Gallery IV - Miscellaneous Ads
Published in November, 1922. Bering-Cortes was one of the forerunners of today's Bering Hardware.
Once upon a time, everything in radio was battery-powered, not just receivers but studio and transmitting equipment, too. And we're not talking a couple of AAs, either. Batteries had to be charged up, of course. Automobiles did not have generators or alternators so garages were set up to service, i.e., charge, batteries and they serviced home batteries, too. One such business in Houston was the Hurlburtt Still Electric Co. who also obtained the first broadcasting license in Houston, for WEV, and whose garage on McKinney at San Jacinto served as the station's studios.
These ads were published in the Scripps-Howard Houston Press in the fall of 1950 when the newspaper and radio station were sharing news coverage and reporting. Gordon McLendon's Liberty Broadcasting System was heard over several radio stations over the years. KATL was the first Houston affiliate.
Published July 23, 1960.
The ads for KFMK, KHUL, KODA, KRBE and KTLW all appeared in the Houston Now section of the Houston Post for August 4, 1961, which was shortly after KODA first signed on. I have misplaced my original for the Lone Ranger on KODA ad and do not know the date.
KODA-FM Outdoor, ca. 1978-9, after purchase by Group W, Westinghouse
An ad from Broadcasting Yearbook, 1964.Following are some ads from the broadcasting trade papers sent to me by Chris Huff of the DFW Radio Archives.
KLBS, 1957
An ad for the Veterans Broadcasting group of stations; date unknown but has to be later than late 1961.
KTHT, 1956
KYOK, 1956
A business card for Utah Carl, a Galveston performer on KLUF (1400),KGUL-TV and KTRK-TV, sent to me by Dave Westheimer.
My apologies for the quality of some off the images, the result of over-inked newspapers and the impossibility of getting a decent print off of a microfilm printer sometimes.
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