I knew Jackie back in the 70s and knew she had been to Rice, but never knew of the historical significance of that as revealed by this post on the Rice History Corner blog.
Besides being PD of KLOL in the 70s (see the KLOL brochure here), then of KSAN-FM, San Francisco, she had an interview program, 'Shootin' the Breeze,' featuring interviews with leading Black music artists, produced and distributed by Westwood.
As posted on Bill Young Productions -
a dominant force on the Houston radio scene for decades as talent, program director, production specialist and voice, passed early Sunday, June 1.
No obituary posted yet nor arrangements for a service.
I am in shock.
For those who do not know of Bill, I highly recommend his book.
UPDATE, ONE YEAR LATER: BILL'S SON, SCOTT, HAS POSTED A TRIBUTE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. WELL WORTH WATCHING.
Also, see Scott's comment (# 14) here about his mom.
Long-time Houston columnist (the Post and the Chronicle) Leon Hale published this account of his early experiences with television several years ago.
It was like this for many of us who saw television in the early days -- you stared at the test pattern a lot. I first saw a television set in late 1949 or early 1950, when Channel 2 was still KLEE-TV. At an uncle's house in the Heights we sat and watched; nothing was scheduled for hours but he kept getting up to adjust the set when the test pattern appeared to flicker or move. My family didn't have a set for at least a year after that.
