REALITY BITES

New reality series aims spotlight on real San Antonio stories

A new reality series will soon document "extraordinary" San Antonians.

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It’s not quite the Real World Alamo City, but a new reality show will soon start documenting San Antonio lives. A TikTok posted by local production company For The People Pictures teased it would soon be shooting the unnamed series, with production expected to wrap up after Fiesta in early May.

“I can't share all of the details just yet, but I can tell you that as of January First, 2026, we secured the funding for the full first season,” said the company’s “architect of art,” Luiggi Svagelj. “It is going to be eight episodes following around six individuals doing extraordinary things here in the city.”

Details on the project are still slim, but Svagelj did provide some clues in the comments section and a subsequent TikTok update. He said the team has started building social media pages and marketing graphics and has received overwhelming interest from the community.

For the People specializes in video production, screenwriting, and producing, but offers a wide variety of a la carte consulting on everything from creative ideation to research. According to its Instagram, it has recently worked with some high-profile names, including rappers Quavo and Ty Dolla $ign and athletes Johnny Manziel and Vince Young.

San Antonio is not entirely new to the reality game. In 2019, Bravo aired Texanas, a short-lived series that followed the same dramatic beats as the Real Housewives franchise. Ubiquitous local lawyer Thomas J. Henry filmed Hangin’ with Los Henrys, a YouTube series that never quite kept up with the Kardashians.

Svagelj promises more details on the new Alamo City series soon, but, in the meantime, local band Volcán, drag legend Kristi Waters, and a whole host of messy San Antonians are jostling for their moment in the sun.

“I'm telling you, we're about to highlight the city of San Antonio in a way it's never been done before,” said Svagelj. “Get excited.”

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RADIO WAVES

San Antonio radio flips the switch from Jack to Bob-FM

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San Antonio radio listeners are saying goodbye to Jack and hello to Bob.

A longtime San Antonio radio station is off the air following the September acquisition of its parent company. 102.7 KJXK, more commonly known as Jack-FM, ended its 20-year run on January 5, replaced by 102.7 Bob-FM.

The station has been around since January 2006, taking over for KTFM. The station was known for its eclectic mix of pop and rock hits and its quippy fictional host “Jack.”

The changeover comes on the heels of former parent company Alpha Media’s acquisition by Connoisseur Media. The buyout affected all 205 of Alpha’s stations, increasing Connoisseur’s reach to 20 percent of the U.S. radio audience, according to an earlier release.

Despite all the corporate intrigue, the name change might not be noticed by San Antonio listeners. Like Jack, Bob has a similarly deep bench of album rock, alternative rock, and pop classics and a wisecracking host. The main difference is that the latter gives local programmers more control, so they can add hometown favorites to the rotation.

That’s not to say Jack didn’t troll its listeners ahead of the January 5 switch. In the final hours of its operation, the station hinted at the switchover by playing songs like N’Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye” and the familiar hold music ditty “Opus Number One,” according to social media reports.

Bob-FM, for its part, is taking a similarly cheeky approach. Industry news site Radio Insight says its first switchover song was Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” and it has been playing winking songs like “Missing You” by John Waite and “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye and Kimbra throughout the day.

The Jack/Bob switch isn’t the only radio shakeup to recently hit San Antonio. In early December 2025, alternative rock-focused 103.3 The App — another Connoisseur station — returned to San Antonio’s airwaves after nearly a decade.

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