mikemcguff.com: About me

Mike McGuff is a native Houstonian who has been blogging since 2005.

"The blogger and former producer at KTRK-TV and reporter at The CW39, whose self-titled blog has become a go-to source for shuffles and kerfuffles in the Houston mediasphere," - wrote Cary Darling, the Houston Chronicle arts and entertainment editor.

He balances his time covering the Houston and Texas radio, television and newspaper media scene plus other interesting news concerning the Bayou City.

Outside of covering the media, McGuff designs Houston websites, produces videos and provides digital marketing services.

While professionally McGuff builds amazing custom WordPress themes from scratch, he sticks with his free blogger.com account for this blog to show you don't need a lot of bells and whistles to reach a large audience. Web developers can download free/paid themes for you, but will that ultimately work for your business? What comes after your new site goes live? And with video becoming more and more important for websites and social media, do you trust web builders to produce beautiful videos and compelling stories for your digital efforts? Emmy award winning former television journalist McGuff is here to show content, storytelling and understanding of your audience are most important when creating websites and digital content!

RECENT MCGUFF MEDIA WEBSITE LAUNCHES:
- Big Day Pictures

- Sugar Land bookkeeping

- Strickland Communications
- Rascon Media Group

Speaking of Houston video production, McGuff produced/directed/wrote a documentary on the former Rock 101 KLOL Houston and its continuing legacy as an Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio station.

“Runaway Radio” premiered earlier this year at the Alamo Drafthouse and has also played at the River Oaks Theatre, Star Cinema Grill and Studio Movie Grill locations around Houston as well as the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. The much-anticipated documentary had its world premiere at the music documentary festival Sound Unseen in 2023. It is now available via Video on Demand (VOD) Tubi and DVD.

In his spare time, McGuff is an Alzheimer's Association, Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter Board Member and the Alzheimer's Association Ambassador for Texas' 7th Congressional District, working to pass legislation that can help fight this terrible disease. As the chapter's Public Policy and MarComm lead, here is a video he produced for the Houston Walk.

McGuff started his journalism career more than 20 years ago.

He has reported live for ITV's Good Morning Britain and had his reporting work appear on CNN International. His written reporting work has also appeared on the Chicago Tribune and Hartford Courant websites.

McGuff has interviewed such figures as Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), Metallica, Earl Campbell, Sammy Hagar (Solo/Van Halen/Montrose/The Circle), David Lee Roth (Van Halen/Solo), Melissa Etheridge (singer-songwriter), Vanessa Williams, Jessica Simpson, Doug Pinnick (King’s X/KXM), Carmine Appice (Ozzy Osbourne/Vanilla Fudge/Rod Stewart/King Kobra), Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Geoff Tate (former singer of Queensrÿche), Shelley Duvall, Richard Roundtree, Jerry Hall, Clay Walker and then ABC 'Good Morning America' anchor Charlie Gibson among others.

In Houston, McGuff has worked as a reporter, producer and digital journalist for various television stations.

Dubbed the "Father of Houston TV social media" on his own blog, McGuff created the first Houston TV Twitter and Facebook accounts in Houston while at KTRK abc13 in 2008. He later consulted KPRC 2 on Facebook in 2010.

McGuff is a Baylor University graduate with a double major in Journalism/Radio-Television-Film.

HONORS AND AWARDS
#17 on Top 100 Social Media Power Influencers Houston
2011 CBS Houston Most Valuable Blogger
2009 Houston Press Best Twitterer Readers' Choice winner
2009 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters: First and Second place in Best Online/Special Content
2009 Emmy Advanced Media Awards Winner: Lone Star Chapter
2008 Emmy Advanced Media Awards Winner: Lone Star Chapter
2007 Emmy Award Nomination: Public/Current/Community Affairs-Program/Special, Lone Star Chapter
2006 Emmy Award Nomination: Interactivity, Lone Star Chapter
2006 Emmy Award Nomination: News Special, Lone Star Chapter
2006 Emmy Award Nomination: Business/Consumer - News Series, Lone Star Chapter
2006 Emmy Award Nomination: Specialty Assignment Report - News Single Story, Lone Star Chapter

"RUNAWAY RADIO" 101 KLOL DOCUMENTARY PRESS
– Exclusive: Long-awaited documentary about Houston radio station KLOL to debut this month (Houston Chronicle)

– Exclusive Runaway Radio Trailer Previews the Jamming Documentary (ComingSoon.net)

– RUNAWAY RADIO: The Rise And Fall Of 101 KLOL FM Featuring SAMMY HAGAR, DUSTY HILL, CARMINE APPICE And More; Official Trailer Streaming (BraveWords)
- Sammy Hagar and More Featured In Runaway Radio Documentary (AntiMusic)
- Ken Hoffman on the Runaway hit KLOL doc that's finally ready to rock (CultureMap)

- Meet Mike McGuff, the man behind the new documentary about Houston radio station KLOL (Houston Chronicle)
- 20 Minutes with…Mike McGuff. Director of “Runaway Radio” (High Tech Texan)
- Rock ‘n Roll Army FM (testset)
- A Classic Rock Documentary for Real Music Fans Gets a Trailer with Runaway Radio (MovieWeb)
- Dayna’s Diner: Dayna Steele interview (Houston Radio Platinum)
- Review: ‘Runaway Radio’ looks at the impact legendary rock station 101 KLOL had on the Houston market (Fort Worth Report)

- Runaway Radio Documentary Revisits the Glory Days of KLOL-FM (Houston Press)
- Mike McGuff details epic Houston radio station 101 KLOL-FM in new documentary ‘Runaway Radio’ (Houston Life)

- Houston rock radio station documentary premieres (Axios)

- Wake Up Tri-Counties Mike McGuff Director of the Documentary Runaway Radio (Regional Media News)

- "Runaway Radio" review (FOX 13 Utah)

- The Wild Wild West of Radio (Culture Catch)
- “Runaway Radio” – a long-awaited film celebrating Houston’s KLOL debuts (Houston Matters)
- Mike McGuff Talks About His Documentary ‘Runaway Radio’ (fanboynation)

- "Runaway Radio" review (Film Threat)
- Documentary “Runaway Radio” chronicles the evolution of groundbreaking radio (Elements of Madness)
- The Story Behind the Birth and Death of the KISS Kasket and KLOL Houston Radio Station (Three Sides of the Coin)

- Ross on Radio review (radioINSIGHT)
- An inside look at Mike McGuff's KLOL Radio Documentary (KHOU 11's Great Day Houston)

- Meet Mike McGuff | "Runaway Radio" director/writer/producer (Shoutout HTX)

- History behind "Runaway Radio" (90.1 KPFT's Houston Hour)

- Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inducts 2024 Class At Sold-Out Event (Radio Ink)
- TRUE FILM FAN interviews documentary filmmaker on RUNAWAY RADIO about legendary radio station KLOL (True Film Fan)
- Texas Radio HOF Inducts 20 with special "Runaway Radio" screening (RAMP)
- Texas Radio Hall of Fame in Kilgore inducts 20 broadcasters, with "Runaway Radio" showing (KETK)
- Texas Radio Hall Of Fame Inducts Its 2024 Class (Barrett Media)

MEDIA GUEST APPEARANCES
- KPRC 2 news at 10pm
- Houston Newsmakers
- iHeartMedia's "Houston P.A." radio show
- For Your Information (FYI)
- Isiah Factor Uncensored
- Fox 26 KRIV News at 9
- CW39 Houston
- “Houston 8” – PBS Channel 8 KUHT
- "Good Morning Houston" KTRK abc13
- 740 KTRH
- The Michael Berry Show
- "The Roula & Ryan Show" 104.1 KRBE
- "Houston Matters" 88.7 KUHF Houston Public Media
- 93.7 The Arrow KKRW
- NewsRadio 1080 KRLD Dallas
- “Talk 650 Morning Show” Talk 650 KIKK
- “The Cleverly Show” Talk 650 KIKK
- “The World According to Garf” 950 KPRC
- “Ken Hoffman Show” 1560 The Game KGOW
- “The High Tech Texan Show” 950 KPRC
- "Chris X" 1070 KNTH
- “Technology Bytes” 90.1 KPFT
- 103.3 KWBU NPR Waco

- KXAN Austin

- Round Rock Express Radio on AM 1300 THE ZONE KVET Austin

- "Texas & Me" on MeTV Houston 51
- Selig Film News
- Modern Storyteller's Podcast