5ZX 1922 Houston, Texas

Alfred Patrick Daniel, 5ZX, Silent Key (1889-1955)
Houston, Texas
QSL postmarked in January 1922.

In the early 1920s Alfred P. Daniel installed station WCAK at his home on Bagly Street in Houston Texas. In 1925 he became involved with KPRC AM in Houston.

"In 1923 Ross Sterling Jr. took a course on broadcasting at the YMCA in Houston. His father, Ross Sterling Sr., met the instructor, Alfred P. Daniel (of Houston's station WCAK), and discussed starting a radio station affiliated with the Houston Post. William P. Hobby, the president and publisher of the Post, asked Sterling to launch the radio station. Before a 500 watt transmitter ordered from the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. arrived in Houston, Sterling Jr. died. Sterling Sr., mourning the loss of his son, put the still crated transmitter in storage. Over one year later, Daniel approached Sterling Sr. and asked about proceeding with the establishment of the radio station. Sterling Sr. agreed with the idea and moved forward with establishing the station. KPRC's first broadcast occurred on Saturday May 9, 1925, with Daniel as the station's first announcer and program director. The federal license granting permission for radio broadcasts on 920 kHz was issued on the 13th of May. Although the call letters appear to stand for Post Radio Company, they actually stand for Kotton Port Rail Center."
--"KPRC (AM)," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPRC 28AM 29 .

Today KPRC AM and TV are major stations in the Houston area.

Mr. Daniel, son of Fabius Vespucius Patrick and Clara Miranda Patrick, was born October 19, 1889 in Austin, Texas and died January 31, 1955 in Houston, Texas. He was a veteran of World War I.

QSL W5KNE Collection
From the estate of W5KC
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