Russ 'Weird Beard' Knight - RIP

Mike McGuff broke the news the other day.  Here's a link to an obit in a Connecticut newspaper.

J.R. Gonzales chimed in with a post including a picture on his Bayou City History blog in the Chronicle.

Chronicle Radio Ads

J.R. Gonzales' Bayou City History blog in the Chronicle has another radio related post this week with a picture of a couple of paper boys and 7 radio commercials for the Chronicle, believed to date from the late 1960s.  He's asked if anybody can identify the announcer.  I wasn't around Houston much in that era and there were many voices on the radio I wasn't familiar with.  I've entered a guess, anyway.

Give 'em a listen and see if you can help, or just give 'em a listen.

Galleries - Archives of African American Music and Culture

I had discovered this material several years ago but when I went to post about it on the blog, it had been taken off the web.  I went looking for it and found it again.  These archives are maintained by Indiana University.  On the side-bar on the right, click on the sub-galleries for Rick Roberts, George Nelson, Skipper Lee Frazier and Travis Gardner for collections of photos relating to KCOH and KYOK.  There is one photo in the Rick Roberts collection relating to KGBC, Galveston.  There are only a few shots of the studios and personalities but it's great stuff.