WTAW - Interviews

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...

This podcast is a visit with United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and the program manager for the Brazos Valley region of 2-1-1 Texas Hilda Salazar visit and WTAW's Bill Oliver about the free services that are provided ahead of the recognition of National 2-1-1 Day on February 11th. News release from United Way of the Brazos Valley : On February 11, the United Way of the Brazos...

This podcast contains comments from the February 2, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members decide to spend money that's remaining from a bond issue in 2020 to pay for one of things approved by voters in last November's $397 million dollar bond. It will cost $282,000 dollars for new semi-trailers that are custom built for the bands at Bryan High and Rudder High school....

College Station Police Chief Billy Couch visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss crime statistics and trends, challenges in the Northgate area, mental health resources, radio encryption issues, the department’s A.I. Draft One initiative, interactions with ICE, job openings, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Friday, February 6, 2026. 

This podcast is a visit with Destination Bryan tourism office director John Friebele and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Thursday (February 5) begins four days of sports tourism events in Bryan/College Station where three events will combine to bring in as many as 545 teams. The director of the Destination Bryan tourism office, John Friebele, says the popularity of sports tourism is a testament to local coope...

Bryan Texas Utilities division manager of customer services Meagan Brown visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss how BTU monitors weather conditions across Texas and the nation, the financial impact of weather monitoring on utilities, low-cost power options like solar and wind, the upcoming youth tour, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 5, 2026. 

Brazos County Judge Duane Peters and the first Brazos County Director of Forensic Services, Dr. Jennifer Dierksen, visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on Thursday, February 5, 2026. Topics includes staffing and operating the new medical examiners office when it opens this June and the county judge's plans for his final year in office before he retires.

This podcast contains comments from Dan Rudge of the Bryan/College Station metropolitan planning organization at the B/CS chamber of commerce economic outlook conference on January 28, 2026. Click HERE to read and download MPO presentation materials from the January 28, 2026 economic outlook conference. Reducing the number crashes resulting in deaths and serious injuries was among the subjects pre...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia in reviewing last week's economic outlook conference, waiting on Union Pacific Railroad to take action on city projects, previewing next week's council meeting, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.