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O'Neal has long been active as a part-time [[radio]] personality on KGAS (AM) and (FM) in Carthage for more than three decades.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=KGAS AM-FM Radio |title=Meet the KGAS Radio Staff |url=http://www.kgasradio.com/staff.php}}</ref> His interest in radio began with the popular songs of the 1950s and 1960s.
O'Neal has long been active as a part-time [[radio]] personality on KGAS (AM) and (FM) in Carthage for more than three decades.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=KGAS AM-FM Radio |title=Meet the KGAS Radio Staff |url=http://www.kgasradio.com/staff.php}}</ref> His interest in radio began with the popular songs of the 1950s and 1960s.
==Awards==
==Awards==
In 1973, O'Neal received the first annual "Excellent Teacher" award at Panola College. In 1987, he was named "Alumnus of the Year" by both Navarro College and Texas A&M University-Commerce. He was "Panola County Citizen of the Year" in 1988. In 2000, he was awarded Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship, and he remains the only Panola College faculty member ever to receive a Piper Professorship.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
In 1973, O'Neal received the first annual "Excellent Teacher" award at Panola College. In 1987, he was named "Alumnus of the Year" by both Navarro College and Texas A&M University-Commerce. He was "Panola County Citizen of the Year" in 1988. In 2000, he was awarded Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship, and he remains the only Panola College faculty member ever to receive a Piper Professorship.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
O'Neal is a former Texas state historian, a position to which he was appointed in 2012 by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. He spoke at a public forum on March 24, 2013, at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in [[Austin]] on the topic, "The Leadership Roles of Sam Houston."<ref>West Texas Historical Association newsletter, March 20, 2013.</ref>
O'Neal is a former Texas state historian, a position to which he was appointed in 2012 by [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. He spoke at a public forum on March 24, 2013, at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in [[Austin]] on the topic, "The Leadership Roles of Sam Houston."<ref>West Texas Historical Association newsletter, March 20, 2013.</ref>
On August 10, 2013, O'Neal addressed the summer advanced degree commencement at his alma mater, Texas A&M at Commerce; university president Dr. Dan Jones presented him with an honorary doctor of letters degree. The Bill O'Neal Hall, a new dormitory at Panola College, is named in his honor.<ref>Tai Kreidler, "Texas State Historian Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters and Dormitory Named in His Honor," West Texas Historial Association newsletter, August 19, 2013.</ref>
On August 10, 2013, O'Neal addressed the summer advanced degree commencement at his ''alma mater'', Texas A&M at Commerce; university president Dr. Dan Jones presented him with an honorary doctor of letters degree. The Bill O'Neal Hall, a new dormitory at Panola College, is named in his honor.<ref>Tai Kreidler, "Texas State Historian Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters and Dormitory Named in His Honor," West Texas Historial Association newsletter, August 19, 2013.</ref>
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===Western titles===
*''The Arizona Rangers'' (1987).
*''The Arizona Rangers'' (1987).
*''Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters'' (1991).
*''Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters'' (1991).