tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post1397453164238863336..comments2024-03-12T15:03:22.262-05:00Comments on Houston Radio History: The 1940s - Part 5 - KATLBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-1306808540423924742017-04-05T17:20:18.144-05:002017-04-05T17:20:18.144-05:00Fantastic Krusty! I appreciate your comments very...Fantastic Krusty! I appreciate your comments very much. If you think of any thing else or come across some pictures of interest, please get in touch.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-55503867232490875512017-04-03T21:15:13.886-05:002017-04-03T21:15:13.886-05:00My Dad, Ed Martin (J. Edward Martin) was the first...My Dad, Ed Martin (J. Edward Martin) was the first Chief Engineer for KATL. He was a Navy Veteran. At that time, all radio transmitters had to have an engineer on duty at all times the station was on the air, so my Dad moved our family into cramped quarters at the end of the metal Quonset hut that housed the transmitters (my Dad, my Mom, myself (I was 5 years old) and my one year old sister.<br /><br />I still have lots of interesting memories from that time. We were pretty much out there on North Post Oak by ourselves - the nearest neighbor was the St Joseph Paper Company, a short way down and across the road.Living in a radio transmitter building wasn't bad, but I think I had all of the Hadacol radio ads memorized at an early age, as they were a major advertiser on KATL.<br /><br />When my brother was born a couple of years later, my Dad built a frame house at the end of the Quonset hut that added a few rooms. I don't remember when we moved out to a new home further out in Spring Branch, but that would have been maybe 1953. That may have been when the station was sold, or, perhaps, when my Dad became Chief Engineer for KNUZ in Houston. <br /><br />All, though, great memories!Krusty K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10987481270333425391noreply@blogger.com