Houston Radio History

Longtime Houston radio and television personality Paul Berlin has passed at the age of 86.  He was a legend almost as soon as the first time...

Here's an article from Houston History Magazine .  The Jive Hive was before my time but anyone who was around in the 60s through the 90s...

...and the origin of the term rock and roll, from Wired For Sound , an excellent blog (link on the sidebar) with pictures, names and history...

From the Valley Morning Star . The Phil Harlow mentioned was the first program director of KCOH and also worked at KXYZ .

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...

Celebrating 45 years at KTRK-TV on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, and now a Houston institution. A tribute from the Chronicle , a bit of his...

James V. Roy is a researcher who has put together a website devoted to Scotty Moore, the legendary guitarist and first personal manager of E...

EDITED 4/13/2014 In addition to the articles sometimes published in the Bayou City Houston blog in the Chronicle relating to broadcasting...

...of a Houston radio listener. From the Houston Post , Wednesday, February 18, 1948, the first day of broadcast of KNUZ , 1230.

Published in November, 1922. Bering-Cortes was one of the forerunners of today's Bering Hardware. Once upon a time, everything in r...

Less than 3 weeks after KLEE signed on KNUZ came on the air on 1230 kc at 6am on February 18, 1948. The station had first been applied fo...

Original Call Letters: KNUZ Original air date: February 18, 1948 Occupied 1230 KiloHertz, replacing KTHT which moved to 790. Current Call l...