1950 - 1959 PEOPLE

A - J


Jim Axel

Jim began at WSB in November of 1959 as a street reporter. Within two weeks, he was offered the position of night news editor and announcer. He remained in the position until April of 1962.

MARCUS BARTLETT

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JIMMY BRIDGES

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George Crumbley

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Jimmy Dunaway

While anchoring local news and doing field reports on WSB, Jimmy was also a regular on NBC's Monitor and other network programs as well as field reports on major stories for the network's hourly newscasts.  He was at WSB from 1955 until 1967.

ELMO ELLIS

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Judy Gaulden

Judy began at WSB in 1959 and was executive assistant to Elmo Ellis and to GM's that followed him until 1996. 

TED HIGHTOWER

In the summer of 1959, Ted was a WSB Radiocar reporter. He got a tip on a fire which turned out to be at his own house! 

Ernie Hynds

Ernie was sports director for WSB Radio from 1954 to 1955

Don Kennedy

Kennedy was an announcer at WSB in 1955 before leaving to work for NBC. He returned to WSB in 1983 as part time talk show host. Don is a 2007 Career Achievement Inductee into The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.


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