August 21, 2025 – Tumbleweed Smith, originator and producer of THE SOUND OF TEXAS radio series will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on November 1st in the Broadcast Museum in Kilgore. After 9 years in radio and television news, Tumbleweed decided features were what he really liked to do. “It was sort of an experiment in free enterprise,” he says. “I wanted to see if I could make a living doing what I really like to do. “
The syndicated statewide radio series began August 1, 1869 and covers Texas history folklore, small towns, unique vents and most of all the state’s colorful characters and storytellers. He has conducted over 14,000 interviews which will go into the oral history department archives at Baylor University. Tumbleweed has also had a syndicated newspaper column for more than 40 years. He lives in Big Spring with his wife, Susan. They have two sons, four grandsons and one great grandson.
