Here is a list of the first 25 FM radio stations to broadcast in the state of Texas.  Stations are listed in chronological order, followed by license date, original call letters, original city of license, original owners, and the eventual fate of the radio station. 
Because of FM's secondary role in broadcasting during its initial years, the documentation of its earliest stations is ironically much less extensive than that of the earliest AM radio stations of the 1920s.   Much assistance has been provided in the compilation of this list by Mike Dorner and Bruce Williamson, webmaster of the Houston Radio History website.

Stations which are still on the air are highlighted in yellow.
 

  Sign on date   Original calls and frequency Original owner  
1 Aug. 22, 1946   KTHT-FM 98.5 Houston Texas Star Broadcasting became KOPY-FM on 12/2/47; signed off in 1950
2 Oct. 5, 1946   KERA-FM 94.3 Dallas Dallas Morning News became WFAA-FM and moved to 97.9 on 9/15/47; signed off on 9/1/1950; WFAA-FM revived 1/6/1961; Currently KBFB
3 Nov. 1, 1946   KYFM 101.5 San Antonio Express Publishing became KTSA-FM in 1950; signed off in 1956
4 Dec. 23, 1946   KTRN 97.7 Wichita Falls Times Publishing Co. signed off in 1949
5 Dec. 24, 1946   KPRC-FM 99.7 Houston Houston Post moved to 102.9 in 1947; moved to 99.1 and changed call letters to KODA in 1958
6 Dec. 1946   KISS-FM 100.1 San Antonio Walmac Co. moved to 99.5 in 1947, still operates as KISS-FM
6 Dec. 1946   WOAI-FM 102.3 San Antonio Express Publishing signed off in 1950
8 Feb. 1947   KCMC-FM 92.5 Texarkana KCMC, Inc. moved to 98.1 in 1948; became KTAL-FM in 1962
8 Feb. 1947   KAMT 94.5 College Station Texas A&M College signed off in 1948
8 Feb. 1947   KGKB-FM 101.5 Tyler East Texas Broadcasting signed off in 1951
10 March 1947   KRBC-FM 96.9 Abilene Reporter Broadcasting signed off in 1950
11 April 1947   KGBS-FM 95.3 Harlingen Harbenito Radio Corp. signed off in 1950; Revived in 1960 at 94.5 as KELT, currently KFRQ
12 June 8, 1947   KIXL-FM 104.5 Dallas Variety Broadcasting became KEZT in 1972, became KKDA-FM in 1975
13 June 30, 1947   KTRH-FM 101.1 Houston KTRH Broadcasting became KLOL in 1970
14 Nov. 1947   KGNC-FM 104.3 Amarillo Plains Radio Corp. signed off in 1950; revived on 12/24/1958 on 93.1, moved to 97.9
15 Dec. 1947   KURV 104.9 Edinburg James Cullen Looney signed off in 1952
16 Jan. 31, 1948   KXYZ-FM 96.5 Houston Harris County Broadcasting signed off in 1953; revived in 1960, currently KHMX
16 Jan. 1948   KRBA-FM 95.5 Lufkin Darrell F. Yates signed off in 1953; revived on 12/19/1959 as KSPL-FM (licensed to Diboll); currently KAFX
16 Jan. 1948   KVWC-FM 98.7 Vernon Northwestern Broadcasting signed off in 1950
19 Feb. 1948   KRIC-FM 99.5 Beaumont KRIC, Inc. moved to 97.5 in 1958; became KAYD in 1963; changed city of license in 2002 to Mont Belvieu to target Houston, currently KFNC
20 Apr. 1, 1948   KRLD-FM 92.5 Dallas KRLD Radio became KAFM in 1973; became KZPS in 1986
21 April 1948   KFYO-FM 99.5 Lubbock Plains Radio Corp. signed off in 1950
22 May 1948   KWFT-FM 99.9 Wichita Falls KWFT, Inc. signed off in 1953
23 June 1948   KDNT-FM 106.1 Denton Harwell V. Shepard currently KHKS Denton/Dallas/Fort Worth
23 June 1948   KTEM-FM 107.5 Temple Bell Broadcasting  signed off in 1954
25 July 1948   KONO-FM 92.9 San Antonio Mission Broadcasting Currently KROM

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