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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Longtime Houston radio personality Josh "Rowdy |
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Yates" Holstead is being inducted into the Country Radio Hall of |
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Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 21, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Fort Worth, Josh Holstead is the son of famed |
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radio news journalist Joe Holstead, and he dreamed of following in |
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his father's footsteps; as a boy, he practiced spinning records |
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while using a hairbrush as an imaginary microphone, and he spent |
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hours working on diction and enunciation; he got his first job at |
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the age of 15, when Denton radio station KDNT hired him to run the |
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church tapes on Sunday mornings; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Holstead began his career at a station in |
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Bridgeport; after working in a number of markets, including New |
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Orleans and Oklahoma City, he became a highly rated radio |
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personality in College Station; he got his major-market break at |
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Houston station KIKK in the mid-1990s, and at their request, he |
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chose Rowdy Yates as his on-air nickname; he went on to a noteworthy |
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16-year tenure with powerhouse station KILT and launched a |
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nationally syndicated weekend show, Country Gold; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2011, Mr. Holstead's wife accepted a position in |
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Oklahoma, and he spent six years as a morning personality with KVOO |
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in Tulsa; he now lives in Richmond and airs on more than 200 |
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stations, hosting two syndicated shows, Rowdy Ride Home and the |
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long-running Original Country Gold with Rowdy Yates, which ranks as |
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country music's top listener-request show; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Holstead is the recipient of numerous |
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accolades; while in Tulsa, he was named the Academy of Country Music |
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Medium Market On-Air Personality of the Year; he won Best Morning |
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Show in the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Aircheck Awards; |
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moreover, he was the youngest inductee of the Texas Radio Hall of |
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Fame, and today, he serves as director emeritus of that |
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organization; and |
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WHEREAS, While delighting countless country music fans as DJ |
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Rowdy Yates, Josh Holstead has also earned the lasting respect and |
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admiration of his peers, and he is truly deserving of this |
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prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Josh "Rowdy Yates" Holstead on his |
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induction into the Country Radio Hall of Fame and extend to him |
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sincere 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 Mr. Holstead as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Morgan |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 801 was adopted by the House on May |
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23, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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