Houston Radio History

Long-time Houston columnist (the Post and the Chronicle ) Leon Hale published this accoun t of his early experiences with television severa...

I always assume that many of the readers of this site are interested in the history of Houston beyond just the history of radio and televisi...

I just recently discovered Postcards from Texas, a great program on Houston's 55, KTBU-TV , on Sunday afternoons. It's hosted by Mi...

Most people probably never would have heard of Houston's short-lived first television station were it not for a widespread story of its ...

J.R. Gonzales' Bayou City History Blog at the Chronicle continues to fascinate and every now and then he does a feature related to rad...

The owner of Houston's first television station was born on a farm near Hallettsville in February, 1892. By the time he turned 13, boll...

KILT, 610 AM Original air date: January 31, 1948 Original owner: W. Albert Lee Original Call letters: KLEE Additional call letters used: KLB...

Seventeen months after putting Houston’s first television station on the air and with the TV freeze guaranteeing him a monopoly on TV viewer...

From the Houston Post, Jack Harris' book 'The Fault Does Not Lie with Your Set' and other sources. Owner: W. Albert Lee, Housto...

This timeline includes information drawn principally from newspaper reports in Houston and Galveston with some data from the FCC databases a...