Wow, this is an interesting thread. I worked at both KOUL and what was Oldies 96-5 back in 1996, when the lineup on KOUL was Doc Weldon & Terrence McKeever mornings (yes, THE McKeever who was Rick Dees' newsman on WHBQ Memphis), then PD Dave Collins middays, then it was John Elliot at night, later, Big Frank Edwards, who I think is still over at K99. We had a good staff, the place was still owned by Broadcasting Corp. of the Southwest, at least for another year till Grandpa sold it... although, frankly, Collins destroyed the place - was the beginning of the end, as he took the station from number 1 to number 5 in just two books! Married the owner's daughter, I believe.
From what I'm told, Collins went out to Nevada, and I never heard about him again. Tejas purchased the place sometime after I left, so I have no idea what kind of company it was then, although from what I read here, not too good, I imagine.
When I worked at 1600 Antelope, There were 5 stations in the building: KOUL, 105.5 K-RAD (alternative), KJOY (not the one in California) which was Standards, and 1030 KCTA Religion. I always found it bizzare that with that 50kw blowtorch signal heard throughout all of Texas during the day, after sunset they had to sign off to protect WBZ Boston. One would think they could have got some flea power nighttime authority, but as I recall, there was/is a Country station in Wyoming on 1030 that they also had to protect. Then, also, Oldies 96-5 KLTG was in the fold, but the studios were still on the other side of Corpus... if you asked me where today, I'd never find it. The studios were intact but the sales offices and reception were gutted, as at the time, the station was supposed to be moving to the Antelope street studios.
Its sad to see what became of KOUL. The mighty COOL 103 was so Top 40 sounding for a Country station when I arrived there in early '96, it's hard to imagine that this station could be doing anything to match KRYS, hell, KOUL doesn't even have a practical website! That's the kiss of death in this day!
Memories of Corpus Christi - boy that was the end of an era for me... I moved back to Massachusetts afterward, and couple of years later got divorced, everything changed in my life after my time in the Bay area, so I guess I wax nostalgic sometimes.
