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Ken (Hubcap) Carter
RDN's Radio Person of the Day
July 5, 2002

Ken (Hubcap) Carter's "Saturday Night Oldies Show" is heard on KAAM in Dallas, KLZ in Denver, WPTR in Albany, New York and WLGZ in Rochester, New York.  He is a nominee for induction into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. e-mail Ken A veteran newsman, sportscaster and DJ, Ken (Hubcap) Carter started his long and colorful radio career at KRBA in Lufkin almost 40 years ago.  This small east Texas radio station also was the "first" station for radio people like Murphy Martin, Bill Young, and Robert B. McEntire. After high school graduation Carter moved to KEEE in Nacogdoches and became news director of the station at age 20. Shortly after that he became news director at WWUN in Jackson, Mississippi.  It was there that he soon began to establish a reputation in radio news with network coverage of some of the biggest events in the civil rights struggle of the mid 60's. Coming back to Texas in 1966 he worked with legendary Texas newsman Joe Holstead at KLVI in Beaumont..then moved on to KFJZ and the Texas State Network in Fort Worth. In 1969 he was reunited with Holstead at KXOL in Fort Worth.  He then spent two years at KBST in Big Spring before rejoining Holstead again as a part of the news team at KLIF in Dallas. In 1973 he became news director at KXOL in Fort Worth and then joined Holstead again at KFJZ and TSN.  He became news director at TSN in 1975. Carter taught Broadcast Journalism at Texas Christian University and at Texas Wesleyan University.  He was also assistant basketball coach at Wesleyan. He did play by play sports for many years with the Shamrock Oil Company's broadcast of the Texas high school football playoffs and was the football voice of the University of Texas at Arlington for ten years. In 1993 he became a teacher/coach at North Dallas High School and taught for seven years..