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Jess Branson, former Macon newscaster RIP

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fussbudget

Macon Telegraph:

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/15802175.htm

Longtime radio newsman Branson dies of cancer at 67
By Joe Kovac Jr.
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER

Jess Branson, the former WBML-radio newsman who brought word of Otis Redding's fatal plane crash to Macon and who also reported on local police corruption in the 1970s, died of cancer Wednesday. He was 67.

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fussbudget said:
Macon Telegraph:

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/15802175.htm

Longtime radio newsman Branson dies of cancer at 67
By Joe Kovac Jr.
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER

Jess Branson, the former WBML-radio newsman who brought word of Otis Redding's fatal plane crash to Macon and who also reported on local police corruption in the 1970s, died of cancer Wednesday. He was 67.

[EDIT-truncated because source material is copyrighted. It's subtantial citation here is a violation of our TOS. Please click on the URL above to read the rest of the story]
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Unbelievable! First, Ken Mann, and now Jess Branson. Seems like Macon has lost two of its radio journalistic legends within a span of less than a month.
 
I live in Atlanta and buy media. Jess Branson was my salesperson for Cumulus in Macon.

I had noticed his great voice and diction (with a bit of a Southern accent), but I had no idea that he was so accomplished as a newscaster and sports play-by-play person.

The last time we spoke was fairly recent, perhaps 2 months ago. Someone from Cumulus emailed me a few weeks ago and said Jess was out for health issues. I was shocked to learn of Jess' passing.
 
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