LeJEUNe, French Announcer

ID: 842 ~ Source: Elizabeth Mae Roberts, “French Radio Broadcasting in Louisiana, 1935-1958,” (master’s thesis, Louisiana State University, 1959), 138.

This file appears in: KEUN: Eunice, the Prairie Cajun Capital: A Place for Cajun Music

A photograph of Houston LeJeune, who, as of 1958, was the only KEUN announcer to speak French. See Roberts, 64.

This file appears in: KEUN: Eunice, the Prairie Cajun Capital: A Place for Cajun Music

KEUN: Eunice, the Prairie Cajun Capital: A Place for Cajun Music

By Lindsey DeLaughter

The founding of radio station KEUN in Eunice occurred as Cajun and zydeco music were gaining prominence in the mid to late twentieth century. However, both genres struggled to get airtime anywhere…