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Houston Bill Board is now UP!

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waylander111 wrote:
Okay, Mike...just kicked in $50 bucks via PayPal to I-35 signage costs...At least I hope I did! It went to a "jpierce" email...Keep up the good works.
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Great - your member status will be upgraded by John soon.
 
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COOL BEANS!!!!!!! Wish i lived closer to Houston so i could see it, but i cant justify driving 6 hours even with the gas drop. Has anyone thought about DFW yet any works for them yet? Anyways keep up the good work everyone, and Lori thanks for all your hard work.
 
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nking wrote:
Ok here are 4 of the top radio stations for the Metro PLex. One for every catagory there. 99.5 The Wolf, 106.1 Kiss FM, 97.1 The Eagle, and 94.9 KLTY.

Hope this helps.
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Don't forget to consider the demographics. I'm sure you will of course, just saying... you want to make sure you target the audience that you feel will be the most beneficial for the buck... I would assume off the top of my head that would be people who are probably already friendly to the cause, but just need to know about it, and the efforts going on there.

No need to spend high dollars on the "largest audience" if that audience would not be helpful to the effort.

TFred
 
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Do not forget the AM stations. I listen to WBAP 820 daily all day.

nking wrote:
Ok here are 4 of the top radio stations for the Metro PLex. One for every catagory there. 99.5 The Wolf, 106.1 Kiss FM, 97.1 The Eagle, and 94.9 KLTY.

Hope this helps.
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CrossFire wrote:
Do not forget the AM stations. I listen to WBAP 820 daily all day.
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Here's the lineup for that station:

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12:00AM 5:00AM The Midnight Trucking Radio Network
5:00AM 8:30AM The WBAP Morning News
8:30AM 10:45AM The Mark Davis Show
10:45AM 11:00AM Paul Harvey
11:00AM 2:00PM Rush Limbaugh
2:00PM 5:00PM Sean Hannity
5:00PM 7:00PM Mark Levin
7:00PM 10:00PM Laura Ingraham
10:00PM 12:00AM The Jerry Doyle Show

Probably some of the most expensive air time out there, but I bet you'd get a good response from the Sean Hannity drive-time listeners... Maybe try to catch some of the Rush crowd at lunch too.

TFred
 
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I am not trying to be pessimistic, but has anyone thought about how much our odds decreased of getting open carry passed, now that HALF of Texas politicians just elected are democrats?
 
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TFred wrote:
CrossFire wrote:
Do not forget the AM stations. I listen to WBAP 820 daily all day.
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Here's the lineup for that station:

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12:00AM 5:00AM The Midnight Trucking Radio Network
5:00AM 8:30AM The WBAP Morning News
8:30AM 10:45AM The Mark Davis Show
10:45AM 11:00AM Paul Harvey
11:00AM 2:00PM Rush Limbaugh
2:00PM 5:00PM Sean Hannity
5:00PM 7:00PM Mark Levin
7:00PM 10:00PM Laura Ingraham
10:00PM 12:00AM The Jerry Doyle Show

Probably some of the most expensive air time out there, but I bet you'd get a good response from the Sean Hannity drive-time listeners... Maybe try to catch some of the Rush crowd at lunch too.
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Mark Davis is also a very pro-gun guy. I'm a bit out of WBAP territory during daylight hours (unless I use my SRIII and angle it juuuust right), but I do try to catch his nationally syndicated weekly show.
 
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Blinn79 wrote:
I am not trying to be pessimistic, but has anyone thought about how much our odds decreased of getting open carry passed, now that HALF of Texas politicians just elected are democrats?
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Can you explain?

The figures I've seen are that the 2009 Legislature will be composed of 74 Democrats and 76 Republicans. This might look close, but it's a net gain for the Democrats of only 3 seats.
 
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TFred wrote:
KBCraig wrote:
Spreading the word:

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_Forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19957
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I didn't look around a whole lot over there but the response seemed very positive, with at least one inquiry about other billboards. Maybe you could post a link back to to the fund-raising effort here for the I-35 billboard.
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Folks - post the link to the petition - driving that petition signer number up is the key objective here - post it everyehere you can! http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html
 
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As soon as you we get a Billboard up in my Hometown, I move :(

I can't wait till I get a chance to head back down there and see it.
 
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waylander111

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Hey, Perfection1144,
How do I get plugged in with local opencarry.org folks?
I just joined after seeing that I-45 signage and made a small donation...but it's not clear how I find fellow shooters, leagues, etc. in the opencarry members...
any help would be great!
thanks,
chris
 
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I went to the Conroe Gun Show, I couldn't believe how high the prices were, nothing like GRB.



Does Lufkin, Tx. still have their Gun Show?
 
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waylander111 wrote:
Hey, Perfection1144,
How do I get plugged in with local opencarry.org folks?
I just joined after seeing that I-45 signage and made a small donation...but it's not clear how I find fellow shooters, leagues, etc. in the opencarry members...
any help would be great!
thanks,
chris
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I hate to admit that the only Open Carry event I've attended was in Virginia. There is a Texas forumn on here that you can check for updates on things at the state level. Sounds like it might be time to round up some people around here and have a meeting :)
 
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