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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, In celebration of the 65th anniversary of KWTX Radio |
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in Waco, a reunion of past and present employees is being held on |
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April 29, 2011, and this occasion offers a welcome opportunity to |
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pay tribute to KWTX and to M. N. Bostick, the man who guided the |
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station for a half-century; and |
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WHEREAS, A group of Waco businessmen, including future Texas |
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governor Beauford Jester, applied for a radio broadcast license in |
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1941; after a delay caused by World War II, KWTX began airing on May |
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1, 1946; its mix of music, news, sports, and drama was overseen by |
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station manager M. N. "Buddy" Bostick; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Moody on May 18, 1918, Buddy Bostick learned |
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to play the guitar and yodel at a young age, and he began making |
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appearances on a weekend radio show; he managed the Baylor |
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University radio station while a student there and then took |
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announcing jobs in Little Rock, Memphis, and Dallas; after |
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interrupting his broadcasting career for gunnery school during the |
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war, he became the manager of KWTX at the age of 28; and |
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WHEREAS, During the following five decades, Mr. Bostick |
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presided over a growing media company that debuted KWTX-TV in 1955 |
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and KBTX-TV out of Bryan-College Station in 1957, purchased |
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stations in Victoria, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, and introduced an FM |
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radio station in 1970; he received the Pioneer Broadcaster of the |
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Year Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters and marked |
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his 50th anniversary with KWTX Radio in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, The radio stations were sold to GulfStar |
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Communications that year, and this notable Texan went on to be |
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active in banking and philanthropic work; he also helped in the |
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development of the Waco Mammoth Site; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his notable career in radio, Buddy |
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Bostick was responsible for entertaining and informing numerous |
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residents of the Lone Star State, and his contributions to the Texas |
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airwaves are indeed worthy of commendation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 65th anniversary of KWTX in Waco |
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and honor Buddy Bostick for his 50 years in broadcasting; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for KWTX and for Mr. Bostick as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Anderson of McLennan |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1257 was adopted by the House on April |
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11, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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