Bill Text: TX HR108 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 108 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Honoring Bob Nance of Victoria for his career as a radio broadcaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-03 - Reported enrolled [HR108 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR108-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 108



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, For many years, veteran broadcaster Bob Nance was
	one of the most familiar and distinctive voices on KNAL radio in
	Victoria; and
	WHEREAS, KNAL was founded in 1948 as a country music station;
	pronounced "canal," the station's call letters were chosen in honor
	of the Victoria Barge Canal that connected the town to the Gulf
	Intracoastal Waterway; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Beeville, Bob Nance joined KNAL's lineup
	of announcers in 1953, and in those colorful early days of the
	station, improvisation was the order of the day; on Mr. Nance's
	first night on the job, the station abruptly lost its affiliation to
	its network, and the new deejay was forced to replace a baseball
	game with an impromptu program of recorded music; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Nance continued to hone his improvisational
	skills as the announcer for the local minor league baseball team,
	the Victoria Rosebuds; home games were broadcast live, but the
	budget did not allow the station to accompany the team to away
	games, so Mr. Nance dramatized the play-by-play as he received it
	from the Western Union teletype, adding such sound effects as crowd
	noise, the whistle of a passing train, or the sound of an aircraft
	overhead; an engineer in the studio next door supplied the sound of
	a hit by cracking two bats together near the microphone; and
	WHEREAS, In those early days, Mr. Nance also witnessed the
	beginnings of several stellar careers; standing in the doorway of
	the station one summer day in 1953, he was handed a demo record by a
	young sailor named George Jones, and the station was occasionally
	visited by the young Jim Lehrer, the future PBS anchorman, whose
	father managed the local Trailways bus station; Mary Elizabeth
	Smith, the sister of fellow KNAL announcer Bob Smith, went on to
	become Liz Smith, the internationally famous gossip columnist; and
	WHEREAS, The years Bob Nance spent in the broadcast booth at
	KNAL have made him a beloved and well-respected figure in Victoria,
	and he may indeed look back with pride on a career well spent,
	bringing the gifts of entertainment, inspiration, and information
	to his listeners; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Bob Nance for his
	immeasurable contribution to his community and extend to him
	sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. Nance as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.

	Morrison

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 108 was adopted by the House on June
	25, 2013, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House