WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the February 2, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Five Bryan ISD school kitchens have been dealing with equipment that quit working. That led to the BISD school board at its last meeting buying more than $141,000 of steamers, warmers, and coolers. After board member David Stennis asked for the prices from the 11 companies that submitted bids., assistant schoo...

This podcast contains comments from the February 12, 2026 College Station city council meeting. A proposed 60 unit apartment complex for low income renters in College Station could open in less than two years. That's after the College Station city council supported a resolution at their last meeting for a developer based in Ohio to request tax credits from the state. Click HERE to read and downloa...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Early voting for the March 3rd primary starts Tuesday (February 17). There was no early voting Monday due to the President's Day holiday. In Brazos County, elections administrator Trudy Hancock says there are 138,806 registered voters. That's up from 128,349 in 2024, 122,831 in 2022, and about...

This podcast is a preview of the first United Way of the Brazos Valley "Sneaker Soiree" fundraiser with UWBV development manager Maggie Gray and musician Latrail Bailey, who will be performing at the February 28th event. Click HERE to be directed to the UWBV website for more information about the fundraiser.

Remembering Winter Storm Uri five years ago on February 16, 2026 with the city of Bryan's public works director Jayson Barfknecht and WTAW's Scott DeLucia.

This podcast is a visit on February 16, 2026 with Hailey Mallett of the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley, Amy Raines of the George H.W. Bush library, and WTAW's Scott DeLucia.

This podcast contains comments from the February 12, 2026 College Station city council meeting. College Station city council members wrapped up Thursday's meeting (February 12) with a decision to hold a future workshop on possible regulations for those who drive electric scooters and bicycles. The idea followed comments from fire chief Richard Mann, who showed a chart that in the last five years,...

This podcast contains comments from the February 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The February regular meeting of the Bryan city council included three actions involving the fire department. The council agreed to extending a contract with an outside health and wellness company through September 30, 2028. The contract amount, not to exceed $630,500 dollars, follows a three year pilot program th...

This podcast is a recording of College Station city manager Bryan Woods's visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs February 13, 2026. Topics includes a preview of an upcoming city council strategic retreat and the operations of the city manager's office.

This podcast contains comments from the Bryan city council meeting on February 10, 2026 meeting. The Bryan city council updates the ordinance on parking violations. Bryan police now have the authority to issue a ticket when they don't see who is driving the offending vehicle, to issue a ticket to the vehicle's registered owner. Police chief Dean Swartzlander says it doesn't matter who is driving t...

This podcast is Bryan city manager Andrew Nelson's report to the city council on February 10, 2026. Some of the report includes: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS • The roadway work in BRAC is complete, with the narrow asphalt section replaced with a wider concrete roadway. • The Stella Ranch Lift Station is complete and operational. • The contractor has started drilling Well 23, located on the peninsu...

City of Bryan Travis Fields General Manager Travis Triola joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 12, 2026, to share updates on the new renovations, sports facilities, schedules, leagues, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 11, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. Bryan city council members have questions, but expressed no opposition, to the design of a mural that will be painted on the exterior of Clara B. Mounce library. The mural is a project of the Bryan-College Station sister cities organization, which has relationships with cities in Germany, Mexico, Belgium...

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to share updates on Zootopia-style mural ideas, ongoing parking challenges in Downtown Bryan, details on Travis Bryan Midtown Park, boilerplate contracts, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the chief facilities officer of the Texas A&M system, Brett McCully, during the February 5, 2026 meeting of the board of regents building committee. The Texas A&M system board of regents approves spending an additional $16.5 million dollars for its new semiconductor institute on the RELLIS campus. That brings the price tag of what is described as a world...

This podcast is a visit with Bryan police officer Seth Waller and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The city of Bryan has issued permits for alarm systems for 1,374 homes and 718 businesses. But last year, Bryan police responded to 418 alarms at locations that did not have a permit. And 224 of those 418 alarms were at a repeat location that did not have a permit. That has led to a new effort by BPD to register...

This podcast is a visit with the city of Bryan's historic preservation officer Allison Kay and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Downtown Bryan is now on the national register of historic places. The city's historic preservation officer, Allison Kay, says this completes a process that started in March 2023. According to a news release from the Texas Historical Commission, 91 of the district's 104 structures wer...

This podcast contains comments from Republican candidates for Brazos County county judge Mike Southerland and Kyle Kacal at the B/CS chamber forum on February 9, 2026.

This podcast contains comments from the Republican candidates for Brazos County commission precinct 4 at the B/CS chamber forum on February 9, 2026.

This podcast contains the comments of Democratic candidates for precinct 2 Brazos County commission Wanda Watson and Prentiss Madison Sr. at the B/CS chamber forum on February 9, 2026.

This podcast contains the comments of Republican candidates for Brazos County commission precinct two Jordan Januse, Kyle Greenwood, and Jeff Murski at the B/CS chamber forum on February 9, 2026.

This podcast contains the comments of Democratic candidates for the state representative in district 14 Janet Dudding and David Kessler at the B/CS chamber of commerce forum on February 9, 2026.

This podcast contains the comments of Republican state senate District 5 candidates Charles Schwertner and Larry Nance.

This podcast is the B/CS chamber of commerce candidates forum on February 9, 2026, with state senate district five Democratic candidates Kevin Nelson and Paul Thomasson.

This podcast includes comments from Bill Watkins YouTube channel "Thoughts While Thinking". A former owner of WTAW Radio who also built Bryan/College Station's first FM radio station has died. Bill Watkins came to Bryan/College Station in 1961, where he would manage WTAW, then at 1150 AM, for 18 years. In 1964 he built WTAW-FM. Then he would own the stations between 1979 and 1986. Also during his...