KSEV Mornings · October 7, 2026 · Hour 1
A missing pair of headphones, a heavy chair, and a morning that ran from the Cornell case to an AI that didn’t like Craig’s rundown.
Wednesday started with Wayne Dolcefino flipping a heavy studio chair around for several minutes, hunting for a headphone cord someone had tucked inside it. “Who the hell touched my headphones?” Somebody had also reworked the studio setup overnight, so Craig Coglianese spent the opening minutes fixing audio and video while Wayne waited for the show to start.
Should the accused be named in the Cornell case?
Wayne opened with an ABC News story on the Cornell case, in which a woman accused several men of gang rape. ABC aired phone calls she had recorded with two of the men and redacted her side to protect her identity, but showed the men’s names. Wayne’s question: why is it OK to tell the world who those men are when, as far as he knows, they haven’t been charged, and the local DA did not indict after the school’s investigation?
Craig called it one of the best questions almost nobody asks. Is it fair for anyone’s name to be out there before they’re found guilty of anything? “The easy answer to that question is no,” he said, because you get indicted by public opinion long before any verdict. Both hosts stressed that they don’t know what happened and aren’t claiming the woman is lying. Craig’s point was that in 2026, it seems impossible to have a conversation where both sides are allowed to be potentially innocent.
Wayne also brought up a California case he’d done a video on, about consent and a secret recording, as another example of how messy these situations get. Later in the hour, the hosts criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is involved in looking into the Cornell case, for posting early that she stood with the victim. Craig asked how anyone could look for the truth without bias after saying that publicly.
Wayne’s wealth tax pitch
Wayne admitted up front that this would sound like a RINO thing to say. His idea: President Trump should have proposed a tax on net income above roughly $50 million a year, not the Democrats’ idea of taxing assets. Wayne said he and his son, whom he describes as very conservative, ran the numbers and came up with about $100 billion. Wayne’s argument wasn’t about the money. He thinks it would have taken some steam out of the left’s movement. Craig’s reaction: “Yeah, you’re way too rhino for the rest of us.”
Wayne said he doesn’t blame Trump for most of what Trump gets blamed for, other than the messaging. On Iran, Wayne said the administration sold it badly. He said shipping traffic is back to about 80%, and that even Al Jazeera described the Houthi activity in Yemen as a sign that Iran is losing its grip. His frustration: just tell the American people that Iran played its desperate card and it’s running out.
Promises broken vs. promises interrupted
Craig drew a distinction he wants voters to remember. There’s a difference between a politician who promised something and never meant to deliver, and one who meant to deliver until something changed, like 9/11. Then there are the people promising free everything, who know it’s impossible. Wayne suggested “Free Stuff Wednesday.” Craig said that would be the downfall of society.
The AI that didn’t like Craig’s rundown
Craig explained his new system for planning shows: a shared Google Sheet of topics, which he then asks AI to review. Wayne’s reaction to being invited to look at it: you want my staff to work for free too? This week, Craig said, the AI emailed back that his rundown was too supportive of one side politically, then tried to suggest a list of left-leaning topics. Craig ignored them. His bigger worry is that AI concentrates power in a few hands, much like the politicians promising free stuff.
Wayne asked what the AI least likely to be kind to him thought of him. Craig asked Google, which described Wayne as “one of the most prominent polarizing aggressive figures in Houston media and political history,” whose critics find his tactics corrosive and whose supporters find his work indispensable. Craig declared that the meanest version. Then they asked about Craig, and the AI listed his radio career, including WGN, WIBC and fill-in hosting on The Dana Show and The Chad Benson Show. Wayne’s summary: “You get fired a lot.” Craig clarified that his fill-in work on national shows predates KSEV and has nothing to do with the station, so no, he can’t get Wayne on The Dana Show.
Drama, threats and a lawyer’s letter
Producer Russell said what both hosts have in common is that they don’t care about drama. Wayne disagreed: “I feast on drama.” He shared that he had received a threatening letter from a California lawyer over a case he’s investigating. He wrote back offering the lawyer a last-minute Zoom interview before the report runs that week. “Thanks for the warning.”
Also in this hour
- Craig’s visit to the dentist and an unscheduled stop at Trader Joe’s raised a question for Wayne: is a nose ring always a flirt? Wayne’s ruling: what was she supposed to say?
- Wayne’s plan to bring a left-wing colleague of his onto the show, and his promise to be respectful while telling the guy he’s a left-wing communist.
Hear Craig and Wayne live weekdays from 7–9 AM Central on AM 700 KSEV, The Voice of Texas. Visit the KSEV Mornings show page for live-listening controls and more episodes.
