- of a Galveston radio listener, Sunday, February 2, 1947. KGBC had signed on the previous day but there were no listings in the Galveston News for that day; these are the first published listings. The News also published the listings for the three Houston stations whose signals would reach Galveston. The only other Houston AM on the air at that time, KTHT, was still operating on 1230 kc with only 250 watts and probably was not listenable to most Galvestonians.
Long time Houston radio legend Rick Roberts passed recently. Here's the Chronicle story.
Heads up: the sixtieth anniversary of KGUL/KHOU, Channel 11, is this week. I understand the station is going to be presenting some features, something to be on the lookout for.
I hope they're also posted online.
The long-time Channel 13 weatherman, who also worked at KHOU-TV, has died.
The Chronicle story.
McGuff's Blog, with pictures and comments.
He had one of the nicest, most reassuring presences on Houston TV.
It was announced this morning on the air, KCOH will be moving to the 1230 spot on the dial, where the call letters KQUE have been in use. The current programming will continue, operating out of the KCOH picture window studios on Almeda.
The Chronicle story has more details.
UPDATE: WHILE I DON'T USUALLY COVER BREAKING NEWS IN THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY ON THIS BLOG, KCOH IS ONE OF OUR FEW REMAINING HERITAGE RADIO STATIONS; NOT ONLY THAT, IT IS STILL LOCALLY OWNED AND PROGRAMMED IN A DAY OF CORPORATE RADIO, AND THAT'S NOT TO MENTION IT'S SIGNIFICANCE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. SO, HERE'S MORE ON THE PENDING SALE AND MOVE, IN DEPTH, FROM THE FORWARD TIMES.
The radio community has been buzzing this week over the announced sale of KCOH. The station has been on the market for a couple of years and it looks like the sale will mean the demise of the programming.
J.R. Gonzales of the Chronicle's Bayou City History Blog has dug out a couple dozen pictures from the newspaper files for an article and a great pictorial of the station's history since it became Black-owned and programmed.
(I wish I had access to those archives!).
