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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

WOAI 4 celebrates 75 years as San Antonio's first TV station


WOAI 4 signed on at 4:45 p.m. on December 11, 1949, to become San Antonio's first television station. 

"Telenews with Austin Williams" at 6:15 p.m. was the Alamo City's first TV newscast.

The station changed its call letters to KMOL in 1974 but returned to WOAI in 2002.

Many legendary names have worked at the station, from Henry Guerra in the 1950s to sports legend Verne Lundquist in the 1960s. More modern names include Allen Hemberger, Lori Tucker, Randy Beamer, Deborah Daniels, Tanji Patton, Delaine Mathieu, Elsa Ramon, Don Harris, and David Chancellor.