WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the May 6, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Grimes County commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to consider giving tax breaks to Elon Musk's Space X for a proposed project at the former Gibbons Creek Lake property. The cost of the proposed semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility could reach $174 billion dollars accor...

This podcast contains comments from the May 6, 2026 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting, followed by an interview with regents chairman Bob Albritton and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Texas A&M system board of regents Wednesday (May 6) unanimously named Susan Ballabina president of the flagship campus. Ballabina, whose first official day is May 11, returns to the university after serving a...

This podcast is a visit with city of Bryan deputy city manager Hugh Walker and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The city of Bryan's Travis Field stadium, which has had a $700,000 dollar renovation, will be ready for the May 21st opener for the first season of the new Yard Dogs collegiate baseball team. Bryan deputy city manager Hugh Walker says the stadium's third base party deck has been replaced, the first b...

Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs May 6, 2026 about economic development activity, the development of new energy projects, and the status of the condition of an apartment complex.

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. Less than a month after the city of Bryan announced city manager Andrew Nelson went on medical leave where he would undergo brain surgery, he is back at work. And his return was noted by city council members at the end of the May 5th regular meeting. Leading off was Kevin Boriskie, followed by Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, Ja...

This podcast contains comments from the May 4, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members decide to offer online classes starting in the next school year. Unanimous approval was given at Monday night's meeting (May 4) to hire an outside company to teach third through 12th grade students in what administrators are calling a "virtual academy". Click HERE to read and download...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council receives its annual update on street maintenance done by the public works department. At the April 23rd meeting, public works director Emily Fisher reminded the council that street maintenance reflects what they find from visual inspections done by city staff. This year, so...

United Way of the Brazos Valley (UWBV) president Lizette Hawkins and UWBV board member Rob Mwandia, known professionally as "DJ Rob", visit with WTAW's Bill Oliver about UWBV's crawfish boil fundraiser that is taking place May 5, 2026 at Yesterday's Bar and Grill in Bryan.

This podcast contains comments from the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council at its April meeting unanimously approved six rezoning requests. One of three that was not initiated by city staff, gives permission for the owners of the Made Well Ministries non profit agency to continue operating on property just inside the Eastside historical district.  Homeowners in the h...

This podcast is a visit with the chairman of the Brazos County historical commission, Henry Mayo, and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Brazos County historical commission has had a committee working the last five years on the local recognition of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence. Historical commission chairman Henry Mayo says what he remembers at the time of the natio...

City of College Station code enforcement supervisor Tommy Shilling visited with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs May 1, 2026. Topics includes the spring move out by Texas A&M students and how to report violations.

This podcast contains comments from the April 28, 2026 Texas A&M system board of regents budget meeting. The formal appointment of Texas A&M's next president is scheduled to take place the day after the state mandated 21 day waiting period. Next Wednesday (May 5) is when the board of regents has scheduled a special meeting to authorize the chancellor to negotiate a contract with Susan Ball...

Lina Adams of the Destination Bryan tourism office previews May 2026 events with WTAW's Bill Oliver.

Retired Texas A&M head football coach and athletic director Jackie Sherill visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs April 30, 2026 about the start of the Bryan Youth Sports Association's first football camp for fourth through sixth graders and the future of division one college athletics.

College Station mayor John Nichols visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs April 29, 2026. Topics includes the upcoming appearance of the Savannah Bananas baseball team at Kyle Field and the city council's future review of license plate reading cameras.

This podcast contains comments from the April 28, 2026 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting from Texas A&M interim president Tommy Williams and regents Jay Graham of Bryan and David Baggett of Houston. The Texas A&M system board of regents hear from the presidents of the system's 12 universities about their proposals for the 2027 fiscal year. No action was taken after the presenta...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council agrees to pursue the second year of grant money to renew the contract with the provider of license plate reading cameras at various locations around the city. Click HERE to read and download background information about the grant application that was approved at the April 2...

This podcast contains comments from College Station ISD facilities director Paul Buckner at the April 21, 2026 CSISD board meeting. There are still unfinished projects in College Station ISD funded by voter approved bond issues in 2021 and 2023. At the April CSISD board meeting, approval was given to rankings recommended by facilities director Paul Buckner that will eventually lead to replacing me...

This podcast contains comments from Bryan city councilman Jared Salvato during his April 16, 2026 visit on WTAW's The Infomaniacs. Bryan residents are invited to participate in the development of the city's next comprehensive, or long range plan. An open house is taking place Tuesday, April 28th, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at Phillips Events Center. According to the city of Bryan's website , the co...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County's elections administrator reviews the March primary election at the last county commission meeting (April 21). Click HERE to read and download statistics from the March 2026 primary election that were given at the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Among other things, Trudy Hancock...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council plans to discuss a request made by a local political action committee in an attempt to improve conditions in residential neighborhoods. Charles Barr of the College Station Association of Neighborhoods (CSAN) said during the public comment period of the last city council mee...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners reluctantly approve tripling the payment for transporting the deceased to medical examiners offices in Austin and San Antonio, from $500 to $1,500 for reach round trip. The county's purchasing agent, Charles Wendt, says the local funeral home that has had the contract was the only o...

The NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Brazos Valley chapter serves Brazos, Robertson, Burleson, Grimes, Washington, Madison, and Leon counties. NAMI-BV board president Lakshmi Mahadevan visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver about services provided by the agency, a preview of an April 30th gala fundraiser titled “Faces of Hope: Unmasking the Stigma”, and volunteer opportunities. Click HERE to be...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council joins the planning and zoning commission (P&Z) in unanimously approving rezoning land for a large housing development that drew vocal opposition from neighboring subdivisions. Click HERE to read and download background information about the zoning change that was approv...

City of College Station Solid Waste Division Manager Caroline Ask visits with WTAW’s Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Friday, April 24, 2026, to talk about recycling day collection changes for some, and more.