Interview with William Patton
00:20 - Background and education - Was working in radio on KVOL part time before finishing college in 1947;
01:30 - Was broadcasting baseball games on KVOL FM (See Patton Collection for recordings of William announcing a baseball game);
02:20 - KLFY radio went on the air on Jan 2, 1950;
02:50 - There was very little French programming on KVOL - Al Terry had a show, but he wasn't using much French, Dudley LeBlanc's show was probably the only one, there may have been some early morning news in French;
04:25 - Discussing when and where he worked;
05:15 - KLFY Radio - there was quite a large amount of Cajun music programming - Aldus Roger, PeeWee Broussard, Doc Guidry on Saturday afternoons. There was also French news with Garland Bonin. There were remote broadcasts done from some of the clubs (called Bayou Jamboree);
07:35 - News broadcasts in French with Alden Sonnier;
08:55 - Floyd Cormier's broadcasts;
11:00 - Starting the KLFY television station; problems with FCC applications; split ownership,
15:00 - First KLFY television studio, Patton was GM of radio and television stations;
16:00 - Negotiating with CBS to make KLFY an affiliate; Installing the coaxial cable line from CBS;
19:30 - KLFY built their tower on Eraste Landry, went on air on or around June 5, 1955, CBS covered all of the line charges to the KLFY studio;
21:00 - TV programming schedules in the early days;
21:55 - Aldus Roger's show started within the first month that the station existed;
22:30 - Bayou Jamboree - was produced in the studio. There were two staged, bands alternated performances;
23:30 - Other musical shows - "Smiling" Jack LeBlanc, Happy Fats, Discussing whether Belton Richard had a show on KLFY;
25:00 - Eventually KLFY radio became KPEL;
27:25 - Passe Partout program, Rosary in French, Meet Your Neighbor;
28:20 - Little Ricky's from "I Love Lucy" appearance on KLFY;
29:00 - Disc Jockies, TV Personalities, Musicians using stage names;
30:30 - French version of Gunsmoke;
