The Houston Hour

01/07/2026

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview Édouard Kopp, Chief Curator at the Menil Drawing Institute, and Nick Sawicki, Executive Director of the Houston Public Library Foundation! It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

12/30/2025

Mister McKinney and are closing out the 2025 The Houston Hour 📻 season with some special guests on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston! ....

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview María Inés Sicardi, Founder of Sicardi Ayers Bacino, representing important artists from Latin America - and Rui Roberts, a longtime West University resident and storyteller. It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

12/19/2025

🎁The Houston Hour co-hosts Mister McKinney & Heidi Vaughan bringing Pre-K Pals Toy Drive cheer….

12/16/2025

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview Connie L Cochran of Cochran Creative Consulting! She's a longtime nonprofit fundraiser, including for Texas Southern University, and she's Chair of the Houston Hospitality Alliance. It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

12/08/2025

12/01/2025

This Wednesday at Noon on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston 📻!!

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview Norberto Moreno! He's the Co-Founder of HTX ART and HTXART and a civic leader in the Eastex Jensen Super Neighborhood! It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

11/26/2025

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview Gabriela Monterroso of Monterroso Gallery and Mary Lee Wilkens of the Junior League of Houston! It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

11/21/2025

Be sure to Follow the NEW ➡️ Mister McKinney And Friends 📺 🎤

11/19/2025

11/19/2025

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview John Sorensen, Founder and CEO of Frost Town Brewing AND Philip Schneidau of CYCLE Houston - they give free bikes to children at the holidays! It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

11/16/2025

This Wednesday at Noon on 90.1 FM 📻 KPFT Houston HD2 it’s The Houston Hour with Mister McKinney and they will interview John Sorensen! 🍻

He’s the Founder and CEO of Frost Town Brewing 🍺 downtown Houston‘s craft beer - recently recognized as Best Brewery 2025 by Houston Press! 👏 👏

will talk a little history too, so it’s going to be a great show with two amazing guests with ties!

Don’t miss ONLY on 💪 Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2.

🙌 You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org!

Thanks to The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 🌳 Houston’s oldest municipal park, founded in 1899!

11/09/2025

Dr. was a past guest on and you will learn a lot about Monday evening….

Join The Friends of the Houston History Research Center for a Speaker Event on Monday!
You're invited to attend the annual meeting of The Friends of the Houston History Research Center on Monday, November 10, at 7:00 p.m. featuring historian and author, Dr. Kate Kirkland on the "Legacy of Julia Ideson" a rare opportunity on a fascinating Houstonian not often discussed.

Dr. Kirkland's PowerPoint presentation, featuring photos and stories from her upcoming book about three pivotal Houston women: Alice Baker, Juila Ideson and Ima Hogg, will take place this Monday at The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park, 1100 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 77002. Free parking is at 212 Dallas Street. Map & Parking — The Heritage Society

Friends of the Houston History Research Center board president Mister McKinney, who is also on our Board, will preside over the business meeting at the start, with updates on the Houston Public Library Special Collections from director Miguell Ceasar and updates on the exciting documentary of the 100th anniversary of the Julia Ideson Building from award-winning filmmaker and board member Jim Bailey who is directing/producing the documentary on behalf of The Friends of the HHRC.

ALL are welcome to attend, current Friends members, past members and future members. Light refreshments will be provided and a special Thank You to The Heritage Society for hosting us.

I look forward to seeing everyone Monday night,

Mister McKinney

President, Friends of the Houston History Research Center

(formally, the Friends of The Texas Room at the Julia Ideson Library Building)

Cell: 713-364-8674

[email protected]