[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING BILL BUCHANAN OF KSHN IN LIBERTY

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 16, 2011

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share with all of you an 
American success story built on hard work and an overflowing community 
spirit.
  Bill Buchanan is one of the newest members of the Texas Radio Hall of 
Fame. He got there the old fashioned way--he went to work everyday to 
keep his community both informed and entertained and his peers honored 
him for it.
  Let me tell you a bit about Bill. He didn't get his start in Texas 
radio. He started making his way selling appliances in Kentucky and 
working part-time as a radio sports announcer and writing copy for the 
Indianapolis Star.
  He then packed his bags and headed south landing at KGTN in 
Georgetown, Texas where he started making a name for himself selling 
radio commercials.
  In 1977, he got the news that would change his life forever. He 
learned that a radio station was for sale in Liberty. He bought what 
was then KPXE and put down roots in Liberty. In the last nearly quarter 
century, he's made the switch to the FM dial and kept providing Liberty 
County with ``music mixed with things that matter.''
  Engineering publications and even Readers Digest took note of the 
station's ``split-channel'' innovations.
  Bill remains very hands on at KSHN and many people in Liberty still 
talk about how his coverage of The John Hebert Distributing Fire was 
heard around the world and how KSHN has been in lifeline in floods and 
Hurricanes Rita and Ike.
  Bill Buchanan and KSHN are a huge part of the community of Liberty. 
The Texas Radio Hall of Fame is lucky to have Bill Buchanan because he 
keeps local radio local by refusing to let his station be simply a 
jukebox.

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