Wbap.com is a news and talk radio station in Dallas, TX

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WBAP News/Talk 820 - The News & Talk of Texas

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The history of WBAP Radio always starts with Amon G. Carter...but, Carter had to be talked into spending the money to experiment with this new concept called "radio". He approved Harold Hough's spending of "up to $300" to get a radio station on the air. Carter further stated "when that $300 is gone, we're out of the radio business."

Hough, the circulation manager of Carter's Fort Worth Star-Telegram signed the station on the air May 2, 1922. Hough was also WBAP's chief engineer, chief announcer and program director. The station started with 10 watts of power, which amounted to the 1920's version of electronic string and coffee-can communication.

Imagine starting a radio station, talking to an audience that wasn't there. After all, if Fort Worth didn't have a radio station. Why on earth would anyone go out and buy one of those new radio boxes?