Because of their individual backgrounds in radio Alex and Patti Apostolides were invited to read a program of essays and book reviews for Radio Station KTEP (88.5 FM). When the program ended in 1983 Patti suggested starting a new program with stories Alex had written for the newsletter she was editing for the El Paso Corral of the Westerners. The stories were all about the Southwest as Westerners purpose is to preserve SW literature. The Program Director agreed and suggested a twenty-minute story followed by an interview. Guests were people who were writing about history, making history or were interested in the history of the Southwest. The original name "Desert Landscape, Edge of Texas” was changed to just “Edge of Texas” when people started calling to ask about the plants of the Southwest. Alex wrote the stories and Patti invited guests and kept a schedule of interviews. Sponsors included State National Bank, MBank, El Paso National Bank, Texas Commerce Bank, Bliss Auto Sales, and Saturn of El Paso. After more than one thousand episodes on air the program ended in September of 2005.
Programs from 2000
The Edge of Texas - Program 0798, Juan Sabeata, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0799, Railroad: Birth of Alamagordo, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0800, Railroad II: Alamagordo to Toboggan, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0801, Railroad III: Cloudcroft, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0802, Half-Hour Interview: Bob Kelly, Railroad History, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0803, Tour of Murals, Mago, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0804, Hatfield the Rainmaker, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0805, Rainmakers, Melbourne, 1891, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0806, Half-Hour Rap, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0807, Rainmakers, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0808, Rainmakers, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0809, Lost Cities, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0810, Streetcars of El Paso, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0812, Lost Adams, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0813, Lost Adams II, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0814, Ojo Caliente, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0815, Utah Trek 2000, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0816, Utah Trek 2000, Pt. 2, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0817, Bluff, Utah, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0818, Half-Hour Interview: Frank Smith, Chamizal, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0819, New Mexico, 1660, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0820, New Mexico, 1660, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0821, Fiestas, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0822, Salvation Army History, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0823, Juarez, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0824, Half-Hour Interview: Clayton Gardner, Salvation Army, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0825, Half-Hour Interview: Carlos Ramirez, Mayor of El Paso, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0826, El Paso, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0827, Wrap 2000, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0828, Kingston Christmas 1882, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0829, Wrap 2000 Y2K, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
Programs from 2001
The Edge of Texas - Program 0830, Legend: Yuma, Arizona, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0831, Legend: Navajo, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0832, Legend: Zuni and Serrano, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0833, Legend: Paiute/Zuni/Shoshoni, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0834, Legend: Blood Piegan/Pima, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0835, Legend: Hopi/Isleta del Norte, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0836, Half-Hour Interview: David Marcus, Holocause Museum, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0837, John Prather, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0838, Half-Hour Interview: José Rodriguez, Attorney, El Paso County Attorney, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0839, Legend: Tewa White Corn, etc., Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0840, Half-Hour Interview: Hut Brown, Chile Cookoffs, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0841, Treasure of Dimitrio, Organ Mountains, New Mexico 1878, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0842, Legend: Moctezuma Picuris & Papago, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0843, Chato's Treasure, New Mexico 1649, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0844, Spanish Trail, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0845, Ghosts and Other Friends, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0846, Half-Hour Rambling: Pledge Week, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0847, Treasure of Eagle Mountain, Texas, 1880, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0849, Rapping, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0848, Half-Hour Interview: Elias Bonilla, Historian, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0850, Baylor, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0851, Ben Sublett's Lost Mine, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0852, Ben Sublett's II: Roth's Search, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0853, Bluff, Utah: Great Manhunt of 1998, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0854, Manen Clements, El Paso 1908, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0855, On the Road Again, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0856, Coyote Brings Water (Navajo), Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0857, Frog Brings Rain (Navajo), Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0858, Sun, Moon, Stars (Navajo), Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0859, Utah Trek 2001, Pt. 1, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0860, Utah Trek 2001, Pt. 2, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0861, Hunter Boy and the Deer, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0862, How the Dinee Got Homes, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0863, El Paso's First Convention, 1900, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0864, Cristo Rey, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0865, Sacred Serpent of Montezuma, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0866, Zuni Creation Myths, Pt. 1, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0867, Zuni Creation Myths, Pt. 2, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0868, Albert H. French, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0869, Henry Skillman, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0870, Celebration of Our Mountains, 2001, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0871, Celebration of Our Mountains, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0872, Half-Hour Interview: Robert Dinsmoor, Judge, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0873, Farmington, New Mexico, 1800s, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0874, General Rap: Lava Fields, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0875, Salvation Army History, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0876, El Paso Pioneers: Hart and Coons, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0877, Half-Hour Interview: Elias Bonilla, Historian, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0878, John Selman, 1895, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0879, Kingston Christmas, 1882, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0880, Wrap of 2001, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
Programs from 2002
The Edge of Texas - Program 0881, New Year 2002, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0882, Big Bend, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0883, Zuni Origin Myth, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0884, Zuni Origin Myth II, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0885, San Eli (1598-1794), Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0886, San Eli II (1790s), Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0887, El Paso Elections, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0888, Half-Hour Interview: Stan Shael, Franklin Mountains Coalition, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0889, Secession, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0890, Half-Hour Interview: Sito Negron, Stanton Street, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0891, El Paso County Courthouse Scandal, 1885, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0892, Grand Central, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0893, El Paso 1880s, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0894, Newspapers, 1881, The Times, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0895, Newspapers II: Hinton, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0896, Twice Hung, New Mexico, 1875, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0897, Fundraiser Promos: Vignettes, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski
The Edge of Texas - Program 0898, Tonuco, New Mexico, Alex Apostolides, Patti Apostolides, and Pat Piotrowski