BIG SPRING, TX — Local radio legend Bob Lewis, also known as “Tumbleweed Smith,” was recently nominated for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Class.
Lewis is the host of “The Sound of Texas,” a radio program that is entering its 56th year. The daily three-minute radio series that began in Big Spring in 1969 and has become the most widely syndicated feature radio show in Texas.
As an adjunct instructor, Tumbleweed taught broadcasting and speech at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin for 34 years. He is an award-winning syndicated newspaper columnist. His entry into broadcasting started in 1960 at KBST Radio in Big Spring.
He owns an advertising and production company and has won international recognition for his work. He is a past district governor of Rotary International and an Admiral in the Texas Navy. He has a star on the Texas Trail of Fame in Fort Worth. Both the US Congress and Texas legislature have recognized him for preserving Texas history and folklore.
Over 160 radio professionals were submitted for consideration and Lewis was one of 50 broadcasters nominated for the honor and only 20 will be selected by voting members.
Former KBST sports broadcaster nominated for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame is Gentry “Ace” Little. He’s broadcasted Texas high school sports for over 40 years and has won many awards. In 2019, the Texas flag was flown over the Texas Capitol in honor of his broadcasting. To date, Ace has broadcast close to 2,000 football, baseball, and basketball games on radio stations across the state. He has done seven Texas state title games and one national championship game.
The twenty individuals will be honored on November 1, 2025, during the TRHOF’s Annual Induction Ceremony at the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, TX.
The voting portal will be open and accessible to voting members via www.TRHOF.net through midnight on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
Click here to check out the ballot of nominees.
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