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The Early Days of TV in Houston

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Postcards from Texas on KTBU, My 55, will re-run their 2 part feature on the early days of KLEE-TV and KPRC-TV this coming Sunday at 4pm, with a repeat the following Friday at 1:30pm. They have lots of great still shots and interviews with some of the people who worked there.

There are some factual errors but it's still a very worthwhile view. The videos are online but difficult to find on their website. I posted about this on my blog earlier with links to the videos and some comments about the factual errors.

Here's the PFT website:

http://www.houstons55.com/postcards-from-texas/

And my blog post:

http://houstonradiohistory.blogspot.com/2009/11/feature-on-early-days-at-klee-tvkprc-tv.html
 
If anyone still reads actual books anymore, theres a great one called "The Fault Does Not Lie With Your Set." It was published in 1989, and covers early television in Houston and southeast Texas. I bought mine off of e-bay.
 
Arcadia Publishing specializes in historical books and has had success with a few market-specific books about television. None about Texas, so far, but there are books for NOLA, Cincinnati, Chicago that I know of. Talks are underway about a book about Houston TV. I can't say any more at this time but if it does come to pass, it'll be a excellent one.

Also, a portion of Texas Signs On by Richard Schroeder (A&M, 1998) is devoted to TV. The lion's share of that is about WBAP-TV Fort Worth but there is a little on other markets, including Houston.
 
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