Acoustic to Digital – One man’s love of music creates lifetime quest for high fidelity. Theme Song: Just A Memory, Paul Whiteman & Orchestra, 1927 Reading/Viewing List The Fabulous Phonograph America On Record American Popular Song Empire of the Air Links Party Pages 60s Songs List Al Howard Richey (1923-2008) was my dad. Although a …
Howie Richey left his hometown of Corpus Christi in 1971 to study radio at The University of Texas at Austin. He worked as a disc jockey in Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, and Uvalde. In 1982, he gained a slot on KUT-FM, the local NPR affiliate. Within a few years there, he was broadcasting a late-night rock …
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