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Kurt started as Burt's newsman doing an occasional character voice. But those characters became so popular that Kurt became a co-host. |
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Elvis had just come to Jackson, MS. Leading up to that event we used an Elvis Spotter Car to give away prizes. Ultimately, we gave away the car. |
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Burt's first son, Sean, modeled an official 62JDX sweatshirt on the cover a the station's playlist. |
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The success of the Burt and Kurt Show was incredible. This is one of the first articles to appear in a Jackson, MS publication. |
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We will never forget the day we left Jackson, MS. Our listeners were like family. Many cried...and one fellow even offered to give us land. |
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Here we are soon after arriving in Tampa. Standing next to Kurt was our program director at WLCY, Jan Jeffries who came from Birmingham. |
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Here's an article that appeared in the St. Petersburg Times. |
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And then this from Manatee Magazine. |
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Another appearance in the St. Petersburg Times. |
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Burt and Kurt celebrating their first anniversary in Tampa. |
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This is from a very flattering piece that appeared in Tampa Bay Magazine. |
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Upper left shows two of our newscasters in Tampa, Jackie Ripley and Greg Jarrett. Greg is now with the ABC network. |
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This from another Tampa Tribune article. |
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We even played basketball against the Globe Trotters. You can probably guess who won. |
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And again in the Tampa Tribune. |
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From Tampa we moved to KULF in Houston, Texas. |
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This appeared in the Houston Chronicle. |
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From Houston we moved to Magic 96 in Birmingham. We signed the station on the air. |
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Birmingham Magazine did a nice article on us. |
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Here's one of the early headlines from the Birmingham News. |
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The Punch featured us on several occasions. Here's the cover from one of them. |
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Gosh....how many events have we emceed over the years. Must have been thousands. |
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This article appeared in the Birmingham News just prior to our live broadcast from the opening of the brand new Galleria. |
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We even had our own brand of cereal. |
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And then there was this nice article on us in the KUDZU. |
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Alabama Guy Hunt gave us this proclamation. |
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No...Rick and Bubba aren't the only air personalities to be selected as Birmingham's best in the Birmingham News. |
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And then came the move to Oldies 106.9. |
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Here's one of our first Oldies ads. |
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This brings us to where we are today. Nearly 30 years later...still going strong at 101.1 FM, The Source. |
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And we still love doing radio. |
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Our fans are very special people. Without them there never would have been so many special memories. |
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