EP 116: I Heard it on the X, Part 2

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

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🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Dr. John Brinkley had figured out how to beat the system and built the most powerful radio station in the world. The entire United States could now hear what he was selling. Music was a big part of that and Border Blaster XERA introduced Americans to gospel, the blues, Tejano...and provided the first nationwide exposure to a family band that would change American music forever. Hear what was on the "X" in this latest episode of Wise About Texas.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, your Texas history podcast. This is your host, Ken Wise. Thanks very much for
0:14.8	tuning in today for part two of Hurt It on the X. Before we get started, I want to
0:20.8	tell you about a couple of cool things that I've been up to I got the
0:25.9	chance to interview a great-great-grandson of Kwanah Parker at the Bryan Museum
0:31.8	they had an event called Visions of the West, centering around Western art.
0:37.0	And Nacona Burgess is one of the premier Native American artists in the world.
0:42.0	He's a member of the Comanche Nation and
0:45.4	great great grandson of the great war chief, the last war chief of the Comanche Quana Parker.
0:50.4	We had a great interview I hope to be able to post that on YouTube soon. of We're going to do a podcast episode. Nacona is a great artist.
1:03.4	He's also a great Comanche historian.
1:05.4	And we had a wonderful conversation, frankly,
1:08.0	I wish I had recorded that.
1:09.2	But we'll get that interview done and hope you will enjoy that.
1:16.0	Since part one was released a few weeks ago,
1:19.6	the Battleship Texas was moved from its birth
1:22.4	near the San Joseon Monument to Dry Dock in Galveston
1:26.2	and I had the chance to be on a boat with Galveston Pilots and ride around the
1:31.2	battleship as it was being towed and what a tremendous experience that was.
1:36.0	But to see that ship when things calm down a little bit,
1:40.0	I plan on having the head of the battleship Texas Foundation come on and give a little update on
1:44.7	what's going on that USS Texas is the last of its kind.
1:48.1	The last of that class of dreadnought battleships had fought in two world wars and that was a very significant
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