Red Jones, WQXI Atlanta, January 4, 1965 (scoped) (0:23:08)

Scoped
… a lot of just plain old lousy feeling – especially after the holidays …

[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by John Quincy]

Red Jones courtesy GRHOF

Red Jones was named one of America’s top PDs by the Gavin Report while working in Houston for Gordon McLendon at KILT. Red started at KILT in 1956.
Here, he is heard as Assistant Manager, Program Director, and morning man at WQXI, Atlanta, on January 4, 1965. Red is a 2008 Career Achievement Inductee at the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

It’s the original Atlanta Tiger, with the Money Match game and the Animal Crackers game, and lots of chances to win! George T. McIntire is featured with both news headlines and a slightly truncated ten minute newscast that swept the 8AM hour from 7:55 to 8:05.

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