Houston Radio History

From Mike McGuff - near the intersection of Westheimer and Chimney Rock, in the Galleria area.

According to Swamplot , the decision has been made not to rebuild the station's facilities on Allen Parkway, which took on 5 feet of wat...

As reported today by the Chronicle , the long time anchor will be memorialized in brick and mortar. Congratulations to Dave and thanks for...

After a four and a half year hiatus, the station returns to it's humble beginnings in the 1960s as an on-campus, low power FM signal.  T...

As posted on Bill Young Productions - a dominant force on the Houston radio scene for decades as talent, program director, production spe...

Radio Discussions, which abruptly ceased operations a couple of months ago, has come back to life.  It appears all the old links will still ...

The former KHOU-TV News Director and anchor has passed at the age of 84, reported by Mike McGuff with a video and the Chronicle .

AS OF 2/10/14, THE OLD SITE HAS BEEN REACTIVATED. Radio Discussions Readers of this blog are probably aware that the Radio Discussions m...

I didn't see any advance publicity and missed the first broadcast but will catch the re-broadcast tonight.  TV Guide Listings

The Texas Radio Hall of Fame has created the first named award, The Sammy, dedicated to pioneering women in Texas broadcasting.   J.C. Webst...

It was announced this morning on the air, KCOH will be moving to the 1230 spot on the dial, where the call letters KQUE have been in use. ...

The radio community has been buzzing this week over the announced sale of KCOH .  The station has been on the market for a couple of years ...

The Chronicle's Four DVRs, No Waiting radio and TV blog by David Barron has posted the complete text of an article about the success o...

I've been contacted very belatedly about this and thought I would pass it on. Tonight, Fri 11/18/11, at 8 pm on Channel 8, Er...

I found this small collection of Houston air checks, including one TV ad for KLOL-FM, at AirChexx.com. Scroll down the page to the Houston...

Mark Stevens, half of the radio team of Stevens and Pruett on KILT and later KLOL-FM in Houston has died. He also worked extensively in DFW...

A couple of new galleries have been added on the sidebar, one devoted to Memorabilia and another to miscellaneous ads related to radio. Gal...

They re-aired what was apparently the very first episode of Postcards from Texas on Channel 55 this week including a feature on Don Robey a...

I was sad today to learn of the passing of Marty Ambrose, long time traffic announcer in Houston, who succumbed to the ravages of Lou Gehrig...

Twenty years ago an employee of KTRH , Philip H. Boudreaux III, produced a history of Houston Radio: The First Sixty Years. The 33 page ess...