This photo is of Cactus Pryor, long time radio and television host of KTBC.  In 1942, Lady Bird and Lyndon purchased Austin radio station KTBC with Lady Bird’s inheritance.  By the 1950s the Johnsons expanded the radio station into the television market, and Pryor was one of the first faces Austinites got to know over the air.  Always the entertainer, Pryor would emcee at programs for the Johnsons. To learn more about Pryor please see our press release honoring this man after his death in 2011.  
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This photo is of Cactus Pryor, long time radio and television host of KTBC.  

In 1942, Lady Bird and Lyndon purchased Austin radio station KTBC with Lady Bird’s inheritance.  By the 1950s the Johnsons expanded the radio station into the television market, and Pryor was one of the first faces Austinites got to know over the air.  Always the entertainer, Pryor would emcee at programs for the Johnsons.

To learn more about Pryor please see our press release honoring this man after his death in 2011.  

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