KWHI 75th Anniversary Radio Documentary
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two music for your favorite music radio station Seven place what you want. Let us know. It was may 8th 1947. The Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D. C. Sent an overnight telegram granting authorization for a new radio station to sign on the air in Brenham texas at six o'clock that morning. K W H I 12 80 signed on the air for the first time. The first remote broadcast on K W H. I would take place later that morning airing the first United Methodist church service and on our element that exists to this day. Radio was the original vehicle to deliver music to the masses long before the days of Spotify and apple music and online streaming. There were DJs in a studio queuing up and spinning vinyl records, introducing people to the artists of the day that would go on to become to legends and pioneers of the art names like hank Williams, bob wills and Gene Autry were the stars of the era. Take a listen here as Gene Autry performs back in the saddle again. Recorded by K W. H. I. At the salt grass Trail ride. In the early fifties, this recording was pressed onto a gold record that, although quite weathered over the course of nearly 75 years, still resides on full display at K W H. I. Weather longhorn. My Lord, I'm back in the saddle right cold. It all is right back in the wow, I go my way, 75 years. KW H I has been heavily involved in our communities that we serve from covering local news, highlighting community events, county fairs auctions, sports and so much more. One part of the broadcast day on K W. H. I. That has become appointment listening is the country store originally called the Trading Post. The country store gives listeners the opportunity to list items they would like to buy or sell. The country stores roots come from the classified ads in the local paper, but adapted to radio gives the listener an opportunity to talk about their items live on the air, A concept adopted in the present day by several other stations of similar formats nationwide. The following clip is from the year 1980 and callers are asked about their thoughts on broadcasts of high school sports on KW. H. I as the Brenham School Board at the time was considering not allowing the broadcast of Cub Games in an effort to increase attendance. Here's our first caller, here's the country Store. Can I help you? You hear that? Okay. We got it now. We're in good shape. Okay. Okay. You got some kittens to be given away again again. Right, okay. Laverne, what's that number over there? 8365715571. Okay, Laverne, you're our first caller. So you get to be our first forum participants. Did you hear the question? Yes I did. I'll answer yes to it. You'll answer yes. You would like to see Radio Central continued live broadcast in high school sports. Okay. And you'd also like to get rid of your kittens too. Okay, how you doing today? I'm doing just real super, really am. And my girlfriend just called me from Austin told me I was the best looking guy that she had ever seen. Anyway. Anyway, it's a good day and we'll, we'll try to get rid of those kittens for you today. Okay, have a good day. Bye bye now. Okay, Laverne is still trying to give away her kittens at 836 55 71. I wish she had told me that I was the best looking guy she'd ever seen. Anyway. Okay, we have another caller here at the country store. Our line is open at 836 99 37. Can I help you? A large hamster case? Okay, what's that number? 7392. Okay. Where are you calling from out of your granny's? How old are you? 11 years old. Okay, listen, I thank you for calling in. She has a large hamster cage for sale. The number to call is 836 73 92. You can use the country store for almost everything except for selling and trading of real estate automobiles. Dogs, cats and sports have always been a big part of what KW H. I does in the community broadcasting Brenham cub baseball especially. And in 1989 a kid named john peters made history. This next piece is the final call of a game where Peters secured his 51st consecutive win, breaking the all time record at the time. On his way to a record of 53 consecutive wins. That still stands to this day. Well, I guess it could be no more than fitting that the guy that we came here to see tonight is coming up there with a chance to win his own ball. Game two Down. The fans are standing, David. Well, they should Two down runners at 1st and 2nd, a base hit should do it. And john has two of them tonight. Peters waits line drive right between the shortstop and second baseman comes around third. He'll come into the play, he'll dive head first. The ball game is over. The cubs have won it 10 to nothing. Jon Peters has picked up victory number 51. He's all the top in the record book. His teammates are mobbing him out on the field. Cameramen are rushing in from all over the place. Flash bulbs are flashing, keith Kane making his way across the infield. Post game interviews are at hand. But the big news, john Peters with victory number 51. The cubs are 21 1 11 oh and district play, wow, randy. Certainly excitement. They lifted john up on their shoulders and the cameraman are having a field day because they had agreed not to take any pictures when john was pitching so they would not disturb him. But nobody said anything about, about not taking any pictures immediately after the ball game over and they were like dogs on a bone right, as soon as he crossed first base in the ram come in to score and they're still taking pictures as he walks across, heading over to the dugout, everybody on their feet and clapping and cheering the mob makes its way toward the third place base dugout where john will give the world of agriculture is also a big part of the information. K W. H. I work so hard to get out to our listeners and from 1973 until 1994 Andy smith produced a daily 15 minute radio show called Andy smith's cattle country program for 21 years. His stories about jake. Me and Zeke entertained many listeners of KW H I and provided interesting and engaging insight into the life of a cattle rancher in Giddings texas. Here's a short piece from Andy's final cattle country program in 1990 for encountered many of the stories about jake and Emmy little jake and Zeke were based on true life. Oh, maybe exaggerated a little, but many of you listeners have witnessed the same happenings in your life there in the rural area and as I'm winding down the last program, I want to take time to say, I have never met a finer group of people than my listeners. I've enjoyed the get togethers, the seminars, the cattlemen meetings, the beef barbecues and the one on one conversation. Being able to visit with you each day by radio has been an experience that I'll always cherish. And as my Rancher friend Jake said, Andy I knew it wouldn't last when you started cattle country radio 21 years ago, this is Andy Smith saying until we meet again. God bless you. Thanks for listening, appreciate it. You've been listening to the final edition of Andy smith with cattle country. We wish you all the best Mr Andy smith. Let's jump back to the year 1972. KW HI has been very blessed over the years to have so many great advertising partners while that has stayed the same for 75 years. One thing that certainly has changed is how those advertisements sound and are produced in 1972, our production personnel would have to record adds onto a cart which was a plastic cartridge similar to a cassette tape. If a producer wanted to add music to a commercial, they would then have to find a final record with the music that they wanted and record that onto an entirely new cart while dubbing their voice over from the previous cart. Here's an example of a couple of ads from the year 1972. This is Wh I Brenham texas. Stay tuned now for local news, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry to holtz. And it's their end of the month sale one special group of junior sportswear, including hot pans, short sets and skirts now 40% off. One special selected group of girls dresses all in no iron plaid stripes and solids, 50% off. And one special group of famous name girls sleepwear values to $6 now only 3 98 1 group of half and full slips and whitened colors, 40% off and one group of special selected ladies dresses, mrs and half sizes up to 50% savings shop at Holt's for these gigantic end of the mountain Savings and you're listening to him five minutes before one, the new york stores end of the month sales slashes prices, new spring dresses, special group values to 7 90 now $4 each. The new york store has ladies embroidered blouses. Permanent press short sleeve values to $5 now, 2 99. Each save on ladies 100% polyester double knit pants, one doubled it values to 6 90 now 3 50 a pair you save on ladies acrylic wigs, several styles values to 29 95 now 9 88 and 12 88. See the girls easter dresses, all permanent press values to 6 90 now 5 44 each other. Girls easter dresses values to 5 98 now four 40 for each shop at the new york store always better value in today's world, everything related to the pieces of audio you hear every day on K. W. H. I. And most other stations around the world are done entirely in digital audio workspaces like adobe, audition or logic pro tools, greatly increasing the editing capability and efficiency of ad production. K W H. I. Has always put our schools at the forefront of their programming. From sponsoring the annual spelling bee to live broadcast of high school sports. Keeping the public informed of the happenings at local schools has been paramount for 75 years of K W. H. I. Listening to this clip from 1967 from ruth Scurlock second grade class at Brenham Elementary School. As a seven year old Tom D. Whitehead introduces his classes presentation on texas history. This is top D. Whitehead from class to eat sitting the radio program for today we are staying facts about texas, the load store state. It was on March 2nd 18 36 that the texas declaration of independence was signed. A few men met in a blacksmith shop in Washington on the Francis had drew up the declaration. This declared that texas was no longer part of Mexico, but with a free independent republic. The following speakers will give you more information at K W. H. I. For the last 75 years. Local news information has been a huge part of what we do. The station tagline reflects that directly as K W. H. I. Is where the news comes first. Wh I founder Tom Whitehead Sr was very passionate about local news passing that passion on to his son Tom Whitehead JR and his grandson and current general manager. Tom D. Whitehead listen in as K. W. H. I. Announcer joe Jackson delivers the news of the day from 1982 good afternoon on radio Central, local and area news. Two men wearing santa claus masks and striped overalls, robbed the first state bank of Dean ville at 11 30 this morning. Only one customer was in the Dean ville bank at the time of the robbery and she was in the office of Executive vice president ervin more more describes what happened, want to come in here. I thought it was just one of our younger boys around here. Pulling a trick on us. He was a small person. Yeah, I started to get up out of my charity, pushed me back with a gun in my face and told me to sit down and I did put the gun in your face, tell her she's gonna blow your head off. You know, you just kind of do what he tells you. That's it. The gunman forced more and the customer to lie down on the floor of a work room in the rear of the bank where the bank tellers were being held at gunpoint by his accomplice. The robbers emptied the money from the teller windows before fleeing in what Dean ville police believe was a tan pickup. Bank officials say they won't know how much was taken until later this afternoon Brenham streets are getting their first ever pedestrian wait walk lights that texas Department of Highways and public transportation is installing the lights at the intersection of Main and Market streets. The department has already installed a regular traffic signal at the market and Stone Street intersection. Both projects were approved by the previous city Commission many months ago, although property values in Washington county may triple with the work presently being done by the tax appraisal district, it's not necessarily true that individual taxes will go up. Chief tax appraiser Charles. Gas camp explains, tripling of the property values is such may or may not affect the actual tax that an individual pays whatsoever. When the whole tax base goes up, I hate to use the word triple because some are gonna triple, some are not gonna triple. Some may go up by more than three times, but in a sense when when we get the valuations all set, then I have to figure what is called an effective tax rate. This effective tax rate will be based on our new valuations and it will raise the same amount of money that any jurisdiction raised the year before. Gas camp says, when valuations increase, the effective tax rate decreases by about the same amount. The only time an individual's taxes will be affected as if his or her property value increases by more than the average in the county in sports, it was another hair puller for coach Tommy lane, but Brennan's Senior Division Boys All Stars held on to defeat Seeley 4 to 3 last night in Giddings, the victory gave randomly area for championship Brenham went into the bottom of the seventh inning with a four to nothing lead. But winning pitcher Greg smith gave up a three run homer to narrow the score, Floyd Stegen came on in relief to retire. The sealy batters leading Brenham at the plate was James Robbins who was two for three with a single and a double ross. Summers was one for three with a home run. The senior boys will next play Lagrange in the best of three game district playoff next week, starting monday night at 7 30. In Yoakum, Brennan's weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today and tomorrow with highs both days in the mid nineties, the low tonight should be near 70. Presently we have partly cloudy skies and 94 degrees in downtown Brenham, joe Jackson Radio Central News, live and local family owned and operated radio is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Not for K W H I, however, is three generations of the Whitehead name have led our team. One element that has been passed down generation to generation. In addition to the leadership of the station has been the spectator an op ed segment on KW, much like a W. H. I. The spectator has evolved and changed over the years but still remains the same at its core. Listen here as Tom Whitehead Senior Tom Whitehead JR and current General manager. Tom D Whitehead sign off of the spectator. This is the spectator returning you now to your announcer and that's the way it looks to this spectator and that's the way it looks to this spectator. Over the course of 75 years, so much has changed and not only broadcasting, but the world we live in vinyl records gave way to C. D. S, which gave way to digital streaming and automation. Believe it or not, there was actually a time where if parents wanted to know if school was closed for winter weather or some other event, they would have to listen to the radio to find out in this new age of instant access to limitless information. Radio has had to adapt in 1978. If someone wanted to know how the Brennan cub football game went the night before, they would have to listen in to the saturday morning sports on K W H I. Nowadays, they can just go straight to K W H I dot com to not only get the score and the game recap story, but also listen back to the broadcast in its entirety. The next morning. K W H I has been able to survive and thrive its environment because of the many great people who have pulled the line over the last 75 years from our staff to our partners and to our listeners. K W H. I continues to be strong and steady as the voice of our community, not to be bothered or flustered by a changing world of information and technology, but rather to adapt and thrive. That idea is best captured in this clip of longtime KW H. I engineer and new newsman Lonnie Schlachman. As a clock in the studio falls off the wall and directly onto the desk in front of him. In the middle of his newscast, Lonnie stays calm, cool and collected and delivers. The news Claim the North Zone Championship with a 48 nothing shutout of A&M. Consolidation. Mrs Darlene Jackson has been nominated by the Benham Independent School District as its candidate in the annual Teacher of the Year. This just goes to show that the news really does come first for K W H I here's to celebrating the last 75 years and looking forward to the next 75 beyond. This is wh I Brennan texas. Stay tuned now for local news.