A couple of weeks ago, JR Gonzales published this article on his Bayou City History blog about the crash of the KODABIRD. There's only one picture but there are excerpts from the newspaper coverage of the day and more background on the individuals involved.
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 will remember The Record Rack on Shepherd at Alabama.
The article includes lots of quotes from Paul Berlin, who had a record store of his own, on the relation between record shops and radio.
For those interested in more recent history, here's an article from the Press in 2002 about the end of the Record Rack.
I just stumbled on this source by accident. Story Sloane writes a feature article for the emag Houston Lifestyles and Homes using photos from his great collection and a year ago published this one about early radio performers.
There was a Guy Savage who worked at KXYZ in the 1950s and later was sports director of Channel 13 in the 60s. I have wondered before what the connection was to the earlier Guy Savage on KTRH; I don't see a physical resemblance.
The KTLC studios were in the old Houston Post building at Texas and Travis, catty-corner from the Chronicle.
There was a time in radio when not only were the announcers always live but all music had to be performed live also.
FOLLOWUP: In addition to providing the ID in the comments, Dave Westheimer sent along this picture of Guy Savage (left) and Gus Mancuso (right), broadcast team of the Houston Buffs in the 1950s. Dave says the square-cut, dimpled chin is the give-away. Okay, so I never was very good at faces. This is the same man who was the first morning man on KTRH and I can confirm that's the man I remember doing sports on KTRK-TV in the 60s.
