WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Two items affecting College Station ISD were unanimously approved at Monday night's (May 18) College Station city council meeting. The council is spending up to $316,000 dollars to build three raised crosswalks on Welsh Avenue near Consolidated High School.  Design engineer Veronica Morgan, representing CSIS...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. More asphalt paving is coming in Bryan. That's after the city council approved two additions following a discussion at this month's (May 5) workshop meeting. Public works director Jayson Barfknecht says 29th Street in front of St. Joseph's hospital need to be repaved. And a gravel road at Coulter Field airport...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 joint meeting of the Bryan city council and Bryan Business Council. This is the fourth year that the Bryan Business Council (BBC) and the city council has been discussing a trolley service between downtown Bryan and the Northgate district. Whitney Wright, who chairs the BBC's tourism subcommittee, included the project during this month's (May 5)...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

This podcast is a recording of the ceremonial groundbreaking program at the site of the city of Bryan's Midtown Legacy Park on May 18, 2026. The ceremonial groundbreaking has taken place inside Bryan's Midtown Park for what will be known at Midtown Legacy Park. What was described as an "epic and destination" playground will have 119 play components. Click HERE to read and download renderings of th...

City of Bryan Travis Field General Manager Brady Bell and Marketing Intern Travis Triola visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Monday, May 18, 2026, to talk about the Yard Dogs, Travis Field, Travis Major Field, upcoming events, and more. 

This podcast is a visit with the president of the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce Glen Brewer and WTAW's Bill Oliver. For decades, a group of Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce members and local government leaders spend the better part of a week lobbying federal lawmakers in Washington D.C.  More than 30 people made this week's trip to present the chamber's legislative action plan...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners are questioned about nearly doubling the budget to maintain the downtown Bryan parking garage. The county took over control from the Brazos Transit District in April of 2025. Before commissioners approved a budget amendment at its May 5th meeting, public speaker Cathie Viens questioned...

College Station city councilman Scott Shafer visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Friday, May 15, 2026. Topics include bicycling, parking issues south of the Texas A&M campus where Shafer lives, the selection of new A&M president Susan Ballabina (where Shafer works at A&M's executive director of campus and community enrichment), the city's involvement with a private d...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Since January of 2025, Brazos County commissioners have regularly talked about and on occasion made changes to the county's credit card policy. At the commission's May 5th business meeting, approval was given to several changes requested by the purchasing office. Click HERE to read and download the amended credit...

Bryan police department officer Seth Waller visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia and Bill Oliver on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, May 14, 2026. Topics include recruiting for BPD's Junior Citizen Police Academy, discussing body cameras and other technologies, and BPD's interaction with residents.

This podcast contains comments from the May 13, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. For the second consecutive week, Grimes County commissioners receive public comments about possible economic incentives related to the proposed Space X project at Gibbons Creek lake. Some of the 20 speakers at a special meeting Wednesday morning (May 13) included supporters of what could be a $174 billion dollar...

This podcast is a visit with the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce's community liaison Royce Hickman and WTAW's Will Welch on The Infomaniacs May 12, 2026. More than 30 local businesspeople and government officials are in Washington D.C. as part of annual trip organized by the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce. The decades long tradition includes making contact with all members of...

This podcast is the May 13, 2026 announcement that Bryan Broadcasting vice president and general manager Ben Downs will be the sixth recipient of the Texas Association of Broadcasters lifetime achievement award. The sixth recipient of the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) lifetime achievement award in the 73 year history of the organization is Bryan Broadcasting vice president and general ma...

This podcast is a recording of the dedication program of a law enforcement memorial outside the Bryan police department on May 12, 2026. National Police Week was the setting Tuesday morning (May 12) in front of the Bryan police department for the unveiling of a new memorial. Police chief Dean Swartzlander thanked Eagle Scout candidate Roman Smith for his project that includes a statue remembering...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. May's workshop meeting of the Bryan city council included discussing the city's ordinance on non-consent tows. That's when the Bryan police department calls on a towing company to move a vehicle in violation of a parking or another traffic regulation. Councilman James Edge asked police chief Dean Swartzlander...

This podcast contains audio from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. There will be another local event marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Brazos County commissioners at its May 5th meeting unanimously agreed to give permission to plant a tree at Boonville Heritage Park. The request was made by the chairman of the county's historical commission, Henry Ma...

This podcast is a visit with the membership manager of the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce Carrie Archer and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce is asking businesspeople to participate in an online survey to benefit non-profit agencies. Click HERE to be directed to the chamber's survey. The chamber's membership manager, Carrie Archer, says data will be revie...

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and J.J. Ramirez and Kyle Salmon of UWBV partner agency S.O.S. Ministries visit with WTAW's Bill Oliver May 11, 2026.

This podcast is a visit with College Station assistant city manager Jennifer Prochazka and WTAW's Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs May 8, 2026. They review the recent appearance of the Savannah Bananas baseball game, what happens after the city council voted against extending Pebble Creek Parkway, the proposed Space X project at Gibbons Creek lake, abandoned housing, and upcoming city events.

This podcast contains comments from mayor Bobby Gutierrez during his visit May 6, 2026 with WTAW's Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs. The city of Bryan has ordered the remaining occupants of an apartment complex plagued by serious health and safety violations to vacate by June 8th. The notice comes after the city issued an order on February 23rd to "vacate, secure and shut off utilities" at Canyon...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. Starting in June, BTU residential customers will be paying another $4.00 dollars a month for their electricity. That's after the city council this unanimously adopted recommendations by the BTU board at the council's May 5th meeting. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the May 5, 2026 B...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. In August 2025, Brazos County commissioners on a three to two vote approved spending $435,000 dollars on a consultant to review employee pay and job descriptions. The consultant's first report was presented at the commission's May 5th meeting. According to the consultant's presentation, they have four objectives....

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County county attorney Earl Gray and WTAW's Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs May 7, 2026. Topics included the basic operations of the office, an overview of specialty programs for first offenders, veterans, those with mental health issues, and assisting with the training of police officers.

This podcast is a visit on The Infomaniacs May 7, 2026 with city of Bryan recreation supervisor Matt Minahan and WTAW's Will Welch. Topics includes the renovation of Travis Field baseball stadium, the status of city pools, and other parks and recreation programs.