Radio Personality Has Street Named In His Honor

A Boynton, GA radio legend of 50 years was honored with a Walker County street named in his honor at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 5.

Tommy Jett, a radio personality who started in the 1960s with WFLI radio in Chattanooga, was surrounded by his “close personal friends” as Tommy Jett Drive was unveiled near the intersection of Ga. 193 and Happy Valley Road near his north Georgia home in the Fox Den subdivision.

Matt Legend at walkermessenger.com reports Jett is grateful to be alive to see a road named in his honor after he nearly died on another nearby road, during a serious accident that Jett had on April 18 on Ga. 2A in Rossville.

"I was shocked, honored and humbled by it because so many people have hung in with me down through the years, going with 50 years on the air."

Several of the Walker County Emergency Services personnel were on hand, including Jordan Gitgood, the first to arrive on the scene. Jett praised Gitgood’s efforts for keeping calm in a situation that Jett feels he is lucky to have lived through.

Jett’s weekly oldies show now airs on LPFM WAAK in Boynton, GA.

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