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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Radio station KFYO in Lubbock is celebrating its |
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85th anniversary in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1926 in Texarkana, Texas, the station, |
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whose call letters stood for the slogan "Kum Find Your |
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Opportunities," originally broadcast at 1430 AM with 10 watts of |
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power; the station was moved to Breckenridge in 1927 and moved again |
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a year later to Abilene, where for a time it broadcast from the |
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historic Grace Hotel; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1932, the station made its final move to Lubbock, |
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broadcasting at 1310 AM; it first aired a Texas Tech football game |
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in 1934, and the following year, began regular broadcasts of the |
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games; and |
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WHEREAS, During the next decade, KFYO was affiliated with the |
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Mutual Radio, NBC Blue, and ABC Radio Networks; the station was |
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granted a TV license for Channel 5 in Lubbock in 1953 and |
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subsequently began a nearly half-century affiliation with CBS News; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, KFYO was the city's FEMA/civil defense radio station |
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and was equipped with two diesel back-up generators, which proved |
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critical in the aftermath of the deadly tornado that struck Lubbock |
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on May 11, 1970; the only station that remained on the air, KFYO |
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provided vital information to the community and served as the |
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city's sole link to the outside world by broadcasting over the phone |
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to a Dallas station; as a result, KFYO earned a number of awards and |
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accolades, including a presidential citation; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, the station has offered a variety of |
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local coverage through the sportscasts of Jack Dale, known as the |
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"Voice of the Red Raiders," the farm reports of agricultural |
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director Jim Stewart, the weekly broadcasts of the Downtown Bible |
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Class, and programs by such popular area radio personalities as |
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Chad Hasty and Robert Pratt; in January 2009, the station broadcast |
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live from Centennial Plaza in Midland during the "Welcome Home" |
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celebration for former president and first lady George and Laura |
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Bush; and |
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WHEREAS, KFYO has kept pace with the latest radio technology, |
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transitioning to digital broadcasting in 1998 and streaming its |
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programming live over the Internet starting in 2007; the station |
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has been affiliated with ABC since 2003; and |
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WHEREAS, Since its humble beginnings 85 years ago, KFYO has |
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become a leading source of information, commentary, and |
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entertainment in Lubbock, and it is a pleasure to honor the |
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organization on the occasion of this special milestone; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate radio station KFYO on its 85th |
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anniversary and extend to the station's managers and staff sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the station as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Frullo |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1690 was adopted by the House on May |
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12, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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