shelter at 1607 Nolan Street
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: opens this morning at 1030 a.m. It is your chance
• 3:24
  Speaker 1: to tour the facility and meet all the animals currently
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: available for adoption. The Navasota Animal Shelter is a no-kill facility.
• 3:32
  Speaker 1: More news on the way at 630 or anytime at WTAW.com.
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: I'm Will Welch, 1620-945-WTAW.
• 3:41
  Speaker 5: Happy Friday, Will.
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: Happy Friday, Tucker.
• 3:44
  Speaker 5: Happy Friday. How were your guests last night? Did we
• 3:48
  Speaker 5: talk about the women's service sorority.
• 3:50
  Speaker 3: On the show?
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: I think we may have mentioned it early, early in
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: the week, maybe.
• 3:53
  Speaker 5: Just to get this out of the way, Will had
• 3:56
  Speaker 5: to sprint. out of the building because he had guests
• 3:59
  Speaker 5: checking into the Airbnb.
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: They are a service sorority, I guess, organization for women
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: on campus. And this is the second year that they've
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: rented my Airbnb for, I think it's a recruitment party.
• 4:11
  Speaker 1: I think so.
• 4:12
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: They, so far, last year, they were my first and
• 4:16
  Speaker 1: so far only noise complaint. At the B & B,
• 4:20
  Speaker 1: which is saying a lot on 24 Acres.
• 4:22
  Speaker 5: I thought a service sorority was supposed to be the
• 4:25
  Speaker 5: chill sorority. I thought that was supposed to be the,
• 4:27
  Speaker 5: you know.
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: Not sorority sorority. I've never seen any evidence of people
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: drinking down there during this, but they were having a
• 4:34
  Speaker 1: good time.
• 4:34
  Speaker 5: How did they get loud?
• 4:35
  Speaker 6: They get loud just.
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: Because they're natural exuberance? They're woo girls. I don't know.
• 4:39
  Speaker 5: You have 24 Acres. How can anyone possibly hear them across.
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: The 24 Acres? Sound Travel's a little strangely over there.
• 4:47
  Speaker 1: Last year when they were there, my neighbors who run
• 4:50
  Speaker 1: Peach Creek Ranch, wonderful facility over there. I love those folks.
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: Wedding event facility. They called me and they said, hey,
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: somebody's calling us asking if we have something going on tonight.
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: We don't have anything going on tonight. Is it you? Yeah,
• 5:02
  Speaker 1: it's me. And that place will put, you know, hundreds
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: in there.
• 5:06
  Speaker 5: What are they doing?
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: I don't know. While they were setting up yesterday, they
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: had the Michael Jackson blaring in the backyard.
• 5:13
  Speaker 5: How loud was that?
• 5:14
  Speaker 1: That was not overly loud. That was as they were
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: setting up.
• 5:17
  Speaker 5: Just for some ambient sound.
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: For their enjoyment. Yeah, I was just, once again, iterating
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: that Michael Jackson is back.
• 5:23
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah, man. People, the kids love him again.
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: They were setting up the giant inflatable water slide and
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: some other inflatable thing.
• 5:30
  Speaker 5: Okay inflatable water slide check yeah inflatable bounce house i.
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: Think it was a bounce house i think it was
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: some sort of letters or something i don't.
• 5:37
  Speaker 5: Know all right but some inflatable yeah they had a.
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: Couple of inflatables going on down there uh they asked
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: me for a spare extension cord so i ran down
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: there to get it and uh the the cord that
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: i unplugged uh initially from the The water slide, it
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: was a little hot.
• 5:54
  Speaker 7: It was a little warm.
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: So I switched out some cords to make sure it
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: didn't burn the place down.
• 6:01
  Speaker 5: A little logistics. A little logistics. I understand that completely.
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: So last night, the first time that I was going
• 6:08
  Speaker 1: to bed last night, they were still going strong at
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: about 8 o'clock or so.
• 6:14
  Speaker 5: Going strong. So you can hear them from here?
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: I can hear them from my house. It's probably.
• 6:18
  Speaker 5: How far away is your house?
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: 200, two to 300 yards. Well, I'm telling you, sound
• 6:26
  Speaker 1: travels weird out there. I can occasionally hear a conversation
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: from the back patio of Peach Creek Ranch. It's very.
• 6:32
  Speaker 5: Now, here's the weird question. Not the weird question. I
• 6:34
  Speaker 5: think it's the ultimate question. They got you a noise
• 6:38
  Speaker 5: complaint last year. Your only mark of shame with college PD.
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was with it was Brazos County Sheriff's. We're
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: in the county out there and it was not a
• 6:46
  Speaker 1: mark of shame. Essentially, I saw them driving around. After
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: I got the telephone call, I went down there. Sheriffs
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: passed me on the way.
• 6:55
  Speaker 5: Oh, that's a good sign.
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so I went down there and said, hey, deputies
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: are rolling around trying to locate you, so you might
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: want to tone it down a little bit.
• 7:02
  Speaker 5: Okay, and then they.
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they were great. Look, they're great kids.
• 7:07
  Speaker 5: What condition was the home in when they departed last year?
• 7:11
  Speaker 1: When they departed last year, there was a pretty significant
• 7:15
  Speaker 1: amount of just... you know, dirt and grass that have
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: been tracked in from wet feet inside.
• 7:21
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 7:21
  Speaker 9: Okay.
• 7:22
  Speaker 1: No big deal, but no, the house, the house was fine.
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: I've had people leave it in much worse condition. Obviously
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: I was willing to rent them again this year.
• 7:30
  Speaker 5: That's true. So, I mean, I, I don't know that
• 7:32
  Speaker 5: that says that to me, money is money. Like I,
• 7:35
  Speaker 5: like I, Yeah, I get you.
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a nice little chunk of change and
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: it's hard to turn that down, especially last year. Things
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: were a little bit tighter. But no, I know those
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: kids have to have some place to do that sort
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: of thing.
• 7:47
  Speaker 5: Quality, quality ladies.
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think so.
• 7:50
  Speaker 5: And the ragers.
• 7:51
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: Polite ragers. Polite ragers.
• 7:53
  Speaker 5: Polite ragers.
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: Dancing around a Dirty Diana while they're setting up.
• 7:58
  Speaker 5: What's Dirty Diana?
• 7:59
  Speaker 1: Dirty Diana.
• 7:59
  Speaker 5: I know.
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: That's the track? That's the track.
• 8:01
  Speaker 5: That is not the.
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 8:02
  Speaker 10: Okay.
• 8:03
  Speaker 5: Weather today, only 95, mid-90s. I know it's 75 outside
• 8:07
  Speaker 5: right now, but it was a feeling good 75.
• 8:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 8:09
  Speaker 1: It was almost a little fall in the air this morning.
• 8:13
  Speaker 5: Tonight they call for lows around 68.
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: I'm going to call 70, but I like where they're going.
• 8:22
  Speaker 5: 94 for Saturday and then back up to upper 90s
• 8:26
  Speaker 5: for Sunday. And that's what we have to look forward
• 8:29
  Speaker 5: to this weekend. All that said, yeah, it is about
• 8:33
  Speaker 5: to be the weekend. We're thrilled about that. So they've evacuated.
• 8:37
  Speaker 5: They're getting out this morning. They're supposed to be getting
• 8:39
  Speaker 5: out this morning. I've got to run an errand on
• 8:41
  Speaker 5: the way home, and then I plan on hitting the house.
• 8:44
  Speaker 5: I mean, I expect, again, like you said, there's not
• 8:46
  Speaker 5: going to be any late departures.
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: No, probably not.
• 8:49
  Speaker 5: I can walk into a, you know, like a carnage.
• 8:52
  Speaker 7: Carnage, yeah.
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: No, it shouldn't be. It shouldn't be. You never know.
• 8:56
  Speaker 1: I do have some time, but my next rental arrives
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: a week from today.
• 9:00
  Speaker 5: Well, I've checked the, I just checked the blotter. I
• 9:04
  Speaker 5: think you're, no rest.
• 9:05
  Speaker 7: No rest.
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: I didn't hear any sirens. I did not smell smoke.
• 9:08
  Speaker 5: So far, so good.
• 9:09
  Speaker 1: Should be roughing in the.
• 9:11
  Speaker 11: Home of the bulletproof roof.
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: Call 1-800-FOR-ROOF.
• 9:16
  Speaker 12: That's all you have to do.
• 9:20
  Speaker 5: Get the best roof for your money.
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: Save on energy too. Shorty roofs are above all the rest.
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: They stand up to the test. Shorty Roofing. The home
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: of the bulletproof roof.
• 9:43
  Speaker 9: From the initial downbeat to the closing cymbal choke, the
• 9:46
  Speaker 9: beat goes on with the Phil Collins story. From his
• 9:50
  Speaker 9: remarkable chart-topping time with Genesis to his multi-Grammy winning solo career,
• 9:55
  Speaker 9: don't miss the Phil Collins story, a monumental tribute to
• 9:59
  Speaker 9: one of music's greatest icons. Presented by Opus, Wednesday, October
• 10:04
  Speaker 9: 7th in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets on sale now, opustickets.org.
• 10:10
  Speaker 13: Hello, Brazos Valley. This is Brandon Eisman with Dean &
• 10:13
  Speaker 13: Draper Insurance. I don't know about you, but it seems
• 10:16
  Speaker 13: to me that inflation has really taken a bite out
• 10:18
  Speaker 13: of our lives over the last couple of years. It
• 10:21
  Speaker 13: feels like everything has increased, from groceries to vehicles and
• 10:25
  Speaker 13: from property taxes to, yes, insurance. And speaking of insurance,
• 10:30
  Speaker 13: the cost of home and auto insurance has risen more
• 10:32
  Speaker 13: in the last two years than I've witnessed in my career, and.
• 10:35
  Speaker 7: It's absolutely impacting our budgets.
• 10:38
  Speaker 13: It can be very frustrating. At Dean & Draper Insurance,
• 10:41
  Speaker 13: we can't promise to solve the inflation problem, But we
• 10:44
  Speaker 13: can shop several high-quality insurance companies to provide you with
• 10:47
  Speaker 13: a competitive solution tailored to your specific needs. So if
• 10:51
  Speaker 13: you're looking for an alternative to rising insurance costs, give
• 10:54
  Speaker 13: us a call at 694-1555 or visit us at deandraper.com,
• 11:00
  Speaker 13: and we'll work hard to provide you with the best
• 11:02
  Speaker 13: value for your specific insurance needs.
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: Always by your side.
• 11:08
  Speaker 14: Whether it's a new home, a metal building, or a
• 11:10
  Speaker 14: pond for the ranch, it all starts with the right
• 11:12
  Speaker 14: dirt work. D4 Land Services handles house pads, site preparation, ponds, excavation, driveways,
• 11:18
  Speaker 14: and turnkey metal buildings for ranch, residential, and commercial projects.
• 11:22
  Speaker 14: Veteran owned and operated, D4 Land Services has been serving
• 11:25
  Speaker 14: the Brazos Valley for over 10 years. With quality work
• 11:27
  Speaker 14: and integrity. For a free consultation, visit D4LandServices. com. D4 Land Services, clearing, driveways, ponds.
• 11:35
  Speaker 7: And metal buildings. We've got you covered.
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: Hello, St.
• 11:42
  Speaker 11: Joseph Eagle fans.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: Listen to St.
• 11:43
  Speaker 11: Joseph Eagles football throughout the season on KEDC 88.5 FM.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: St.
• 11:48
  Speaker 11: Joseph Eagles football brought to you this season by these
• 11:50
  Speaker 11: local sponsors.
• 11:52
  Speaker 7: Made Pro, Doss Law Firm, Best Signs, Slim Plumbing.
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: Listen to St.
• 11:57
  Speaker 11: Joseph Eagles football on KEDC 88.5 FM. Special thanks to
• 12:01
  Speaker 11: all our St. Joseph Eagle football sponsors.
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: Go Eagles! Indeed and hussah! We're in the CC Electric
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: studio from new homes to flickering lights. They are here
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: to help. CCElectricBCS.com.
• 12:16
  Speaker 5: 1620-945-WTAW. Good morning. We're the Infomaniacs. Phone number 979-695-1620. Please call, text,
• 12:24
  Speaker 5: anytime with anything that you have, including reports on whether
• 12:27
  Speaker 5: or not Will's Airbnb is still standing after the Quote, unquote, surface.
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: Didn't see any flames.
• 12:33
  Speaker 5: Again, I feel confident about this. So let's get started
• 12:38
  Speaker 5: with reason. Actually, before we do, before we do, this
• 12:42
  Speaker 5: is a pre-reason to celebrate, and this really doesn't involve
• 12:44
  Speaker 5: the entire audience. I guess maybe it does, but it
• 12:48
  Speaker 5: definitely involves us. So I am going to surprise you with.
• 12:51
  Speaker 15: Something, Will.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: Okay, I love a good surprise. You're actually having to
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: get off the stool over there.
• 12:57
  Speaker 16: I do.
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: Oh, what do you have?
• 12:59
  Speaker 5: What do I have?
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: Oh, look at there.
• 13:01
  Speaker 5: What's that? What's that say?
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: Our first award, the Best of the Brazos Valley, first
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: place awarded to the Infomaniacs on WTAW.
• 13:11
  Speaker 5: That is an official Best of the Brazos, my friend.
• 13:14
  Speaker 17: Yeah.
• 13:14
  Speaker 5: Love to see it.
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: My first one.
• 13:16
  Speaker 5: Now, more important to me, because they actually gave me
• 13:19
  Speaker 5: one of the stickers, Will!
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: Where are we going to put the sticker?
• 13:22
  Speaker 5: I don't know. I mean, see, I was going to
• 13:25
  Speaker 5: just take it and throw it on my laptop, but
• 13:26
  Speaker 5: I do feel like we should maybe have somewhere to
• 13:29
  Speaker 5: put this of prominence. But we'll work on that. And
• 13:35
  Speaker 5: a big shout out to.
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: Everyone who voted. Maybe on the window right here, so
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: you can see it outside our studio, so they don't confuse...
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: That any other station in our building was. Put it
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: on our window right there. The best.
• 13:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: Simply the best.
• 13:48
  Speaker 5: Yes, Will. Simply the best. Better than all the rest.
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 13:54
  Speaker 5: At least in Bryan College Station and possibly Navasota. I'm
• 13:58
  Speaker 5: not sure how they factor in.
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Brazos Valley, the seven-county region.
• 14:03
  Speaker 5: As long as, yeah. You know what?
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: Safe.
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: I like it.
• 14:06
  Speaker 5: Seven-county region. The Infomaniacs. Best radio station. Personality slash program,
• 14:12
  Speaker 5: forget how they list it. That is a reason to
• 14:15
  Speaker 5: celebrate right there. That is a reason to celebrate, so
• 14:17
  Speaker 5: let's get to the other ones, because there are a
• 14:19
  Speaker 5: lot of them today. Starting off with a big one,
• 14:25
  Speaker 5: and one that has not been acknowledged until today, but
• 14:28
  Speaker 5: I'm already seeing evidence online that is very, very, very
• 14:33
  Speaker 5: encouraging that might suggest that 925 Day, a holiday to
• 14:38
  Speaker 5: celebrate the late Christmas, Legend, Dolly Parton. Let's get it going.
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: All right, are.
• 14:43
  Speaker 7: You ready for the 925?
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: September 25th is Dolly Day.
• 14:48
  Speaker 7: The very first ever Dolly Parton Day.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton Day.
• 14:51
  Speaker 18: It's a day to celebrate and remember the late queen
• 14:54
  Speaker 18: of country music.
• 14:55
  Speaker 7: 925. 925.
• 14:58
  Speaker 5: 925.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: Hey, if national news is saying we should celebrate.
• 15:03
  Speaker 5: How long does this go on?
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 15:07
  Speaker 5: I mean, not to step on Dolly.
• 15:09
  Speaker 4: No.
• 15:10
  Speaker 19: So thank you and know that I will always love you.
• 15:18
  Speaker 5: We good?
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 15:18
  Speaker 12: Okay.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Maybe so. Continue.
• 15:20
  Speaker 20: Yeah.
• 15:21
  Speaker 5: I would have thought you punched it at the chorus too, Will.
• 15:23
  Speaker 21: Yeah.
• 15:23
  Speaker 5: I would have thought that's where the element really... takes off.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: But no, they had to bring Dolly back in and
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: make me look bad by stepping on Dolly. Sorry, Dolly. Yeah,
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: I think it's great. We were planning on talking a
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: little bit about it today. I think it should take off,
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: but now, as you've seen, news outlets from across the
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: country are covering it, so it's going to happen, whether
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: you like it or not.
• 15:46
  Speaker 5: Now, one way they're saying you could celebrate is by
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: giving to her library, which they are actually, I believe,
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: her foundation is, in fact, using today as a day
• 15:54
  Speaker 5: of giving to Um, keep in mind, she has given away,
• 15:57
  Speaker 5: I forget how many millions of books, but it's a
• 16:00
  Speaker 5: crazy amount of books. Um, and, uh, still happens, uh,
• 16:03
  Speaker 5: still going to keep on going, uh, which is a
• 16:05
  Speaker 5: beautiful thing. Other days of significance today. Uh, let's see.
• 16:10
  Speaker 5: What do we have? That's a great question.
• 16:13
  Speaker 9: Um, okay.
• 16:14
  Speaker 5: Open the magic day.
• 16:16
  Speaker 7: Really?
• 16:16
  Speaker 5: This is a reading focused observance created in 2021.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: I have no idea about that one. It's not on
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: my list.
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: But perhaps you can tie that one into the, uh, the,
• 16:25
  Speaker 5: The Dolly.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: Thing, yeah.
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: That's perfect. Also, a cool one, Daughters Day.
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: Already texted mine this morning. So they've received a text
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: now at 6 a.m., which they're going to appreciate, especially
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: since the youngest doesn't have to wake up until, I
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: think she has to be someplace at 9 this morning.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: College Station schools are off today. In service, I think, today.
• 16:47
  Speaker 5: That's a great thing to have.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: So then I texted them and told them how fortunate
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: I was to be their dad.
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: Holy cow.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: But I celebrate, let's face it, most dads do. National
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Daughters Day is essentially every day where they come to
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: you and say, Daddy, I need.
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I figured it was like a 24-7 job for y'all.
• 17:03
  Speaker 7: Pretty much.
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: Especially the older they get.
• 17:05
  Speaker 22: Yeah.
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Because those.
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: The need goes, the price of those needs goes sky high.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: It does. It's exponentially higher. I don't know. It went
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: up pretty fast when they needed braces. One of them
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: needed oral surgery with the braces and all the cheer stuff.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: So I feel like I'm pretty desynthesized at this point.
• 17:26
  Speaker 17: Wow.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: By the way, there is a National Suns Day generally
• 17:29
  Speaker 5: observed on September 28th, but the Suns don't care.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: The Suns don't care about that.
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: What do we have on birthdays?
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Birthdays for today, Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: 43 years old today. So not Donald Glover from Lethal Weapon.
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: No, no, no, no, that's different Glover.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Different Glover.
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: That's Danny Glover.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: Not related.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: Donald Glover is the one from Community as well.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: I loved Community.
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: And he was great in that, but he's also, hey.
• 17:58
  Speaker 5: Sick rapper.
• 17:59
  Speaker 23: Yeah.
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: So then he picked the rapping.
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband both celebrate birthdays today. Michael
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: Douglas is 82. Catherine Zeta-Jones is 57. Go Michael.
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: Love it.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Will Smith is 58.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: Slap.
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: Scotty Pippen is 61.
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: Poor Scotty.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Poor Scotty.
• 18:20
  Speaker 7: He's done all right.
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: No, no, no. Scotty's doing okay. But, but you like,
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: Have you ever watched the Bulls documentary?
• 18:28
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: It's a hard watch because I don't think people realized how,
• 18:33
  Speaker 5: while playing with Michael Jordan had its benefits, i.e. winning
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: a lot of championship rings, playing with Michael Jordan also
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: had its costs, which is Michael Jordan, essentially. To this day,
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: Scottie Pippen still has to endure the occasional harassment from
• 18:50
  Speaker 5: Michael Jordan, including the fact that Michael's son stole his girl.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Stole Scotty's girl? Yeah, his wife.
• 18:58
  Speaker 5: His wife left him to be with Michael's kid, as
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: I recall.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: That's brutal.
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: Like I said, remember Scotty Pippen today.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's lift up Scotty, shall we? Heather Locklear is
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: 65 years old today. Mark Hamill, 75 years old today.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Anson Williams, 77. He was Potsy on Happy Days.
• 19:21
  Speaker 24: Oh!
• 19:22
  Speaker 17: Yeah.
• 19:22
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Cheryl Teague's another supermodel up here. Well, I put Heather
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: Locklear in the supermodel category. She was more of an
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: actress model. Cheryl Teague's definitely model. 79 years old today.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Michael Madsen from the stiffs category would have been 69 today.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: Born on the state of 1957.
• 19:39
  Speaker 5: Reservoir Dogs.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And Kill Bill. Two great movies.
• 19:42
  Speaker 5: Donnie Brasco.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Baba Wawa. Barbara Walters was born on the state in 1929,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: passing away in He will always be Superman to me.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Christopher Reeve.
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: Oh, man.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Passed away in 2004.
• 19:59
  Speaker 5: Yeah, no one's topping that. Back after this, we'll talk
• 20:03
  Speaker 5: news next.
• 20:04
  Speaker 16: Howdy, I'm Bob Yancey, proud Aggie grad and Air Force veteran,
• 20:07
  Speaker 16: two-term councilman, and candidate for College Station Mayor. If you
• 20:11
  Speaker 16: believe City Hall should put citizens, neighborhoods, and public safety first,
• 20:15
  Speaker 16: I hope you'll consider a vote for me, Bob Yancey.
• 20:18
  Speaker 16: I'll hold the line on taxes and spending, welcome smart
• 20:21
  Speaker 16: growth and a healthy housing market, and find ways to
• 20:23
  Speaker 16: work better together supporting transparency and common sense in City Hall.
• 20:28
  Speaker 7: Please vote Bob Yancey.
• 20:29
  Speaker 25: Political ad paid for by the Bob Yancey Campaign. Christy Yancey, Treasurer.
• 20:35
  Speaker 10: Ranchers, it's time for you to plan your cattle feed
• 20:38
  Speaker 10: and mineral requirements for your winter feeding program.
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: Take advantage of bulk contract prices and place your order at.
• 20:44
  Speaker 10: Producers Cooperative between September 25th and October 17th.
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: Reserve your feed and minerals now and pick up or
• 20:52
  Speaker 7: take delivery as you need them.
• 20:54
  Speaker 10: Contracting runs September 25th through October 17th at Producers Cooperative.
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: Everything nutrition since 1943.
• 21:05
  Speaker 26: It's three years ago the terrorists murdered more than 1,200
• 21:08
  Speaker 26: innocent Israelis and took over 250 hostages. And today, as
• 21:12
  Speaker 26: we remember the souls lost on October the 7th, Israel
• 21:15
  Speaker 26: is still under threat from terrorists and anti-Semitic hatred and
• 21:19
  Speaker 26: violence that continues to rise worldwide. Yet a light does
• 21:23
  Speaker 26: shine in the darkness because Christians and Jews, they are
• 21:26
  Speaker 26: coming together to boldly stand together. with Israel through the
• 21:29
  Speaker 26: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Flags of Fellowship Movement
• 21:34
  Speaker 26: all across America on the anniversary of October the 7th
• 21:37
  Speaker 26: attacks churches synagogues universities communities they are planting Israeli flags
• 21:42
  Speaker 26: a powerful declaration that Israel is not alone and together
• 21:46
  Speaker 26: we can combat the hate the anti-semitism one flag at
• 21:49
  Speaker 26: a time while supporting the fellowships life-saving work for all
• 21:53
  Speaker 26: the people in need join this historic movement with a
• 21:55
  Speaker 26: gift of just $ 25 and showed the world that Israel
• 21:59
  Speaker 26: is not alone. Go to their website, joinfof.org. That's joinfof.org.
• 22:06
  Speaker 5: 1620-945-WTAW, the Infomaniacs. Remember, you can call us or text
• 22:10
  Speaker 5: us at any time at 979-695-1620. Today, only getting up
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: to the mid-90s, that's what they're saying. Now, my phone
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: says only getting up to 91. I don't trust it.
• 22:19
  Speaker 5: But somewhere in the 90s, that's what we get today.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: We're not talking about heat indexes of 110 plus, so
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: I'm kind of all right with it.
• 22:26
  Speaker 5: I don't think there's a heat index. There's not a
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: heat index listed today. There's no feels like temperature. So
• 22:31
  Speaker 5: it should be a pretty nice day down to allegedly
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: 68 degrees tonight. We'll see if that pans out in
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: the 94 tomorrow for your high. Weather is brought to
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: you by United Roofing and Sheet Metal Home of the
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: Duralast Roof System, the world's best roof. Give them a call, 268-ROOF,
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: or go to unitedroofingpros.com.
• 22:47
  Speaker 18: I'm Nicole Murray with your Money Now. Mortgage rates have
• 22:50
  Speaker 18: risen sharply as bond yields surged, with the average rate
• 22:53
  Speaker 18: on a 30-year fixed mortgage hitting 7.45%. That's according to
• 22:58
  Speaker 18: Mortgage News Daily. Meanwhile, other outlets like Freddie Mac reported
• 23:01
  Speaker 18: that the rate had just crossed 7%, but that report
• 23:04
  Speaker 18: was an average for the last week. KFC's new open
• 23:08
  Speaker 18: house restaurant concept opens this Saturday in Texas. The new
• 23:11
  Speaker 18: store will offer expanded menu offerings, including breakfast, in addition
• 23:15
  Speaker 18: to dual drive-thru lanes and self-ordering kiosks. Expanded breakfast items
• 23:20
  Speaker 18: will include breakfast sandwiches, mini cronuts, and hot and iced coffee.
• 23:25
  Speaker 18: Costco wholesale beat quarterly estimates, recording strong comparable sales growth
• 23:29
  Speaker 18: as inflationary pressures drove consumers to its discount gas stations.
• 23:33
  Speaker 18: and boosted demand across its warehouse. Quarterly revenue rose about
• 23:37
  Speaker 18: 11% from a year earlier to nearly $ 96 billion.
• 23:41
  Speaker 5: Futures have risen.
• 23:42
  Speaker 18: Both Dow and Nasdaq futures up by more than 100 points.
• 23:46
  Speaker 18: That's your money now.
• 23:48
  Speaker 17: In a recent TV commercial, you may have seen my
• 23:51
  Speaker 17: mother talking very favorably about her decision to switch from
• 23:55
  Speaker 17: big wireless to PureTalk. For the record, that really is
• 23:58
  Speaker 17: my mother, and she really is delighted with PureTalk, and
• 24:01
  Speaker 17: she's not alone. In fact, in a recent survey of 120,000
• 24:06
  Speaker 17: wireless customers, PureTalk was the only wireless company in the
• 24:10
  Speaker 17: country to get 5 out of 5 stars in every category. Coverage, support, value,
• 24:16
  Speaker 17: and data. Stop overpaying for subpar service and do what
• 24:19
  Speaker 17: mom did.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Switch to PureTalk. It's easy.
• 24:22
  Speaker 17: Just dial pound 250, say micro, and you'll save an
• 24:26
  Speaker 17: additional 50% off your first month. I'm talking about unlimited
• 24:30
  Speaker 17: high-speed data for just $ 34. 99 a month. Don't take it
• 24:33
  Speaker 17: from me. Take it from my mom. Or better yet,
• 24:36
  Speaker 17: take it from over 120,000 wireless customers. Dial pound 250,
• 24:41
  Speaker 17: say micro, and welcome to a genuine five-star American wireless company.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: Pure Talk.
• 24:48
  Speaker 27: At Prosperity Bank, our bankers embody the Aggie spirit. Optimism, determination,
• 24:53
  Speaker 27: and loyalty. Since 1983, we've lived by our promise to
• 24:57
  Speaker 27: provide the banking services our customers need with the excellent
• 25:01
  Speaker 27: customer service they deserve. We can help put your goals
• 25:04
  Speaker 27: into action because our goal is to help you achieve yours.
• 25:08
  Speaker 27: We're committed to our customers today and into the future.
• 25:11
  Speaker 27: That's our Prosperity Bank promise. ProsperityBankUSA.com member FDIC. Gig'em Aggies!
• 25:18
  Speaker 20: Trends come and go, but at Aggieland Carpet One, luxury
• 25:21
  Speaker 20: is here to stay. Now is your chance to buy
• 25:23
  Speaker 20: beautiful quality flooring. Elevate your decor with sophisticated designs of
• 25:27
  Speaker 20: our remarkable Karastan carpet. Or choose from Karastan brand's new
• 25:30
  Speaker 20: LVT and elevated wood collections. Offering a beautiful wood look
• 25:34
  Speaker 20: that is better than nature intended. Don't miss your chance
• 25:37
  Speaker 20: to live beautifully with Karastan. Only at Aggieland Carpet One.
• 25:41
  Speaker 28: Come see us today at Aggieland Carpet One next to
• 25:44
  Speaker 28: Harley Davidson on Highway 6.
• 25:45
  Speaker 29: Beautiful The Salvation Army of Bryan College Station is offering
• 25:52
  Speaker 29: free weekly tutoring and creative arts classes for students in
• 25:56
  Speaker 29: kindergarten through eighth grade. Classes are every Wednesday from 530
• 26:00
  Speaker 29: to 7 p.m. A light dinner is provided and parents
• 26:02
  Speaker 29: are welcome. Salvation Army volunteers will help with homework and
• 26:06
  Speaker 29: lead classes in guitar, dance, and art. Free tutoring and
• 26:09
  Speaker 29: creative arts classes each Wednesday from 530 to 7 p.m.
• 26:13
  Speaker 29: at the Salvation Army Fellowship Hall, 2506 Cabot Avenue in Bryan.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Good morning. From the WTAW newsroom, I'm Will Welch. It
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: was a night to talk about renewing or canceling the
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: city's contract with Flock Safety. College Station Police Chief Billy
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: Couch tells council that Flock is invaluable and revolutionary.
• 26:38
  Speaker 7: It's an incredible tool.
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: We have had things come along in law enforcement that
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: really made a difference. The introduction of DNA evidence is
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: on this level. What it can do, what this system
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: is capable of, to help with criminal activity is incredible.
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: It would take, you can't afford the number of cops
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: it would take to do what this system is doing.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Couch says the recent uptick in the discovery of misuse
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: incidents is because of an internal audit fail-safe launched by
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: Flock in April. And CSPD Detective Steve Shulman says condemning
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: a product just because it decreased its likelihood of misuse
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: makes no sense.
• 27:14
  Speaker 14: I have access to more law enforcement databases than I
• 27:16
  Speaker 14: can count, okay?
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: None of them proactively audit.
• 27:20
  Speaker 7: Like flock does.
• 27:21
  Speaker 14: Why would we point to a system catching bad cops
• 27:24
  Speaker 14: as a reason to get.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Rid of it?
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Mayor pro Tim William Wright, who presided over the meeting,
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: spoke his mind before calling for the vote.
• 27:31
  Speaker 12: Ultimately elected up here at large to.
• 27:34
  Speaker 5: Represent 135,000 people.
• 27:34
  Speaker 12: And while y'all are a slice of it, you do
• 27:38
  Speaker 12: not represent 135,000 people. And I have to be able
• 27:42
  Speaker 12: to go home and look at myself and said, I
• 27:45
  Speaker 12: gave the police the tools they could to stop things happening.
• 27:49
  Speaker 12: when they happen in our area. Maybe not prevent. I'm
• 27:51
  Speaker 12: not necessarily sold it necessarily 100% prevents, but it is
• 27:55
  Speaker 12: a tool that can be used when crime has happened
• 27:58
  Speaker 12: to figure out what to do next quickly.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: The vote was 4-2 in favor of giving Flock a
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: one-year contract. Mark Smith and Bob Yancey voted no. Bryan
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: Police are reporting an increase in tire and rim thefts.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: Vehicles most targeted are newer GMC, Chevrolet, and Toyota models.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Thefts are most common between midnight and 7 a.m. As
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: far as recommendations from the Bryan PD, report suspicious activity
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: immediately to 911. Park in well-lit areas, install locking lug
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: nuts on your rims, and make sure surveillance equipment is
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: in working condition. If you have any information about these thefts,
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: report it to BPD. A Bryan teenager was arrested after
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: a dispute over his final paycheck. College Station police say
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: 17-year-old Sean Woods went to the Five Guys in the
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: 700 block of University just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: demanding his final paycheck. The manager told Woods that he
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: would need to return his uniform before the check would
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: be released. Woods then went on a rampage, knocking over
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: a tea machine, tossing condiment dispensers, and overturning tables. Woods
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: was arrested for criminal mischief and criminal trespass. He was
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: released on $ 8, 000 bond. Prosecutors in Texas are taking the
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: death penalty off the table in order to get Lee
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: Gilley back to the states to face trial in the
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: murder of his pregnant wife. Fox's Brooke Taylor explains.
• 29:21
  Speaker 19: The 39-year-old, he's charged with capital murder. He is accused
• 29:25
  Speaker 19: of killing his wife, Krista, inside their Houston home back
• 29:29
  Speaker 19: in 2024. Gilley pleaded not guilty and was released on
• 29:32
  Speaker 19: a $ 1 million bond. Then right before his trial, officials
• 29:37
  Speaker 19: say he managed to cut off his ankle monitor and
• 29:40
  Speaker 19: fled to Italy using a fake name and forged travel documents.
• 29:44
  Speaker 19: He was arrested at a Milan airport, but bringing him
• 29:47
  Speaker 19: back to Texas, it's been complicated. An Italian court blocked
• 29:51
  Speaker 19: his extradition because Italy does not allow the death penalty
• 29:54
  Speaker 19: and wanted guarantees that he would not face execution here. Well,
• 29:58
  Speaker 19: now Harris County prosecutors are trying to remove that roadblock,
• 30:02
  Speaker 19: formally telling the court they will not seek.
• 30:04
  Speaker 7: The death penalty.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Counties across the state are getting thousands of new voter
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: registrations that may have been sitting in Austin for almost
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: a year.
• 30:13
  Speaker 30: More than six million Texans use the Department of Public
• 30:15
  Speaker 30: Safety driver's license portal to register to vote, but some
• 30:18
  Speaker 30: of those may have never been sent to county elections departments.
• 30:21
  Speaker 30: The Texas Association of County Elections Officials says counties are
• 30:24
  Speaker 30: now receiving anywhere from hundreds to tens of thousands of
• 30:26
  Speaker 30: records dating back to October of last year. They cite
• 30:29
  Speaker 30: a technological error at the state level, but they say
• 30:32
  Speaker 30: voters should stay confident. County elections officials are working around
• 30:35
  Speaker 30: the clock to make sure registrations turned in before the
• 30:37
  Speaker 30: deadline October 5th will be processed for the November election.
• 30:41
  Speaker 30: Counties urge people to check VoteTexas.gov to check their own
• 30:43
  Speaker 30: registration status. Alan Skya, TSN News.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: As part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, there is
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: a free car seat safety event taking place tomorrow in Bryan.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: Trained technicians will teach parents how to correctly install car seats.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: provide a replacement if needed, and ensure every child leaves
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: safer than they arrive. Texas A & M AgriLife Extension
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: Office and TxDOT are helping to put on the event
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: at the Brazos Center from 830 until 11. Walk-ins are
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: welcome and served on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: Children must be present to receive a car seat, and
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: expectant parents must be in their last trimester to qualify
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: for a car seat. More news at 7 o'clock or
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: anytime at WTAW.com. I'm Will Welch, 1620-945-WTAW. Attention, everybody.
• 31:34
  Speaker 8: Attention, please.
• 31:36
  Speaker 14: For information regarding rules, contests, and giveaways on News Talk 1620-945-WTAW,
• 31:41
  Speaker 14: go to WTAW.com.
• 31:48
  Speaker 21: Tis time for the Texas Renaissance Festival. Over 400 artisans
• 31:52
  Speaker 21: and craftspeople await you in our 16th century village. Enjoy
• 31:56
  Speaker 21: the worldwide menu of savory dishes and tasty sweets. Revel
• 32:00
  Speaker 21: in music, entertainment, and nightly fireworks. And stay the weekend
• 32:04
  Speaker 21: with our stay and play pass. Open weekends and Thanksgiving Friday,
• 32:07
  Speaker 21: October 10th through November 29th. Get tickets and more at texrenfest.com.
• 32:11
  Speaker 21: Join me and our royal sponsor, Bud Light, in a
• 32:14
  Speaker 21: toast to the Texas Renaissance Festival.
• 32:17
  Speaker 7: Huzzah!
• 32:19
  Speaker 10: Ranchers, it's time for you to plan your cattle feed
• 32:22
  Speaker 10: and mineral requirements for your winter feeding program.
• 32:25
  Speaker 7: Take advantage of bulk contract prices and place your order at.
• 32:28
  Speaker 10: Producers Cooperative between September 25th and October 17th. Reserve your
• 32:33
  Speaker 10: feed and minerals now and pick up or take delivery
• 32:36
  Speaker 10: as you need them. Contracting runs September 25th through October
• 32:41
  Speaker 10: 17th at Producers Cooperative. Everything nutrition since 1943.
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: We're in the CC Electric studio. Find your neighborly electrician
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: at ccelectricbcs.com.
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: 638 on the Infomaniacs, WTAW. Good morning, 979-695-1620. Weather today,
• 33:01
  Speaker 5: not bad, 95 and no heat index.
• 33:04
  Speaker 16: Yay.
• 33:05
  Speaker 5: Down to allegedly the upper 60s tonight and then mid-90s
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: tomorrow for Saturday. Weather is brought to you by Malik
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: Service Company. The Texas heat air conditioner works overtime, but
• 33:15
  Speaker 5: a well-tuned AC. We'll save you money and keep you comfortable.
• 33:18
  Speaker 5: Turn to the experts at Malik and Carrier to keep
• 33:22
  Speaker 5: your AC running properly. Malik, feel the difference.
• 33:27
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: We got our pick-em coming up later on in the
• 33:31
  Speaker 5: show today.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: We will get to that. The SEC football games.
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: Yeah, which is a tradition on the show. Louie is
• 33:37
  Speaker 5: going to join us, and then we'll do that. But
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: there's other elements to this, too. I mean, it's Friday.
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: We're all thinking about football. For Saturday. So we did
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: want to do our usual edition of fight songs. But
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: then Will... Will threw in a wrinkle to it that
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: I was not prepared for, but I really liked it.
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: Not only do we have all the college games... Yeah.
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: Tonight is a night of significance.
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: It's the backyard brawl tonight.
• 34:06
  Speaker 5: The backyard brawl. Keep in mind, I'm used to the
• 34:10
  Speaker 5: Crosstown Showdown.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: It used to be the Crosstown Showdown.
• 34:12
  Speaker 5: It used to be you cannot miss the Crosstown Showdown.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: We had it in Kyle Field back, of course, we
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: played all our home games at Kyle Field, but that
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: one was at Kyle Field. It was a throwdown.
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: That has since kind of faded away, but this one
• 34:24
  Speaker 5: in College Station is a pretty big deal.
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: Tigers are going for three straight over the Cougs. The
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Cougs owned it for a while. We'll see which way
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: the pendulum swings tonight.
• 34:35
  Speaker 5: So we thought to ourselves, what we should do is
• 34:38
  Speaker 5: do fight songs before we do the college stuff.
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 34:41
  Speaker 5: Fight songs for A & M Consolidated.
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: Or as they call them there, the alma mater. The
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: alma mater.
• 34:46
  Speaker 5: So I look and I have found the, I believe
• 34:51
  Speaker 5: this is the College Station Cougar Band fight song or
• 34:55
  Speaker 5: alma mater. I'm not sure, but we're going to check
• 34:56
  Speaker 5: it out.
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: Oh, you have it?
• 34:58
  Speaker 5: Well, I have it for the Cougs.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 35:00
  Speaker 5: I have it for the Cougs. Don't have it for
• 35:02
  Speaker 5: the Tigers.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: Well, I could sing it for you if you really
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: wanted to lose every listener we had. This is the.
• 35:10
  Speaker 5: You know, I have to be honest here, guys. This
• 35:15
  Speaker 5: is not great sound quality.
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: No, we can get better.
• 35:20
  Speaker 5: Y'all have bands, and you.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you've got the equipment. High school guys, I'm going
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: to call.
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: There's an AV program there.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: I'm going to call the superintendent. We're going to make
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: this happen.
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: I don't know if we'll... On the console side, I
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: know you could sing it.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: You want me to do it in William Shatner spoken
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: word style? That would be better.
• 35:38
  Speaker 5: Well, let's start with this. And this is a tall
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: ask because it is 640 in the morning. But we
• 35:45
  Speaker 5: will give you some time to warm up. If you
• 35:48
  Speaker 5: are willing to sing either the alma mater of College
• 35:54
  Speaker 5: Station High School or the alma mater of A &
• 35:58
  Speaker 5: M Consolidated High School, I will pay you for your time.
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: For the purposes of the bit, I will give each
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: one of you a pair of tickets to the Texas
• 36:07
  Speaker 5: Renaissance Fest.
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: Ooh. Okay.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: That's bigly.
• 36:10
  Speaker 5: You have to be able to sing the alma mater.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Not even have to sing it well. Just one of
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: the two.
• 36:15
  Speaker 5: Yeah, just one of the two. That'd be good. But
• 36:17
  Speaker 5: I will expect you to sing it on the radio.
• 36:20
  Speaker 5: If you're willing to do that, you need to call
• 36:22
  Speaker 5: us at 979-695-1620. We'll let you gather up your courage.
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: And in the meantime, let's discuss the other football game
• 36:31
  Speaker 5: that is happening this weekend. And that is, oh my goodness,
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: do we really have to watch A & M go
• 36:38
  Speaker 5: to Death Valley to play LSU?
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know what to think about this game. We'll
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: talk about that later in Pick'ems. But man, it is always,
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: it's always a scrap there down in Baton Rouge.
• 36:52
  Speaker 5: It's going to be ugly. But what does LSU use
• 36:56
  Speaker 5: for a fight song, Will?
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: Well, they've got a song that says it's a Louisiana
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: State University fight song.
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: Yes, Fight for LSU.
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: Fight for LSU. Goes something like this.
• 37:06
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: Hey, fighting tiger. Fight all the way.
• 37:10
  Speaker 31: Hey, fighting tiger, win the game today.
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: You got to know how you do a fight.
• 37:19
  Speaker 31: Hang on to that ball as you hit the wall
• 37:21
  Speaker 31: and crash through that line.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: You got to go for the touchdown. Run up the score.
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: Make Mike the Tiger stand up and roar. So give
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: it all your might as you fight tonight and keep
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: that goal in view. Victory for LSU. Fight for LSU.
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: There's a second verse, but do we really need to
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: get to that?
• 37:40
  Speaker 5: That is not nearly drunk enough. It's my only problem.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: Look, it has been a long time since I've spoken
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: in my native tongue. Being a Baton Rouge native.
• 37:49
  Speaker 5: All right, so here's some tips. Because that's not the
• 37:53
  Speaker 5: only song that you could use for a fight song
• 37:56
  Speaker 5: for LSU. Arguably, that is the second most famous fight
• 38:01
  Speaker 5: song for the college. The Biggin' Big Daddy.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: Did you notice Ole Miss was playing this after their victory?
• 38:12
  Speaker 32: I did.
• 38:12
  Speaker 5: That was a nice touch.
• 38:13
  Speaker 9: I like it.
• 38:14
  Speaker 5: I like to see it.
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: I like this one better, personally.
• 38:19
  Speaker 5: This is, I do have a soft spot in my
• 38:23
  Speaker 5: heart for LSU fans because of this song. One of
• 38:25
  Speaker 5: my favorite Garth Brooks songs. I love it. And it
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: always reminds me of, it always reminds me of some
• 38:29
  Speaker 5: good times.
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: I've been to Baton Rouge.
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: There's been good times in Baton Rouge. The soft spot
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: in your heart. Well, that's kind of akin to the
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: soft spots in their head.
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Now that said. Why am I talking about Colin
• 38:41
  Speaker 5: Baton Rouge today? Because I'm going to teach you how
• 38:44
  Speaker 5: to use this to your advantage.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: So here's the thing. They love that song so much.
• 38:50
  Speaker 5: I've been in situations before here at A & M
• 38:54
  Speaker 5: and previous to an LSU game where I was working
• 38:57
  Speaker 5: as a DJ. And, you know, LSU fans are what
• 39:00
  Speaker 5: they are. They're moody. They're usually intoxicated. You never really
• 39:06
  Speaker 5: know what's going to set them off. If you do
• 39:09
  Speaker 5: set them off, a great way to dial it back
• 39:11
  Speaker 5: and get it friendly again is hitting Colin Baton Rouge.
• 39:15
  Speaker 5: Just play it. Play it for a minute.
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: Have it queued up on the phone?
• 39:18
  Speaker 5: That's what I'm saying. I'm saying you need to download
• 39:21
  Speaker 5: this song onto your phone. And then whenever you, if
• 39:25
  Speaker 5: you are going to be in Baton Rouge, walking around,
• 39:29
  Speaker 5: talking to it occasionally, Tiger fan, you're probably going to
• 39:31
  Speaker 5: say something that's going to irritate them at some point.
• 39:33
  Speaker 5: You're going to need an out. And that's where Baton
• 39:35
  Speaker 5: Rouge comes in.
• 39:36
  Speaker 17: Right?
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: Perfect scenario here, Tucker. Let's say you're standing at a urinal.
• 39:41
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: And perhaps... Perhaps you turn towards a tiger fan and
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: in the event when the Aggies win, you turn to
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: the tiger fan and you say to said tiger fan.
• 39:56
  Speaker 5: They look back at you like they're about to punch you.
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: And they're about to hit you with a boo-dan upside
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: the head.
• 40:01
  Speaker 5: That's when you fly for your phone.
• 40:03
  Speaker 11: Hello, Samantha, dear, I hope you're feeling fine.
• 40:07
  Speaker 5: And at that point, you have to sing along.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Y'all be arm and arm. Yeah.
• 40:11
  Speaker 31: I mean, you talk about de-escalation, brother. That's how you
• 40:15
  Speaker 31: solve that.
• 40:16
  Speaker 5: Problem, y'all.
• 40:18
  Speaker 13: Oh, and Batman.
• 40:20
  Speaker 5: If you have a conversation about how their athletic department
• 40:22
  Speaker 5: suddenly found that they're $ 40 million in debt this week.
• 40:26
  Speaker 31: You act like they care. They'll just go rip off
• 40:31
  Speaker 31: another hospital.
• 40:32
  Speaker 5: You know, but this will solve your problem.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: It will. This will solve it.
• 40:35
  Speaker 7: It will.
• 40:36
  Speaker 5: And, you know, as always.
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: That's a Tiger fans kryptonite right there.
• 40:42
  Speaker 5: Adam Drake brings up, there is a third LSD fight song,
• 40:46
  Speaker 5: which we are not going to discuss.
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: Not at all.
• 40:49
  Speaker 5: Holy cow, Adam. You really thought I was going to
• 40:52
  Speaker 5: play that on the radio.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: Wow. Don't forget folks. We are still looking for you
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: at the beginning of this incredible conversation, looking for you
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: to sing either the alma mater from college station, high school,
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: or any consolidated high school.
• 41:10
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and if you will sing either one, you sing
• 41:13
  Speaker 5: it on the radio, we will give you tickets to
• 41:17
  Speaker 5: the Texas Renaissance Festival. So, 979-695-1620 is our phone number.
• 41:21
  Speaker 5: You remember? You can call us. By the way, someone
• 41:25
  Speaker 5: texts in that the song for College Station High School
• 41:29
  Speaker 5: is Three Nation Army by Imagine Dragons. What is that?
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: That doesn't exist.
• 41:34
  Speaker 5: What is that? You're talking Seven Nation Army?
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: And then the White Stripes?
• 41:39
  Speaker 5: That song I know.
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: But I also don't like the idea of it. Yeah,
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: that one's been around. That one came out, so Eye
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: of the Tiger dropped when I was in the band
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: my freshman year at A & M Consolidated High School.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: I could probably still finger my way through the Barry Sachs.
• 41:54
  Speaker 5: Part of that. 1620 WTAW, you're on the radio. Who's this?
• 41:59
  Speaker 7: This is Brian.
• 42:00
  Speaker 5: Brian, good morning. All right, so are you going to
• 42:03
  Speaker 5: grace us with some... dulcet tones of one of the
• 42:06
  Speaker 5: alma maters of our college station high schools today yeah.
• 42:10
  Speaker 8: I'm an 06 grad of consol so okay man all
• 42:14
  Speaker 8: right will's hyped i'm hyped let's uh and i'll i'll
• 42:17
  Speaker 8: be i won't back you up because you don't want that.
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: All right laid on laid on us brother.
• 42:20
  Speaker 28: Hit me just back me up on the on the
• 42:23
  Speaker 28: chs at the end.
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: I will i will throw that down with you so.
• 42:27
  Speaker 8: Our voices ring out to thee Hail CHA I love it.
• 42:36
  Speaker 8: Hearts filled with loyalty To CHA Way bad.
• 42:44
  Speaker 5: Holy cow.
• 42:45
  Speaker 8: Ever so faithfully.
• 42:50
  Speaker 23: Ever we bless Each happy memory of CHS.
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: There we go.
• 43:03
  Speaker 5: That is incredible.
• 43:04
  Speaker 15: Brian.
• 43:05
  Speaker 7: Brian, yeah, that was solid, man.
• 43:06
  Speaker 5: You earned those tickets, my man. Thank you so much.
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: I've been watching the voice. I watched some of the
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: new episodes last night. Hey, Brian, that was a great performance, man.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: I didn't pick you for my team, but that doesn't
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: mean you're not going to have a great career.
• 43:17
  Speaker 5: I would have spun that chair so fast. Brian, don't
• 43:19
  Speaker 5: go anywhere. We're going to get you the information for
• 43:22
  Speaker 5: these tickets coming up in one second, okay?
• 43:25
  Speaker 33: Perfect.
• 43:26
  Speaker 17: Thank you.
• 43:27
  Speaker 6: Hi, this is Neal Sperry, and I'll be back with
• 43:29
  Speaker 6: today's Plant Talk Texas right after a word from our
• 43:31
  Speaker 6: sponsor and friends at Producers.
• 43:34
  Speaker 10: Ranchers, it's time for you to plan your cattle feed
• 43:37
  Speaker 10: and mineral requirements for your winter feeding program.
• 43:40
  Speaker 7: Take advantage of bulk.
• 43:41
  Speaker 10: Contract prices and place your order at Producers Cooperative between
• 43:45
  Speaker 10: September 25th and October 17th. Reserve your feed and minerals
• 43:50
  Speaker 10: now and pick up or take delivery as you need them.
• 43:53
  Speaker 10: Contracting runs September 25th through October 17th at Producers Cooperative.
• 43:59
  Speaker 10: Everything nutrition since 1943.
• 44:04
  Speaker 6: There are two ways of thinking about fences. There are
• 44:06
  Speaker 6: those who prefer not to see them. They're the people
• 44:08
  Speaker 6: who long for the old-time Texas prairies and hillsides and
• 44:12
  Speaker 6: who enjoy looking out over countryside. And then there are
• 44:15
  Speaker 6: others who really prefer the intimacy of enclosure. They appreciate
• 44:18
  Speaker 6: the definition that fences provide to property boundaries, to visibility,
• 44:23
  Speaker 6: even to the responsibility of mowing, edging, and trimming. We're
• 44:27
  Speaker 6: going to examine fences in urban gardens, but first you
• 44:30
  Speaker 6: need to determine whether you're a person who wants to
• 44:32
  Speaker 6: see as little fencing as possible or or if you're
• 44:34
  Speaker 6: seeking the more confined feeling. I'll be back with details
• 44:38
  Speaker 6: living with fences right after this message. My book is
• 44:41
  Speaker 6: Neil Sperry's Lone Star Gardening. I believe it's the best
• 44:45
  Speaker 6: work of my career. I self-published it. It's directly from
• 44:48
  Speaker 6: me to your mailbox. there's no publishing house no retail
• 44:52
  Speaker 6: markups to run up your cost as i close out
• 44:54
  Speaker 6: the final printing here's an offer i've never made before
• 44:58
  Speaker 6: while supplies last i've reduced the price from thirty eight
• 45:01
  Speaker 6: ninety five on the jacket to the lowest price ever
• 45:05
  Speaker 6: Only $ 24. 95.
• 45:06
  Speaker 34: It's a high-quality hardback book, 344 pages, 840 of my photographs.
• 45:13
  Speaker 34: It covers every aspect of landscapes, lawns, flower, fruit, and
• 45:16
  Speaker 34: vegetable gardening for every county in Texas. A 48-page perpetual calendar.
• 45:22
  Speaker 34: It tells you when to plant, prune, feed, and protect
• 45:24
  Speaker 34: all the plants that you're growing. That's just $ 24. 95. A
• 45:29
  Speaker 34: signed copy, satisfaction guaranteed. Order it at neilsferry.com. N-E-I-L-S-P-E-R-R-Y dot com.
• 45:39
  Speaker 34: You need to make a list of functions that your
• 45:41
  Speaker 34: fences will be performing. It's going to be a simple list.
• 45:44
  Speaker 34: It should include enclosure of pets and children, privacy, security.
• 45:49
  Speaker 6: And noise deadening. Those are some things you might want
• 45:51
  Speaker 6: to consider. Some people even install fences just as an
• 45:54
  Speaker 6: aesthetic visual break between one part of a landscape and another.
• 45:58
  Speaker 6: As example, you'll see rail fences erected simply as means
• 46:01
  Speaker 6: of supporting climbing roses. Once you have your list prepared,
• 46:05
  Speaker 6: decide which of those functions is most critical to your
• 46:08
  Speaker 6: family's needs. You'll then want to list the various types
• 46:11
  Speaker 6: of fencing that are available to you. As you're doing so,
• 46:15
  Speaker 6: you will certainly start considering how each type will perform
• 46:18
  Speaker 6: in meeting the needs you just prioritized, as well as
• 46:21
  Speaker 6: how they'll compare in cost. Here are some types you
• 46:23
  Speaker 6: ought to consider. Western Red Cedar Wood Fencing is the
• 46:27
  Speaker 6: standard company-issue fencing of many Texas neighborhoods. It's good on
• 46:30
  Speaker 6: privacy and enclosure, fair on security and sound deadening, and
• 46:34
  Speaker 6: depending on how it's installed and landscaped, fair to good
• 46:36
  Speaker 6: on attractiveness. Comparative cost is low, but so is life expectancy,
• 46:40
  Speaker 6: 10 to 15 years. Painted or stained pressure-treated pine fencing.
• 46:45
  Speaker 6: One example would be old-fashioned picket fencing. That type of
• 46:48
  Speaker 6: fence can be fair to good on privacy. You can
• 46:51
  Speaker 6: use a double row of pickets, for example, to make
• 46:53
  Speaker 6: it quite difficult to peer through the fence, and if
• 46:55
  Speaker 6: it's painted or stained regularly, it'll last a long time.
• 46:59
  Speaker 6: Vinyl fencing has come a long way. In its 50
• 47:02
  Speaker 6: years of study, many styles and colors are available, most
• 47:05
  Speaker 6: of them resembling painted wood in look and features. It
• 47:08
  Speaker 6: costs more than wood, but the good brands have long-time
• 47:11
  Speaker 6: warranties against failure from exposure to sun and heat and cold.
• 47:15
  Speaker 6: Split rail fencing gives a rustic look, but it doesn't
• 47:18
  Speaker 6: hold up very long. It's beautiful for climbing roses, but
• 47:21
  Speaker 6: you're going to have to take really good care of
• 47:23
  Speaker 6: it and know that you'll have to replace it after
• 47:25
  Speaker 6: 8 or 10 years. Welded wire fencing, that will give
• 47:29
  Speaker 6: you a beautiful open look, and it will be perfect
• 47:32
  Speaker 6: on enclosure. Not so good on security. Not so good
• 47:36
  Speaker 6: on privacy. Wrought iron fencing is the ultimate in almost
• 47:40
  Speaker 6: all respects. It's the longest lasting, most attractive, and most
• 47:43
  Speaker 6: expensive fence you can erect. It's just beautiful, and of course,
• 47:46
  Speaker 6: masonry walls, that just takes it to a new level.
• 47:49
  Speaker 6: I'm Neal Sperry, and that's Plant Talk Texas for another day.
• 47:52
  Speaker 6: Until next time, thanks for listening, and happy gardening.
• 47:55
  Speaker 33: We've all heard the promise, I'll eliminate property tax. It
• 47:59
  Speaker 33: sounds great until you ask how. The truth, if the
• 48:01
  Speaker 33: state doesn't pay its fair share for our schools, that
• 48:04
  Speaker 33: money has to come from somewhere. Often, that means a
• 48:06
  Speaker 33: massive hike in sales tax, hitting every single thing you
• 48:10
  Speaker 33: buy for your kids. I'm Janet Dudding, and I won't
• 48:12
  Speaker 33: give you a slogan. I'll give you the truth. We
• 48:14
  Speaker 33: need a state government that stops shifting the burden onto
• 48:17
  Speaker 33: local homeowners. Let's get real relief, not empty promises. Visit JanetDuddingForTexas.com.
• 48:22
  Speaker 11: Political ad paid for by the Janet Dudding Campaign.
• 48:26
  Speaker 35: When the Dallas Cowboys need equipment they can trust, they
• 48:29
  Speaker 35: turn to United Ag and Turf and John Deere. Now
• 48:32
  Speaker 35: put a winning lineup in your field. The 1023E yard
• 48:35
  Speaker 35: hand package is just $ 199 a month. Or step up
• 48:38
  Speaker 35: to a bigger chassis and more horsepower with the 3025E
• 48:41
  Speaker 35: yearling package for just $ 279 a month. United Ag and Turf,
• 48:45
  Speaker 35: the official ag and turf equipment supplier of the Dallas Cowboys.
• 48:48
  Speaker 35: Visit unitedagandturf.com today. It's 1031.26 with approved credit through John
• 48:53
  Speaker 35: Deere Financing.
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: Some restrictions apply. See dealer for details. We're in the
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: CC Electric studio, built on faith, family, and community, built
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: to serve the Brazos Valley. Go to ccelectricbcs.com. Good morning.
• 49:09
  Speaker 28: I'm Riley Flurkey with your morning sports update on 1620-945-WTAW.
• 49:16
  Speaker 28: The Aggie football team is gearing up for their second
• 49:18
  Speaker 28: SEC game of the season. season against the LSU Tigers.
• 49:22
  Speaker 28: Ahead of hitting the road to Tiger Stadium, head coach
• 49:25
  Speaker 28: Mike Elko met with the media to share thoughts on
• 49:27
  Speaker 28: the team's preparation ahead of the matchup.
• 49:30
  Speaker 22: The challenge on us now is to respond, and we've
• 49:32
  Speaker 22: got a great opportunity this week to go on the
• 49:34
  Speaker 22: road and play a top 10 team in an environment
• 49:38
  Speaker 22: that's going to be electric and we have to respond
• 49:41
  Speaker 22: and that's what this program was built on and certainly
• 49:44
  Speaker 22: that'll be the challenge that's been laid out to the
• 49:46
  Speaker 22: staff and the guys this week and to myself and
• 49:49
  Speaker 22: I fully expect that we'll go out into Tiger Stadium
• 49:51
  Speaker 22: and do that and so looking forward for the opportunity
• 49:54
  Speaker 22: looking forward to the challenge and just looking forward to
• 49:56
  Speaker 22: get back out there and moving on to the next
• 49:58
  Speaker 22: step for us.
• 49:59
  Speaker 28: Kickoff for tomorrow night's game is set for 6 30.
• 50:03
  Speaker 28: The A & M soccer team was on the losing
• 50:05
  Speaker 28: end of a 1-0 decision against the 7th ranked Alabama
• 50:09
  Speaker 28: last night at Ellis Field. Head coach Bobby Shuttleworth shared
• 50:12
  Speaker 28: thoughts on the team's performance.
• 50:15
  Speaker 25: That was one of our better performances of the year.
• 50:16
  Speaker 25: I thought we did a really good job of being
• 50:19
  Speaker 25: connected and kept possession of the ball for long periods
• 50:23
  Speaker 25: of time. Defensively, I thought we caused them a lot
• 50:24
  Speaker 25: of problems. I didn't really have a ton of chances.
• 50:29
  Speaker 25: Other than the goal, I don't really have a Really
• 50:31
  Speaker 25: much recollection of them having any opportunities or Addy having
• 50:36
  Speaker 25: to make a save. Overall, happy with the performance, disappointed
• 50:41
  Speaker 25: with the result.
• 50:42
  Speaker 28: Up next, the Aggies return to Ellis Field Sunday afternoon
• 50:45
  Speaker 28: and host the Florida Gators with a 2 o'clock kick.
• 50:48
  Speaker 28: The A & M volleyball team is two days away
• 50:50
  Speaker 28: from starting SEC play at Reed Arena, where the Aggies
• 50:53
  Speaker 28: will take on South Carolina for their first conference game
• 50:57
  Speaker 28: of the season. Head coach Jamie Morrison recapped the team's
• 51:00
  Speaker 28: performance in the non-conference schedule and how it prepared their
• 51:03
  Speaker 28: team for upcoming games.
• 51:05
  Speaker 15: Overall, I'm just proud of our team. The schedule that
• 51:08
  Speaker 15: we went through and the way that it kind of
• 51:09
  Speaker 15: went down with injuries and things that happened along those lines,
• 51:12
  Speaker 15: I thought we adapted.
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: I thought we learned.
• 51:14
  Speaker 15: I thought we got better. I think our team's gotten
• 51:15
  Speaker 15: better at learning. I was just talking to one of
• 51:17
  Speaker 15: our players and having a cup of coffee and just
• 51:19
  Speaker 15: talking about in the middle of the Rice match, I
• 51:21
  Speaker 15: asked for something to change and it changed immediately. Whereas
• 51:25
  Speaker 15: beginning of the season, that might take losing a volleyball
• 51:26
  Speaker 15: match to go make the change.
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: So I think overall, pride.
• 51:30
  Speaker 15: And I know the record doesn't necessarily show what I
• 51:33
  Speaker 15: hoped it would have. I still don't look back at
• 51:35
  Speaker 15: two or three of those matches and want a couple
• 51:37
  Speaker 15: points back in those to make sure those come out
• 51:39
  Speaker 15: with a W. But overall, in terms of, you know,
• 51:41
  Speaker 15: I'm going to even look at the long term, just
• 51:44
  Speaker 15: the learning that's happened over the 12 matches that we
• 51:46
  Speaker 15: played in terms of the next two to three to
• 51:48
  Speaker 15: four to five years. I think it's going to pay
• 51:50
  Speaker 15: dividends with what we went through.
• 51:52
  Speaker 28: First serve is set for Sunday afternoon at 2.30. The
• 51:56
  Speaker 28: Aggie men's basketball team wrapped up week one of practice yesterday.
• 51:59
  Speaker 28: Head coach Bucky McMillan met with the media to talk
• 52:02
  Speaker 28: about how the first week went and the chemistry within
• 52:05
  Speaker 28: his team.
• 52:06
  Speaker 32: It's good.
• 52:07
  Speaker 10: It's good.
• 52:07
  Speaker 32: I mean, it helped that we had the tour down
• 52:09
  Speaker 32: the Bahamas, obviously. You know, so we're probably a little
• 52:11
  Speaker 32: ahead of where most you'd be if you didn't have it.
• 52:14
  Speaker 32: So glad to get them back out there working. Had
• 52:18
  Speaker 32: some good practices and got a long way to go, though.
• 52:21
  Speaker 32: You kind of know your team workers have been able
• 52:22
  Speaker 32: to practice more. You know the league. I do like
• 52:25
  Speaker 32: our group. I do think that I like a lot
• 52:27
  Speaker 32: of the teams in the SEC. It's going to be
• 52:29
  Speaker 32: an awesome league this year. But anytime you've gone through something,
• 52:34
  Speaker 32: whether it's just small things like travel, the duration of
• 52:37
  Speaker 32: the season, it always helps. And being with the team
• 52:40
  Speaker 32: all summer helps probably more than anything.
• 52:42
  Speaker 28: The Maroon and White's first exhibition game of the season
• 52:45
  Speaker 28: is one month away, and the Aggies will take on
• 52:48
  Speaker 28: SMU at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. In high school football,
• 52:53
  Speaker 28: last night Rudder beat Elgin 63-19. Tonight, College Station is
• 52:58
  Speaker 28: hosting A & M Consolidated with kickoff set for 7 o'clock.
• 53:02
  Speaker 28: Bryan is hosting their game tonight against Chaparral with a
• 53:04
  Speaker 28: 7 o'clock kick. Navasota is hitting the road tonight to
• 53:08
  Speaker 28: take on Columbia with a 7 o'clock kickoff. Brazos Christian
• 53:11
  Speaker 28: is hitting the road tonight as well for their game
• 53:14
  Speaker 28: against Holy Cross with kickoff set for 7 o'clock. Allen
• 53:17
  Speaker 28: Academy is hosting San Marcos Academy tonight with a 7.30 kickoff.
• 53:21
  Speaker 28: Caldwell is hosting Lorena tonight with a 7.30 kickoff. And
• 53:25
  Speaker 28: Franklin is hosting Little River Academy tonight with kickoff set
• 53:28
  Speaker 28: for 7 o'clock. That's your morning sports update on 1620-945-WTAW.
• 53:32
  Speaker 28: I'm Riley Flurkey.
• 53:36
  Speaker 24: It's no secret that our aging electrical grid is overwhelmed
• 53:39
  Speaker 24: and faltering while we become more dependent on it. With
• 53:42
  Speaker 24: severe weather, record outages, and more of us working from home,
• 53:45
  Speaker 24: demand for backup generators is outstripping supply nationwide. But you
• 53:48
  Speaker 24: don't have to wait months for a solution. Generator Supercenter,
• 53:52
  Speaker 24: the nation's number one Generac dealer, has automatic standby generators
• 53:56
  Speaker 24: in stock now. Reserve your unit today with a free
• 53:59
  Speaker 24: estimate and take the first step to peace of mind
• 54:01
  Speaker 24: in any power emergency. Generator Supercenter of College Station, 979-820-0162.
• 54:07
  Speaker 5: WTAW, we're the Infomaniacs. As if Friday wasn't enough reason
• 54:11
  Speaker 5: to celebrate, it's not going to feel miserable today.
• 54:13
  Speaker 24: Yeah.
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: It's going to be.
• 54:14
  Speaker 5: Warm, 95 for the high, but no heat index. Dry
• 54:18
  Speaker 5: should be very, very nice down to the 70s tonight.
• 54:20
  Speaker 5: Weather is brought to you by our friends at United
• 54:22
  Speaker 5: Roofing and Sheet Metal, home of the Duralast Roof System,
• 54:26
  Speaker 5: the world's best roof. Give them a call, 268-ROOF, or
• 54:30
  Speaker 5: you can check them out online anytime at unitedroofingpros.com. We're 1620-945-WTAW,
• 54:38
  Speaker 5: College Station, Bryan. Good morning, y'all. 7 o'clock.