Given that my beloved alma mater has signed a deal with ESPN to create the Longhorn Network to televise any and all things University of Texas athletics, I actually anticipated not being able to watch the first football game this year as I was sure my cable company, Time Warner, would not pick up the new network without protracted negotiation. Time Warner after all does not carry the NFL network. So this Saturday I sat with my computer at my kitchen table with something us old folks call AM radio trying in vain to find an online video feed while I listened to the Longhorns on WOAI AM 1200 here in San Antonio. Again, I had anticipated this turn of events ever since I found out that the Rice game would be televised only on the Longhorn Network. Usually, throughout the season because of work and family, I end up listening to the radio broadcast two or three times a year. I like the announcer Craig Way and am used to listening to my sports on radio. The only problem, of course, is that AM radio is the home to right wing paranoia, propaganda, and hate. WOAI, which is known as the south Texas blowtorch since its signal can be picked up all throughout south Texas, northern Mexico, and at night neighboring states, has been the longtime home of my Longhorns. If I want to hear the game and cannot get to a television broadcast, my choice is WOAI. And, of course, WOAI is right wing central, featuring Beck, Rush, Hannity, and the local guy Joe Pags who fills in for Beck at times when GB goes on vacation. So, I face a dilemna of course...
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