Texas Talk host Nora Lopez, Executive Editor for the San Antonio Express-News, talks with longtime journalist John Quinones about growing up in San Antonio, his start in journalism, his family’s financial struggles, and his success in broadcasting.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, we talk with District 9 Councilman John Courage about this weekend’s Weapon’s Exchange Program, where people can turn in a gun and receive an H-E-B gift card.

Then, Randy visits with Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, who discusses his new plan to keep ill people from being admitted to the country jail until they have been approved by a medical professional. The plan is controversial, as police say they need to be able to drop off people at the jail and get back out on the street.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Iris Dimmick, Senior Reporter for the SA Report, discusses her article on the new taxpayer-funded apartments downtown that are partly short-term rentals. Why Opportunity Home, the agency that funded the complex, says this Airbnb is a good approach.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or online via the PBS app and on our Facebook page. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week On The Record, host Randy Beamer talks with Precinct 4 County Commissioner Tommy Calvert about his proposed pedestrian walkway connecting the River Walk with the San Pedro Creek Culture Park in downtown San Antonio.

Then, we hear from departing President & CEO of VIA Metropolitan Transit Jeffrey Arndt about his decade of leadership with agency, and what he is most proud of from his tenure.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, SA Report’s Lindsey Carnett, who covers the environment, shares information from her story about developers and agencies trying to remove the Golden Cheeked Warbler from the endangered species list in an effort to facilitate development in the Texas Hill Country.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

On this edition of the San Antonio Files, host Sanford Nowlin talks Texas Outlaw Country/Rock music with legendary journalist and author Sam Kindrick.

Kindrick published Action magazine for decades, and shares his stories of hanging with Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others, as well as his move to sobriety that has shaped his life since 1989. Kindrick’s writings and pictures of the outlaw music era is now part of the Wittliff Collection at Texas State University.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, we meet the SAFD Fire Chief Valerie Frausto.

Then, Randy chats with former county judge and longtime lawmaker Nelson Wolff about the election, the election process, and how things look moving forward.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, we get a wrap up of the city’s propositions that passed in this week’s election with local government reporter Andrea Drusch from the San Antonio Report.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or online via the PBS app and on our Facebook page. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, we talk about the arboretum that will be going in on the city’s Southeast side. Arboretum founder Henry Cisneros details the progress being made on the project.

Next, a new designation for the embattled Institute of Texas Cultures building as a state antiquities landmark means UTSA can’t demolish it as soon as planned. Betty Bueche, board member of the SA Conservation Society, tells Randy what this means and why her group is now hopeful the building can be saved.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Express-News money columnist Michael Taylor shares information about his column on a website that allows anyone to “follow the money” in political campaigns. Plus, video from a driverless taxi ride.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or online via the PBS app and on our Facebook page. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week On The record, Host Randy Beamer welcomes Dr. Jaime Aquino, Superintendent of SAISD, who addresses media reports about business trips he has taken as well as his work with a personal coach.

Next, new polling has been released from the UTSA Center for Public Opinion Research, and Dr. Bryan Gervais, Director of the Center, shares the results.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Michael Karlis with the SA Current, discusses his recent stories on increasing rents in San Antonio as well as a story from East Texas where a library has moved a book on Native Americans from the history shelves to the fiction shelves.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or online via the PBS app and on our Facebook page. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

KLRN and the San Antonio Report present the voter’s guide to the November 2024 election. Host Andrea Drusch from the SA Report covers the proposed San Antonio Charter Amendments that residents will find on the ballot, as well as information about school board elections, and basic info you need to know before you get to the polling site.