Local afternoon talk host [1] Chris Baker (740 KTRH) is a funny guy, and a pretty good talk show host. The guy understands the potential in blogging, but [2] Laurence is right about Chris’ blog:

Then the other day Ken Charles is all a flutter, interrupting Chris on his show over something new…

• A photo gallery?
• A studiocam?
• Moderated comments?
• RSS feeds?
• A decent picture of Chris?
• Permalinks for individual posts?
• Moderated forums for listener discussions when the show isn’t on?

Hell no. It’s “Instant messaging” he gasps and I look at it.

It’s just an email form. Not exactly “Instant messaging” by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it’s faster for me just to thumb in a message from Ziggy3 than jump through those hoops.

There’s so much that needs to be done, and this is a priority?

[3] Take a look for yourself. His blog has some major problems with it. Some are aesthetic and some are functional, but they all scream “amateur.”

• Broken and incorrect links (several point to the site’s admin area)
• No blockquotes
• No permalinks
• No comments
• No feeds
• Inconsistent text formatting
• Sloppy layout

Basically, the site doesn’t work very well, and it’s uglier than a shit sandwich on a stick in the rain.
I’m not saying this to rip on Baker, but to prod KTRH and Ken Charles to action. The blog has so much potential. Stories could develop across Houston media — radio, TV, print, Internet. Listeners could become blog readers. Link love could proliferate, and the “50,000-Watt Think Tank” could be at the center of it all.

But that’s not going to happen as long as the site looks like someone tried to put out a forest fire with a screwdriver.

Chris, Ken, get on the stick and fix that blog!