Among the legacy inductees was the late Ray Relihan, the former chief engineer and morning personality for WTRP in LaGrange. Relihan was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and moved to LaGrange to be chief engineer and morning announcer on WTRP. He was known as “The Park Avenue Hillbilly.” He was also chief engineer for LaGrange cable television and developed cable systems in Newnan, Thomaston and Manchester.
According to The LaGrange News, the other legacy honorees were Mike Ventura, a former account representative with at WQXI FM in Atlanta; Fred “Doc” Suttles, former general manager at WJIZ in Albany; Ben Parsons, former program director and personality at WRBL in Columbus; Bert Parks, former personality at WGST in Atlanta; Burke Johnson, former program director at WAOK in Atlanta; Gary Guntor, former personality at WSB in Atlanta; Steve Ferguson, program director and morning host at WTHO in Thomson; Bill Duncan, former personality at B985 in Atlanta; and Sean Demery, former co-host at 99X in Atlanta. Family members and friends accepted the awards for legacy award inductees, who have passed away.
The nine career achievement inductees were Bob Coxe; former co-anchor of “Atlanta’s Morning News” on WSB Radio; Dwight Douglas, former president of Burkhart-Abrams radio consultants; Sabrina Gibbons Cupit, WSB Atlanta midday news anchor; Mary Therese Griffin, former news director of Fox Classic Hits in Macon; Sanders Hickey, operating partner at Golden Isles Broadcasting in Brunswick; Tim Johnson, former marketing and promotions manager for WFOX FM in Atlanta; “Bear” O’Brian, mornings at WCGQ FM in Columbus; Ron Parker, former air personality at WQXI AM in Atlanta and Ken Sanford, former news director at WDUN in Gainesville.
The 2019 Founders and Directors Award was given to Dr. Gene Henssler, who most famously hosted a show named “Money Talks” on WGKA in Atlanta. The Elmo Ellis Spirit Award went to Bob Ketchersid, former news director at WSB and now a co-owner at WYXI in Athens, Tennessee.
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