Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
ON RADIO ROW Rusk Corp., owned by the heirs of Houston's Jesse H. Jones, sell KLOL, and its sister station KTRH, to Dallas-based Evergreen Media. Seen here on Feb. 4 is KLOL's Dave Andrews, aka Outlaw Dave, at the station's studios on Radio Row in Montrose.
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Here, KTRH anchor Tom Bacon delivers his late afternoon report on Feb. 4, with co-anchor Marisa Ramirez.
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Here's one more look inside the studios in Montrose from that month.
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
THE EARLY DAYS, PART I Texas Southern linemen Eddie Smith, front, Michael Strahan, left, and Kevin Johnson had taken part in the NFL scouting combine when this picture was taken on Feb. 17.
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
HOW WE BOUGHT TICKETS Braving a cold rain on Saturday, Feb. 27, fans lined up outside the Sound Warehouse at South Shepherd and Norfolk for tickets to Paul McCartney's April 22 concert at the Astrodome. The fans arrived early to vie for one of 100 bracelets that allowed them to buy up to six of the $36.75 tickets. ($36 dollars for a concert ticket. Imagine that.)
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
A REUNION A group of World War II Army Air Force Reserve veterans reunited in Houston on Feb. 19 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their call to duty. In 1943, the young men, in the front picture, were reservists when they got the word that they were being called up.
John Everett / Houston Chronicle file
John Everett / Houston Chronicle file
FINALLY After a few years as a nominee, former Rocket Calvin Murphy was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was photographed on the Summit court on Feb. 8.
John Everett / Houston Chronicle file
John Everett / Houston Chronicle file
THE SUPERFAN Tamara Griffin, 18, has been a loyal fan of Michael Jackson since the age of 8, when she began plastering her room with photographs and mementos of her idol. Photographed here on Feb. 15.
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
THE EARLY DAYS, PART II Houston lawyer Bill White, left, and U.S. Sen. Bob Krueger, D-Texas, at the Four Seasons downtown on Feb. 12. White would later become Houston mayor. Krueger was appointed to the Senate to replace Lloyd Bentsen, who became Treasury Secretary. That June, Krueger would lose the special election runoff to serve out the remainder of the term to Texas State Treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
THE BLUESMAN Texas Johnny Brown, longtime Houston bluesman, photographed at the Chronicle studio on Feb. 16.
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
ON WASHINGTON AVENUE Wabash Antiques and Feed Store owner Betty Heacker at the shop on Washington Avenue, Feb. 9. In the last photo is Jack the cat.
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
Betty Tichich / Houston Chronicle file
THE EARLY DAYS, PART III Elaine Chao, new national director of the United Way, at the downtown Hyatt Regency on Feb. 5. Chao would later serve as Labor Secretary under the Trump administration.
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Ueckert / Houston Chronicle file
BIGGIO'S BIG DAY A beaming Craig Biggio holds his son, Conor, as Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. looks on during a Feb. 9 news conference. Biggio, Steve Finley and Ken Caminiti were signed to three-year contracts totaling $32.3 million.
Kerwin Plevka / Houston Chronicle file
Kerwin Plevka / Houston Chronicle file
Kerwin Plevka / Houston Chronicle file
Here, Biggio is with Finley and McLane.
Kerwin Plevka / Houston Chronicle file
Kerwin Plevka / Houston Chronicle file
THE PARADE Scenes from the 1993 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo parade on Feb. 20.
E. Joseph Deering / Houston Chronicle file
E. Joseph Deering / Houston Chronicle file
E. Joseph Deering / Houston Chronicle file
E. Joseph Deering / Houston Chronicle file
THE CELEBRITIES Ted Nugent, Jo Anne Worley, Frank Beard of ZZ Top and a series of photos of Judy Tenuta appear in this roundup of celebrities visiting the Bayou City.
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP About 190 Rockets fans turned out at the Summit on Feb. 26 to get their heads shaved ahead of the team's match against Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns. Men who got their heads shaved received two tickets to the game, while women, 12 in this case, received the same, plus two free tickets to the rest of the home games that season. The fans were also entered into a drawing for a trip to see the Rockets in Phoenix. Doing the shaving is hairdresser Cathy Clancy.
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
OVER IN GALVESTON Los Lobos and Robert Cray kept the crowds on the Strand entertained during that year's Mardi Gras celebrations, Feb. 20.
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
Buster Dean / Houston Chronicle file
STATUE DISPUTE, PART I Artist Luis Jimenez created the "Vaquero" statue that was erected in Moody Park in 1982. By 1993, civic groups in the area complained the statue was inappropriate for the neighborhood, claiming the cowboy appeared intoxicated and the pistol-waving figure could negatively influence youths. Here, Jimenez is at the Carnegie Library on Feb. 17. As of 2023, the statue is still in Moody Park.
D. Fahleson / Houston Chronicle file
D. Fahleson / Houston Chronicle file
STATUE DISPUTE, PART II Artist Mark Storm and Ron Stone at Storm's studio on Feb. 23. At the time, Stone led an effort to get a 12-foot-tall bronze statue of Sam Houston erected at the San Jacinto Battleground. The plan failed to get final approval and a dispute erupted between the park and the statue's backers. The statue was to have coincided with Houston's 200th birthday.
Richard Carson / Houston Chronicle file
Richard Carson / Houston Chronicle file
REMEMBER THE TEXAS LIMITED? The Texas Limited made its inaugural trip to League City on Feb. 4. The train, which ran from Houston to Galveston, stopped in League City on its weekend trips to the Isle. In 2023, it was learned that I-45 drivers can expect more roadwork on the way to Galveston. *weeps*
D. Fahleson / Houston Chronicle file
D. Fahleson / Houston Chronicle file
ON THE RICHMOND STRIP John Coleman III, co-owner of Billy Blues nightclub at 6025 Richmond on Feb. 12.
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
Steve Campbell / Houston Chronicle file
AT THE RODEO Rodeo bullfighter and barrelman Leon Coffee at the Astrodome on Feb. 22. As of 2023, Coffee has been at the rodeo for 30 years.
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
Ben DeSoto / Houston Chronicle file
GETTING UNDERWAY The following photos show scenes from opening night of the 1993 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Astrodome, Feb. 21.
Richard Carson / Houston Chronicle file
Richard Carson / Houston Chronicle file
Richard Carson / Houston Chronicle file
SELENA AT THE RODEO Selena began the first of three annual appearances at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, beginning with this Selena y Los Dinos concert on Feb. 28. A record-setting 57,894 turned out at the Astrodome for this Go Tejano Day matinee concert.
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
Dave Einsel / Houston Chronicle file
IN HIS SHADOW Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park, Feb. 2.
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Carlos Antonio Rios / Houston Chronicle file
Produced by J.R. Gonzales