Walter Windsor – Bill Windsor

Bill Windsor’s Second Job was as a TV Cameraman and Radio Station DJ

Bill Windsor’s second job was as a cameraman at KLBK-TV in Lubbock, Texas. Then I was a DJ at KLBK-Radio.

I was a cameraman in the television studio. We filmed commercials and operated the two floor cameras for the news, weather, and sports.

I punched a time clock. The other crew members and I would try to eat lunch as fast as possible so we could get punched back in. We would race from the cafeteria to the time clock. When we got really lucky, we would be logged out for only six minutes.

I got the jobs because my Dad was the General Manager of KLBK. My Dad was ALWAYS a fabulous supporter of me in everything I ever did. He was truly special in so very many ways. My Dad lived to be 89 1/2.

KLBK ad in Monterey High School paper in 1965

Before I had a real DJ job, I was the “host” of a one-hour weekly show called “Teen Topics.”

I spoke about what was going on at Monterey High School. I wasn’t paid.

I had to study and go to Dallas to take a Third-Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License to be able to DJ. In those days, we did it all — announced, played the 45-rpm-records, and operated “the board.” There was no engineer to help. It was great fun. I had the midnight to 6 am shift, and all the high school and college students “knew” me. It was a Top 40 radio station.

Billy Windsor in 1949 – Months 4 to 15

Someone holding Billy Windsor in air
Walter Windsor pulling Billy in little red wagon
Smiling Billy Windsor on pillow - 1949
Billy Windsor smiling but blurry in 1949
Billy Windsor with punch toy in 1949
windsor bill 1949 Portrait of Billy 1949
Billy Windsor held by mother Mary January 1949
Billy Windsor in walker in 1949
Grandpa Johnson holding Billy Windsor with Grandma Johnson
Billy Windsor floating - 1949
Blurry Billy Windsor 1949
Billy Windsor with daddy Walter Windsor in yard in 1949
Billy Windsor strolling in 1949
Billy Windsor propped up as if sitting in 1949
Billy Windsor on his stomach on couch in 1949
Billy Windsor on dark blanket on grass in 1949
Billy Windsor on blanket in 1949
Billy Windsor looking up from stroller in 1949
Billy Windsor in stroller in 1949
Billy Windsor in crib in shade in 1949
Billy Windsor in crib in 1949
Billy Windsor in 1949 with father Walter Windsor at 8-months 18-days
Billy Windsor held up by father Walter Windsor in 1949
Billy Windsor being pushed in stroller by mother Mary Windsor in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor on couch in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor on pillow and blanket in 1949

It was a very good year.

Walter Windsor and Mary Windsor were The Best Parents Ever

Mary Windsor holds smiling Billy in 1948.
Walter Windsor holds baby Billy outside in Columbus in 1948.
Newborn Billy Windsor October 1948
Is this Billy Windsor shooting the finger in 1948
Infant Billy Windsor with giant bottle October 1948.
Infant Billy Windsor on blanket in yard in 1948
Infant Billy Windsor in diapers with blankets 1948
Bill Windsor 1948 birth Front page of New York paper October 1948
Profile of Billy Windsor in October 1948
Billy Windsor Baby Book 1948
Billy Windsor on chair 1948
Billy Windsor in arms of mother Mary Windsor in 1948.
Billy Windsor in hat sleeping in October 1948
Billy Windsor crying in 1948
William Michael Windsor smiling for the camera in 1948
Baby Billy Windsor on pallet on grass in 1948
Baby Billy Windsor in knitted hat in 1948.
windsor bill 1948 Billy in Marys arms 1948
Walter Windsor holds baby Billy Windsor outside in Columbus Georgia in 1948
Mary Johnson Windsor holds smiling Billy in 1948

My Mom was Mary Windsor, and she was the best mom ever! She was a stay-at-home mom.

And my Dad was Walter Windsor. He was the best father ever!

I was the first-born child. My brother and two sisters followed.

I was a very lucky boy. My siblings and I could not have had a better childhood. My Dad wasn’t paid what he was worth as the manager of television stations while I was a child. I always thought we were “rich.” We weren’t, but we had a very comfortable life.

I, William Michael Windsor, was born in Columbus, Georgia. My Dad and Mom had just driven to Columbus from California with my Mom almost nine months pregnant. Dad became the General Manager of WGBA Radio in Columbus.

We were living in a motel when Mom went into labor. Dad didn’t want his son to come home from the hospital to a motel room, so he raced out and rented this home at 2222 Buena Vista Road, Columbus, Georgia.