''The Eyes of Texas'' is a long-running regional television series which aired original episodes from 1969 to 1999. The program focused on unique people, events, and places throughout the state of

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. It was produced and syndicated by

KPRC-TV KPRC-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Graham Media Group. Its studios are located on Southwest Freeway (I-69/US 59) in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater ...

and Stonefilms, both in

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. The series won a number of awards and produced a number of travel guides covering the state, intertwining notable locations featured in the program with the usual tourist attractions.

Hosts

The first host, KPRC news director Ray Miller (1919–2008), created the show and nurtured it through the early years. ''The Eyes of Texas'' evolved into a weekly celebration of Texas culture, history, and people. After Miller retired in 1979, KPRC anchor Ron Stone, whose production company syndicates the series, took over as host. Beginning in 2007, KPRC presented several "Best of" programs featuring memorable stories aired during the course of the original run, interspersed with recent pieces on various events and places in the style of the original series. These episodes were aired periodically and were hosted at the time by co-anchors Bill Balleza and Dominique Sachse. In October 2018, ''The Eyes of Texas'' was rebooted as a

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hosted by KPRC reporter Brandon Walker.The Eyes of Texas: It's a podcast, y'all!

2018-10-31 (Retrieved 2020-06-06).

Travel guides

These travel guides, all containing text by Miller and photographs by Gary James (and others), were published in Houston by Cordovan Corporation: * * * * * * Second editions of the guides were published in the late 1980s by Lone Star Press.

References

External links

KPRC-TV: ''The Eyes of Texas'' ReturnsStonefilms WebsiteEyes of Texas television show episodes and summaries collection
Woodson Research Center, Rice University.
Videos clips from ''The Eyes of Texas''
on the

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