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IKBTX news anchors, Laura Wilson and Tony Cornett are plan
ning to get married in March.
By Margaret Claughton
The Battalion
Laura Wilson and Tony Cornett share the
set of the KBTX newscast every night at six
and ten. They sit side-by-side and with cor
dial smiles inform their viewers of the day’s
latest news events.
But tonight that standard six-inch space
between them has shrunk to one and both
look way too giddy to be discussing Rwandan
refugees or the invasion of Haiti. Laura’s
hands are on the desktop, loosely clasped to
gether. The third finger on her left hand
catches the stage lights just right, and gives
away the shiny new stone which symbolizes
the reason for her bubbly smile.
Tony sits proudly next to her, surprisingly
quiet for a newscaster. But words aren’t
needed to read the chemistry between these
two. On the air, they are Cornett and Wil
son, the dutiful newscasters ever concerned
for their viewing audience.
But off the air, it’s Tony and Laura, effer
vescent couple glowing with the excitement
of their recent engagement.
It all started when Cornett joined the
KBTX staff in 1992. But it wasn’t until he
began co-anchoring with Wilson a year ago
that things began to heat up.
“We’ve always had a great working rela
tionship,” Wilson said. “From the first time
we worked together we clicked. News an
choring is like dancing. You have to find the
right partner with the same rhythm.”
But the two did not start dating until
March, when Cornett finally got the courage
to ask her out.
“I had told a good buddy of mine what I
thought of Laura a long time before we start
ed dating,” Cornett said. “It took me a while
to ask her out because I thought I should do
it in a unique way. So if she said no, neither
one of us would get embarrassed.”
Cornett decided a letter would be the best
method of
asking Wil
son out.
Less than
two months
later Cornett
was carrying
in his wallet
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cut-out of an
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pleasantly
surprised by
the sapphire
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chose be
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had always
wanted an
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proposal,
Wilson said,
was also a
bit out of the
ordinary’.
While dressing for work and having a bad
day, Wilson said Cornett came to her apart
ment. After convincing her something was
missing from her outfit, Cornett produced
See Anchors, Page 4
Photo by Tim Moog/ The Battalion
Wilson and Cornett conclude their evening newscast Monday.
KANM provides the radio alternative
xt levei
By Jeremy Keddie
The BattalJin
From a snail room in the Koldus
Building, tie sounds of alternative music
come from LAMM, a non-profit student-
run radio s&tion.
Broadcating since Oct. 7, 1973,
KANM is nn by students who volunteer
th,eir timeind can be heard 24 hours a
day, sevenpays a week on cable 99.9 FM.
To keepthe station running, station
manager fobert Anderson appointed
more tharlSO volunteer students to
work as flsc jockeys and alternates. An
derson sjid that at times, it can be a dif
ficult ta$ to maintain the station.
“Sind people aren’t getting paid,
sometines it’s not a priority,” Ander
son sail.
Firsttime disc jockey Orlando Ro
drigue?? a mechanical engineering tech
nology najor, started at KANM last Sat
urday. His show, “Tricrotic Mobocracy,”
features alternative rock and rap. Ro
drigue! said he had anxiety attacks at
the befinning of his first show.
“Atthe beginning I didn’t want to
speak” Rodriguez said.
“I said to Brian (his partner), ‘You say
something.’”
Rodriguez said things smoothed out
after a while, and that the experience
was good for him.
Rodriguez said he applied at KANM
looking for a new way to get involved
with A&M.
“I thought it would be a new experi
ence, different from organizations and
other clubs where you have to be an offi
cer to really have a say,” Rodriguez said.
The disc jockeys at KANM are com
mitted to diversity in their programming,
and have 66 shows throughout the week,
said Roger Rippy, program director. He
said he chose the disc jockeys on the ba
sis of experience, seniority and originali
ty of their proposed program format. The
majority of the programs consist of alter
native music, covering mostly everything
not considered Top 40 programming.
“The deejays can play Top 40 artists
but only songs that are from a different
rotation,” Rippy said.
Rippy said KANM’s programming is
extremely diverse. “Estrogen and Ex
cess,” features bands that include
women. “Replugged” features “music
that would suck on MTV Unplugged,”
“The Tejano Show” features Spanish
rock’n’ roll. “Bargain CDs: they are for
you” features CDs which can be found in
resale music stores, and “Fishing with
the Locals,” consists of Texas bands.
But not all of the shows deal strictly
with music.
“Tea Time” features poetry readings,
while “Science Fiction Hour” consists of
science fiction stories.
With few expenses, the station spends
most of its money on improving the quali
ty of the studios and music library.
Rippy said the station has thousands
of CDs and 10,000 records. KANM also
publishes a magazine, The Alternative,
which is distributed throughout the com
munity. The Alternative includes move
ments in the alternative scene, reviews,
interviews with performers and the sta
tion’s top requested songs.
Aside from producing a variety of
shows, KANM also conducts promotions
with bands. Last week, it sponsored
JACKOPIERCE’s concert at Rudder
Photo by Tim Moog/ The Battalion '
Disc jockey Matt Edel, a senior civil engineering major from Austin, works with the
See KANM, page 4 sound levels during his radio show at KANM Monday afternoon.
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After weeks of trying to score an interview with
the Spin Doctors, time was running out. The press
people kept saying “Oh, geez, they just
aren’t doing any interviews right
now.”
Oh well, no big loss,
right?
But it’s Friday after
noon, and someone tells me
there’s a phone call for me.,
“Hello, this is Rob.”
“Rob, are you ready to in
terview the Spin Doctors?”
Oh yeah, hey no problem. After I picked my chin
up off the floor, I tried to compose myself. But with
no prior notice, I wasn’t exactly prepared.
Time to wing it.
’ The band manager tells me the lead singer, Chris
Barron, is all set to be interviewed.
“Hey, I’m your friendly neighborhood lead singer,”
he said, settling my nerves. I tell him this will be a
totally spontaneous interview, as I had no idea I
would get the
interview.
“Thats OK, I never know
what you guys are gonna ask me,”
he replied. “It’s good to be spontaneous.”
The Spin Doctors are currently on tour with
the Gin Blossoms and Cracker. After the huge suc
cess of the band’s first album “Pocket Full of Kryp-
tonite,” which spawned smash hits “Little Miss
Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes,” there was spec
ulation the band would suffer from the “sophomore
slump” with its second effort “Turn it Upside Down.”
But Barron said they ignore such criticism.
“We just blew it off really,” he said. “You learn to go
about your business. We play music, rather than
worry about a bunch of talk.”
But the first album’s success was welcomed by
the band.
“It was great selling tickets, selling records,”
Barron said. “We were so ecstat
ic, to tell you the truth.”
Barron said that on the new album, they
tried to keep the same formula as the first while still
experimenting.
“We really did a lot of the same stuff, and we tried
to keep it really spontaneous,” he said. This spon-
tanaeity included recording the first track “Big Fat
Funky Booty” on the first take.
But after only two or three minutes on the phone,
Barron said he had to do another interview.
Damn, now I can’t ask him if he’ll ever play Shag
gy in the film version of “Scooby Doo.”
But I managed to get another band member on
the phone. Anthony Krizan, the new guitarist for
the Spin Doctors, has just joined the band on the
road.
Krizan said he always enjoyed the band’s music
but never pictured himself in the band.
“I’m honored to be playing with them,” he said.
And after only performing a few shows with the
band, Krizan said it is quite an experience when the
lights go up and the crowd roars for the Spin Doc
tors.
“It’s rewarding,” he said. “It’s like a high, a nat
ural high. It makes you feel good, you just dig it.”
Krizan brings a blues and funk background to the
band, having once played in a nine-piece funk band.
Krizan also has songwriting experience, having writ
ten the Lenny Kravitz hit “Stand By My Woman,”
and four songs on the new John Waites album.
And the recent whirlwind chain-of-events
won’t stop there for Krizan and the band, as they
are opening for The Rolling Stones on selected
dates on the “Voodoo Lounge” Tour.
The chance to open for the band which is wide
ly regarded as the greatest in history is a dream
come true, Krizan said.
Much of the Spin Doctors success is due to
MTV, who adopted the videos for “Two Princes”
and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and put them
on maximum rotation. Krizan said exposure on
MTV can only help an up-and-coming band.
“It’s good,” he said. “It gives more people a
chance to see the band. MTV is a great thing.”
But Krizan said nothing will ever replace the
power of a live performance.
“This band is kickin’ live,” he said.