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I'm Greg (James) Pulliam. I started in radio at age 16 at WMPA Aberdeen, MS in 1971. I moved to WCLD in Cleveland, MS for about 4 years. I did a brief stint as PD at WJPR in Greenville, before leaving to finish my BA (English, Communication & Rhetoric) at Memphis State, where I worked at PBS affiliate WKNO as camera operator, lighter, set-builder, and audio booth operator. Spent a year at KCBW-FM in Sedalia, MO, before leaving to help build KBUZ in Arkansas City, KS. I left there a year later and went back to Memphis to work at WPTY-TV 24 as on-air director and videotape engineer. After a few years away from broadcasting, I came back at KCMQ/KTGR in Columbia, MO in 1983. While there, I earned my MA/PhD in English Language & Linguistics/Composition & Rhetoric (respectively) from the U of MO, then worked as a professor at IIT in Chicago from 1993-2023, teaching Mass Media, Persuasion, Journalism, History of English Language, American Dialects and a number of other courses. I am now retired. I'm really excited to find this site and look forward to meeting new friends and maybe reconnecting with some old ones.
 
Thank you! Nowadays, I'm an SXM listener--I love Outlaw Country, Willie's Place, 70s and 80s channels, Beatles channel. I used to love hearing Chicago's WLS 89 come booming into the Mississippi Delta at night on my car radio. In Chicago, I listen to WCPT--love their progressive politics, but hate their lack of professionalism. What do you listen to?
 
I used to listen to a lot of different SXM stations like First Wave, Tom Petty Radio, etc., now I listen to a lot of different streaming stations and podcasts.
 
Hello Greg and welcome to the board from another newbie here. To answer your question, I listen to is KFI-AM (talk & news) from Los Angeles in the morning and KCLB-FM (classic & mainstream rock) from Palm Springs in the afternoon.
 
gregpulliam said:
I'm Greg (James) Pulliam. I started in radio at age 16 at WMPA Aberdeen, MS in 1971. I moved to WCLD in Cleveland, MS for about 4 years. I did a brief stint as PD at WJPR in Greenville, before leaving to finish my BA (English, Communication & Rhetoric) at Memphis State, where I worked at PBS affiliate WKNO as camera operator, lighter, set-builder, and audio booth operator. Spent a year at KCBW-FM in Sedalia, MO, before leaving to help build KBUZ in Arkansas City, KS. I left there a year later and went back to Memphis to work at WPTY-TV 24 as on-air director and videotape engineer. After a few years away from broadcasting, I came back at KCMQ/KTGR in Columbia, MO in 1983. While there, I earned my MA/PhD in English Language & Linguistics/Composition & Rhetoric (respectively) from the U of MO, then worked as a professor at IIT in Chicago from 1993-2023, teaching Mass Media, Persuasion, Journalism, History of English Language, American Dialects and a number of other courses. I am now retired. I'm really excited to find this site and look forward to meeting new friends and maybe reconnecting with some old ones.
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Welcome, Greg, from another Mizzou grad (three degrees; I kept at it until getting it right). I was just across Route B from you: I was at KFRU 1979-1984. I still have relatives near Columbia, so I go back quite a bit.

Trivia: KFRU and KTGR now share the same tower...imagine that.
 
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