KGUL-TV Original Transmitter Site

When Channel 11 signed on in 1953, the transmitter was located at what was then Arcadia, described as half way between Galveston and Houston but actually much closer to Galveston. I've just learned that the original building is still standing, although perhaps not for long. Arcadia has since been incorporated in Santa Fe along Highway 6 and the site is just to the east of and behind Santa Fe High, on Tower Road at Maple.





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Here's the article on this blog about the launch of KGUL-TV.

KPRC turns 85

Charlie Pena is putting together the tribute on the website and doing a great job.

Check out the history and the gallery.

They'll be taking comments and memories from listeners and former staff.

The Beatles in Houston and KILT

Postcards from Texas on Houston's 55 has done a feature on the Beatles only appearance in Houston, in August 1965. They talked with a couple of sisters who got to go to the show and interviewed Texas Radio Hall of Fame member Chuck Dunaway, who grew up in Houston and started his career in the Houston area and who was a disc jockey at KILT at the time, the station which sponsored the concert. Chuck reveals why Ringo Starr was so eager to come to Houston.

The show will be rebroadcast this Friday, April 30, at 1:30 pm or you can watch Part I of the feature online in this clip and Part II here.