A visit to the D J Everett III Radio Room

Honoring the legacy of a small town radio station owner

Posted By: Robert Nickels (ranickels)

Many successful career people are grateful for mentoring they received on the way to the top. But few have honored a memory as passionately as has been done by Beth Mann.   She's the owner of Ham Broadcasting which owns five stations in western Kentucky but the story is about her mentor, the late DJ Everett III who started WKDZ in Cadiz Kentucky in 1966.   Everett worked as a broadcast journalist and TV general manager, as well as a radio owner. He was inducted into the University of Kentucky’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2012. He died in 2015 at the age of 67. “Under his leadership, WKDZ was recognized numerous times as one of the best radio stations in the U.S. in its market size,” according to the Times Leader newspaper in Princeton, Ky.. “Everett was also known for his civic engagement and community involvement.”

This Radio Room is a gallery and meeting space also dedicated to the physical history of radio in Cadiz locally and in the United States.   What a great tribute to Mr. Everett and as a way of showcasing radio history for the general public!

Read the whole story at Radio World