Interview with Tom Pears(cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1-088

01:50 - Declouet family sold KLFY to Texoma;
03:50 - Pears and Bill Patton worked together at KVOL;
05:40 - Baseball broadcasts - Bill Patton was the announcer;
07:35 - Merchants weren't buying ads, they were having trouble keeping the FM transmitter on frequency, station closed;
08:30 - Somebody else put the station back on the air about a year later, then ended up selling the station after a few years;
09:30 - KVOL's long-range reach;
12:15 - KPEL and KXKW Stations;
14:00 - KPEL Radio was originally KLFY Radio;
15:00 - Pears became GM at Channel 10
15:25 - Aldus Roger's show and other Cajun oriented shows; Happy Fats; other musical shows;
20:30 - Non-musical French Programming - Bertrand LeBlanc, Floyd Cormier,
24:45 - Passe Partout - discussion about naming the show; early hosts
28:45 - Doug Lastrappes
29:45 - Tom's wife joins the conversation and talks about coming up with the name for "Passe Partout"

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana, Television, Radio, Broadcast, French
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:05
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, April 8, 2024
Original Format: 
Cassette - 60
Digital Format: 
AIFF
Bit Depth: 
16
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore