Brett Elmore, owner and announcer of the radio station WJLX 101.5 in Walker County, has died. He was 41, according to CBS42.
Elmore, who owned the station since 2008, had been a fixture in the community, hosting his own radio show at the station, as well as calling football games for the Jasper Vikings football team, a role that had previously been held for over 40 years by his father, Johnny Elmore.
“It is with the heaviest heart that we formally announce the passing of owner and station manager, Brett Elmore,” the station posted on its Facebook page Tuesday. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Elmore family.”
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“I knew if I was going to do something interesting, it would have to be in a smaller market,” Battan said at the time. “Everyone is going to satellite, where there is no room for a disc jockey like me, who likes to have autonomy over music and do things his way.”
Then, back in February, WJLX’s radio tower mysteriously vanished. To this day, police have not been able to determine if had been stolen or what happened to it.
For Elmore, having a robust local radio station was important to the community.
“Radio is not dead,” Elmore told CBS 42 in 2023. “The way corporate radio is doing radio is what’s killing radio stations. I believe in being live and local.”
No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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