| (CLICK HERE) THIS IS KIRBY CARMICHAELS SITE! KIRBY LIKES TO TAKE PICTURES OF GROUPS AND EVENTS IN THE AREA! (CLICK HERE) TO LISTEN TO KIRBY 2-6PM, MONDAY-FRIDAY, AND HIS PARTNER CHIP, 11-2PM ON WCLM IN RICHMOND, VA! | ( CLICK HERE) THIS SITE CONTAINS INFORMATION AND PICTURES OF YOUR FAVORITE "ROCK & ROLL/SOUL/ R&B ARTISTS! (CLICK HERE) THIS SITE HAS PICTURES, ALBUM TITLES, AND BIO'S ON YOUR FAVORITE SOUL/R&B ARTISTS! (CLICK HERE) LIKE TO SEE AND HEAR COPIES OF 45'S YOU USED TO HAVE IN YOUR COLLECTION! CLICK HERE)THIS SITE FEATURES BIO'S AND GRAVESITE INFORMATION ON FAMOUS PEOPLE WE ALL KNOW, LOVE AND MISS. TYPE IN A NAME, THEN CLICK ON THAT NAME FOR THE INFORMATION, AND PICTURE OF THE GRAVESITE. MOST HAVE A PICTURE OF THE TOMBSTONE! ( CLICK HERE) NEED THE TOP SOUL, COUNTRY, GOSPEL CHARTS(click charts)! WHAT RADIO STATION IS NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY(click ratings)! ( CLICK HERE)FOR ALL THE LATEST MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE STARS! (CLICK HERE) TO PURCHASE OLDIES, AND TO WATCH FLASH MOVIES FROM THE PAST! ( CLICK HERE) IF YOU NEED THE WORDS TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG! ( CLICK HERE) HERE IS THE LEGACY MUSEUM! ( CLICK HERE) NANCY HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, PICTURES AND MAPS OF EARLY LYNCHBURG! (CLICK HERE) THIS IS THE WEB-SITE OF THE OLD CITY CEMETERY. A LOT OF CIVIC LEADERS ARE BURIED HERE! ( CLICK HERE) GO TO THIS SITE, click on "LITTLE KNOWN FACTS" ABOUT LYNCHBURG! ( CLICK HERE) HERE ARE FACTS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOWS FROM THE PAST! ( CLICK HERE) ARE YOUR FAVORITE SINGERS STILL LIVING? THIS SITE HAS DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM! ( CLICK HERE) FIND ANYBODY! REALLY! LOOK FOR LOST FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, ECT. PUT IN A NAME, AND THE STATE. ELIMINATE BY BIRTHDATE, AND CITY. FOR FUN, PUT IN YOUR OWN NAME...YOU WILL BE SUPRISED!! ( CLICK HERE) THE ELLINGTON FELLOWSHIP PLAYHOUSE IN LYNCHBURG. MR. HOWARD LANGHORNE, DHS-1964 mgr.
(CLICK HERE) FOR EARLY PICTURES OF LYNCHBURG'S FIFTH ST! ( CLICK HERE) READ ABOUT MRS. PAULENE WEEDEN MALONEY, FORMER VICE-PRINCIPAL AT DHS, AND ABOUT THE LINKS INC. (CLICK HERE) WHO OWNS WHAT IN LYNCHBURG? ANY PROPERTY, HIT accept, THEN ENTER NAME OR ADDRESS! ( CLICK HERE) THIS IS THE LINK TO MY WEBMASTERS SITE! IF YOUR GROUP OR BUSINESS WOULD LIKE A WEB-SITE, CLICK HERE AND E-MAIL OR CALL WOODY WATTS! DON'T FORGET TO LET ME KNOW IF A LINK IS OUTDATED OR DOESN'T WORK! |
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(CLICK HERE) MR. ROBERT WINFREY, CHORAL DIRECTOR AT DHS!
(CLICK HERE) MR. WILLIAM SINKLER, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT DHS-1963-6!
(CLICK HERE) DR. W. CORNELIUS McCLURE, MATH TEACHER AT DHS, 1965! HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF LANE COLLEGE IN JACKSON, TENN. THEY HAVE A COOL "OLDIES" RADIO STATION ON CAMPUS WLCD (CLICK HERE) | (CLICK HERE) DR. MYRA GORDON, DHS-1968!
(CLICK HERE) MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON, DHS-1960!
(CLICK HERE) DR. MELVIN PINN!
(CLICK HERE) DR. VIVIAN PINN!
(CLICK HERE) DR. EDWARD BARKSDALE!
(CLICK HERE)REV. OWEN CARDWELL JR.
(CLICK HERE) MR. OMARI HUGHES, SON OF MR. FRANK HUGHES-DHS-1967, INTERNET TV NEWSCASTER!
MR. KENNETH FERGUSON, aka "BIG SIX", DHS-1969! (CLICK HERE) JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL!
(CLICK HERE) MR. RAY BARNETT DHS-1967, INSURANCE AGENT!
(CLICK HERE) MR. LINWOOD OGLESBY!
(CLICK HERE) MS. HERMINA WALTHALL HENDRICKS DHS-1969! PROFESSOR AT RANDOLPH COLLEGE!
(CLICK HERE) MR. SPENCER STONE!
(CLICK HERE) PAUL & JUAN FARROW. THEY WERE TAUGHT BY THE BEST, DR. WALTER JOHNSON! JUAN IS TEACHING TENNIS IN MACON, GA!
(CLICK HERE) MR. BRUCE MABRY, BROTHER OF WILLIAM MABRY, DHS-1969, ARTIST AND PAINTER! WHAT DOES BRUCE LIKE TO DO IN HIS SPARE TIME BESIDES PAINT? (CLICK HERE) TO FIND OUT!
(CLICK HERE) MR. RONNIE RATHERS, JAZZ ARTIST!
(CLICK HERE) MR. GEORGE MELVIN, JAZZ ARTIST, WE KNOW GEORGE FROM THE "VISTATONES!" (CLICK HERE) ALL CLASSMATES WHO GRADUATED FROM E.C. GLASS 1969 REMEMBER MR. RICHARD BARTLEY! VERY FAMOUS DJ!
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOUR FAVORITE DJ?? (CLICK HERE) FOR HARRIET WILLIAMS, WJJS DJ IN THE LATE 70'S! WE REMEMBER HER FROM THE DANCES AT THE HUNTON BRANCH YMCA IN LYNCHBURG! SHE IS NOW KELLY WEST IN YORK, PA! (CLICK HERE) FOR QQUINCY, MICHAEL E. TAYLOR FROM THE "QUIET STORM!"(CLICK HERE) FOR QQIUNCY WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS 5-7PM ON WXJZ! (CLICK HERE) DELLA JACKSON, fmr. NIGHT DJ FOR WJJS IN THE MID 70'S. IN THE MOTION PICTURES SHE PLAYED THE TV REPORTER IN THE MOVIE "ASSASSINATION FILES" AND "MONEY FOR NOTHING!" SHE IS MARRIED TO BERNARD CREWS, BROTHER OF WILLIE CREWS DHS-1969.
(CLICK HERE RAY "KING BEE" CRUME. 7-MIDNIGHT BLUES DJ ON WJJS IN 1973-4!
(CLICK HERE) JERRY RODGERS FROM WLLL WHEN IT WAS A ROCK & ROLL STATION IN LYNCHBURG, IN THE MID-60'S! YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM AS ONE OF THE HOSTS OF THE SATURDAY MORNING TEEN PARTY AT THE PARAMONT THEATER WHEN IT WAS IN DOWNTOWN LYNCHBURG.
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I know that everyone remembers WKKD radio station! I happened to think that Lynchburg needed a little "SOUL" on the airwaves in 1967 and 1968! This station was operated from my home then on Pierce St. It had 15 watts of power at 630kc. on the AM dial. On a good day I could reach all the way to Rivermont and Fairview Hgts. areas of Lynchburg. I ran it from when I got out of school (3:30-3:45PM) till 7:00PM during the week. All afternoon on Saturdays, and my Moms Mahalia Jackson lp's were featured on Sundays! My staff included, Milbert "Piggy" Megginson, Kenneth Banks, Ronnie Rathers, Chris Sharp, Mike "Rico" Harris, George "Speedy" Walker, Troy Jones, Sam Stevens, and Leroy Copeland. I had to get music the best way I could! One record cost 76cents, which was a lot back then! Leroy then worked in the record dept. at G.C. Murphys. We would push the fact that you could get these songs from Leroy at Murphys, and he would let us keep the records to play on the station. We all took turns with no pay to play "Soul" music on the station! I taped music from WLAC in Nashville at night to play on the station! Dawson "Sweetcake" Smith would bring over the latest from "the Jivers", Robert Tanner, Joe Bradshaw, and others for me to play! I had people come by my house and donate money because they liked what I was doing! Anyone with a record collection could come by and play their records on the station! Mr. Charles Mangum, running for Lynchburg City Council at the time, did a speech on my station! I had 5:30PM sports where I would push the schedule for Dunbar sports, who played in the game, who got the most points, ect. You couldn't find this coverage in the newspaper! Advertisers were bi-passing the other Lynchburg stations to try and find my station to advertise on it. I had people to come into range of the station, park, and listen! At 7PM when I said goodnight and cut the station off, you could hear cars starting up and leaving throughout the area!! Then Rock & Roll station WLLL got mad and turned me in to the FCC (the radio station "police")! They came to my house and shut the station down with a warning! The station made such an impact in the area that then easy-listening formated WDMS, became WJJS, and hires me and two of my DJ's! The rest is history, including the fact that the station that turned me in to the FCC is now owned by Gospel DJ, Fletcher Hubbard!( CLICK HERE) ( CLICK HERE)For early history of Urban/hip-hop radio! ( CLICK HERE) PLAY YOUR FAVORITE OLDIES FROM THE PAST! CLICK ON THE blue ARROWS! ( CLICK HERE) IF YOU HAVE A REAL PLAYER, LISTEN TO LOTS OF BLUES & OLDIES! ( CLICKHERE) THE VIBE-100 WEB-SITE! WVBE-LYNCHBURG, VA. ( CLICK HERE) REMEMBER LISTENING TO JOHN R, WLAC, NASHVILLE, TENN? THIS SITE HAS THE HISTORY OF THE STATION AND ERNIES AND RANDYS RECORD SHOPS!! ( CLICK HERE) LISTEN TO EARLY RADIO STATIONS RECORDED LIVE FROM THE PAST! |