SAPL : February 24 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

24 February 2022

1928
Radio station KTSA (“Kum To San Antonio”) goes on the air.

1984
Henry Mancini conducts the San Antonio Symphony in the newly renamed Lila Cockrell Theater for the Performing Arts. In a ceremony earlier in the day, the theater is renamed from the Hemisfair Theater for the Performing Arts to honor the former mayor of San Antonio.

1985
San Antonians are given their first look at the newly refurbished Municipal Auditorium after completion of a two-year renovation project. The building was gutted in 1979 by a fire started by a workman’s cigarette.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.