In 1922, radio station WOAI in San Antonio began broadcasting. It was the first station in South Texas. The station had an initial power of 500 watts. It grew to what was considered a powerful 5,000 watts by 1925 and eventually 50,000 watts allowing the station to be heard throughout most of Texas. The station later joined the world’s first communication network, the National Broadcasting Company.  Notably, WOAI was one of the first stations to employ a local news staff.  It is now given over to mostly predictable and pedestrian right-wing talk radio.  But,  on my radio dial, 1200 will never mean anything other than WOAI.