tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post6433748799106487704..comments2024-03-12T15:03:22.262-05:00Comments on Houston Radio History: FM Chronology - The 1950s - Part 2 - KFMK-FM, KHGM-FM, KHUL-FM, KRBE-FM and a Gordon McLendon permitBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-46160602978991232302016-01-11T08:19:35.763-06:002016-01-11T08:19:35.763-06:00I listened to the first day of FM broadcasting on ...I listened to the first day of FM broadcasting on KRBE, with Ellis Gilbert. Ellis knew his music and knew his artists. In the very early days of stereo ( @1955), KTRH and KTRH FM, as well as KPRC and KPRC FM, weekly stereo programs of about one hour were presented. One channel, left or right, was AM, and the other was the FM channel. The programs all used pre-recorded tapes, mostly by RCA. Gaite Parisenne with the Boston Pops and the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1, with Gilels and Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra were frequently played. These were pioneer broadcasts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-68450079873466779092013-11-09T13:33:47.943-06:002013-11-09T13:33:47.943-06:00I did a stint as the morning DJ at KHUL FM 95.7 st...I did a stint as the morning DJ at KHUL FM 95.7 stereo and it was an excellent 24 hr jazz station. Everyone was amazed when my M-F 6-10 a.m. program showed up on a Pulse, it was an FM first. <br /><br />The studio on the top floor of Park Towers was magnificent with a panoramic window view of downtown Houston.<br /><br />One of my off-air jobs was editing the cuss words out of a comedian's routine so I could use in the 5 minute Comedy Corner features which ran daily :-)<br /><br />The station logo for KHUL ("cool") Jazz was a french horn with a rose growing out of it, the window stickers printed on transparent film were popular. DJ staff and PD lots of fun and talented, station manager was a woman.Woody Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-63943586146141506952011-01-24T19:47:35.388-06:002011-01-24T19:47:35.388-06:00Thanks for the clarification on the name and the a...Thanks for the clarification on the name and the additional facts.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-14534612020089293082011-01-20T21:58:48.775-06:002011-01-20T21:58:48.775-06:00Regarding KRBE, I am a son of Roland Baker. There ...Regarding KRBE, I am a son of Roland Baker. There was never a "Roland Baker Enterprises". The reference "Key to Radio Broadcasting Excellence" is certainly more correct. However, there had been a family joke that the call sign referred to "Roland Baker Edith" because Edith was my mother's name. A memorable moment of mine was driving up to the station on Hermann Drive just in time to see the radio tower twist and crash to the pavement below the 14 story building. My father had stopped the car and was getting out of the car at the exact moment. He never saw the event! My father and mother went on to acquire KQQK-FM 106.5 in the 80's and make it into the powerhouse bi-lingual Tejano station which set the standard for that format nationwide.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913782788936022394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-69837294016741146062010-01-23T18:00:16.105-06:002010-01-23T18:00:16.105-06:00I was working in the studio at the top of the Medi...I was working in the studio at the top of the Medical Arts Building during a hurricane in 1960. The whole building was swaying back and forth. Our offices then were on the fifth floor. If I remember correctly, the window next to the equipment where we recorded commercials was knocked out. The owners of the station were brothers who operated a music store. The last time I visited, the business offices were upstairs on the same floor as the broadcasting studio. I believe we were among the first to broadcast in multi-plex stereo. I'm not sure whether my air name was Charles Young or Spike Young. Across town, Gordon McClendon's station, KILT employed Tom Beck. Sweet memories.Charlie Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-37850540110409384482009-11-11T06:24:05.834-06:002009-11-11T06:24:05.834-06:00I worked at KFMK in the mid-70s. At the Medical To...I worked at KFMK in the mid-70s. At the Medical Towers the studio and transmitter were co-located. RF energy permeated the studio. The station had converted from progressive rock to an amateurish and dreary sectarian format. Probably the only fun part of the job, besides signing the station off the air, was climbing a staircase nightly to pop open a trapdoor and staring into the Houston sky (to visually inspect the tower lights).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com