This listing of WJMA employees is by year. Please send comments and correcions to Ross Hunter at this link: contact webmaster.
list updated 1/1/2023

DECEASED	Preferred First	FIRSTNAME	LASTNAME	arrival month	arrival year	WJMA POSITION	MISSING
Y	Welford	Welford	Sherman	January	1948	founder, original stockholder
Y	Warren	Warren L	Braun	January	1949	consulting engineer, built original WJMA facility in 1949
Y		Peytie	Johnson	October	1949	Miss Peytie's Open House
Y		Patricia Ann	Schellinger	October	1949	copy writer
Y	Everett	James Everett	Lane	September	1949	Assistant Manager, announcer
Y	Art	Arthur Crawford	Livick Jr	August	1949	first General Manager, Commercial & Progam Manager "The Old Timer"
Y		Talmadge Ray	England	Fall	1949	first Chief Engineer
Y		Boyd	Schellinger	October	1949	announcer, air name 'Boyd Schilling'
Y	Fred	Frederick L	Allman	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Emerson	Clarence Emerson	Altman	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Norman	Norman C	Bailey	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Charlie	Charles R.	Butler	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Ann	Ann Garnett	Butler/Scott	September	1949	Publicity Director, Production Manager, Woman's Director
Y	China	Claiborne	Carter	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Zed W	Chewning	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Hugh C	Clark	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		C Cosby	Cluff	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Doc	Frank Lindsay	Colvin	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Jiggs	Alfonso Qunitine	Craun	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Mutt	Modern Monroe	Craun	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Henry	Henry Card	DeJarnette	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Watt	Walter Grey	Dunnington	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Buck	William B	Early	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Charles	Gill	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		J Haywood	Gillum	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Otis Broadus	Jones	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Harry	Harry C	Mason	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Charlie	Charles Richard	McGinley	September	1949	Assistant Manager, Announcer, Program Director, Sales
Y	Woodberry	Woodbury Swan	Ober	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Benjamin T	Pitts	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		W J	Rollins	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Arthur	Simms	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Ed	Edward	Sparks	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Hartzel	Spence	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Richard B	Suddith	September	1949	original stockholder
Y	Joe	Joseph	Trivette	September	1949	first morning announcer; Chief Engineer; Farm Director
Y		George B	Tyler	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Goree	Waugh	September	1949	original stockholder
Y		Wyatt	Williams	September	1949	original stockholder
		Gilbert	Abby		1949	announcer	x
		Mary Beverley	Grymes		1949		x
		Ben	Long		1949		x
		Delbert	Smith		1949		x
		Joseph E	Quinn	October	1950	Chief of Continuity; Assistant Manager, Program Director	x
Y	John	John Lucas	Tuttle	February	1950	copy writer & announcer
Y	Lee	Joseph Lee	Tully	October	1950	Chief Announcer; Promotion Manager, News Director
		Jack	Ambrose		1950		x
		David	Gafford		1950		x
		John E.	MacLeish		1950		x
Y	Ann	Ann Marie Perry	Mallory		1950
		Jesse A.	Ring		1950		x
		Jerry Jane	Roberts		1950		x
Y		Vincent John	Scappatura		1950
		William E.	Smith		1950		x
Y		Arthur	Snowberger		1950	announcer;engineer
		Phyllis	Wampler		1950		x
Y	Tubby	Alfred Whitmore	Walthall	September	1951	Assistant GM, General Manager, Farm Director
		Wilma	Christenson		1951		x
		James L.	Derrick		1951		x
		Orville A.	LaGuire		1951		x
		Dorothy	Lewis		1951		x
Y		Dot	Roberts		1951	copy writer
		Jeannie	Turner		1951		x
		Walter F.	Wilkerson		1951	Chief Engineer	x
		John L.	Hunter Jr	January	1952	announcer, engineer, morning announcer 1952	x
	Don	Donald W.	Greene	March 10	1952	Assistant Manger	x
Y	Chuck	Charles Elliott	Brown	July 17	1952	announcer, Chief Engineer
Y	Jim	James E.	Simmons	July 17	1952	Program Director, General Manager (6/10/1954)
		Edward	Landes	July	1952		x
		Jean	Deane		1952		x
Y		Gertrude Reilly	Early		1952	Secretary
Y	Jack	Joel Dan	Lehman		1952	announcer, Chief Engineer, Sales Manager
Y	Ron	Ronald	Landry	November	1953	Announcer, Publicity Director
		Bob	Stuart	October	1953	announcer
		Florence Hutchinson	Burrus		1953		x
		Joseph L.	Moetz		1953		x
		Melissa	Pierson		1953		x
		Robert J.	Powell		1953	announcer, "Keyboard Capers"	x
		Lulu Mae Herndon	Sherman		1953	clerical
		Dan	Bell		1954	announcer	x
Y	Monly	Monty M	Smith	September	1955	part-time announcer, announcer
		Ron N	Bieda		1955		x
	Jack	Joel E.	Cole		1955	Chief Engineer, Farm Director, General Manager (1956)	x
Y		Charles Nicholas	Doll		1955	announcer
		Paul A.	Dreher		1955		x
		Barney Frank	Ganga		1955
Y	Mort	Morton Richard	Hoffman		1955	unknown, likely an announcer
Y		C William	Little Jr		1955	Sales Manager, Santa Claus
Y		Rev Posie James	Preston Sr		1955	host "The Back Home Devotional Hour”
		Henry	Spahr		1955		x
		Edwin B	Wilson		1955	Station Manager	x
Y	Bob	Robert Clark	Wagner	October 4	1956	Program Manager, General Manager
Y	Red	Robert	Shipley	May 30	1956	morning anncr, Sports Director, host "Stained Glass Blue Grass"
Y	Gene	Eugene Virginia’s	Bossieux Jr	October	1956	Chief Engineer 1956-1961 & 1974-1980
Y	Bob	Robert Hamilton	MacCallum	summer	1956	Assistant Manager, sales, announcer, "Tic Toc Time"
Y		William Ellsworth	Aikin		1956
Y		Robert Russell	Antrobus		1956	announcer, air name: "Bob Russell”; Program Director
		Ann	Duff		1956	secretary
Y		Edward J	Gombos		1956	Station Manager (1956)
		Sarah M Colvin	Jones		1956	clerical
		Joe	Livetti		1956		x
		Harry	Long		1956		x
Y		Edgar Berman	Myrtle		1956	Announcer
		Peter T.	Simpson		1956		x
Y	John	John C.	Mahaney Jr	April	1957	Sales Manager/fill-in announcer
Y	Don	Donald G	Heyne	October	1957	owner 1957-1961
		Beverly Swallow	Aylor	August	1958	Program Director, secretary, bookkeeper, copy writer, receptionist
	Jack	Jack Lawrence	DuLong	November	1958	announcer
		Bill	Hager	Spring	1958	engineer, announcer, sports play-by-play, Sports Director
		Bill	Little	summer	1958	announcer; sports color; Sales Manager
		Neal or Neil	Woolford (sp?)		1958	afternoon announcer	x
Y		Claude F.	White	February	1959	General Manager, Commercial Manager
Y		Rev Bernard	Battle		1959	"Spirititual Tidings Hour"
		Henry Harwood “Woody”	Purcell		1959	announcer
		Branch	Twigg		1959	announcer; "Branch Twigg" on air name; WBUY, Lexington NC
		C. Frank	White Jr		1959	announcer, Chief Engineer	x
		Katy Lee	Saylor	July	1960	clerical	x
		Teresa C Verling	Carson	May	1960	Secretary/Receptionist/Afternoon Show/Woman's Editor;
		LeRoy	Childress		1960	News Director
		Duke	DuFrane		1960	part-time announcer
Y	Arch	Archibald	Harrison	July 1	1961	General Manager, Sales Manager, owner 1961-1984
Y		Doris L	Beirne		1961	Office Manager, sales
		Harry T.	Blankenship		1961		x
Y		John	Brooks		1961	weekend announcer
		Thomas F	Clark		1961	fulltime announcer	x
Y		Kenneth W	Gunter		1961	announcer
		Edward	Jones		1961	part-time announcer, sales	x
		John C	LeGarde		1961	part time, then full time announcer, Swap Shop founder
Y		Jean	Purcell		1961	news stringer
Y	Joe	Joseph	Sims		1961
Y	Paul	Paul	Sizemore		1961	sports commentator
		Florence	Garcia		1962	Secretary/Receptionist	x
Y		Herman P.	Schmidt		1962	part-time announcer
		Ann B	Ganz	October	1963	Secretary/Receptionist
		David A.	Rock Jr	October	1963	part-time announcer
Y		Robert E.	Witt	September	1963	announcer
Y		Wesley D.	Mackey	Spring	1963	part-time announcer
		Janet	Dennis Stemm	Summer	1963	Secretary
		Wanda	Barnett		1963	clerical	x
		James M	Ganz		1963	part-time announcer
		Ron	Smallwood		1963	announcer	x
Y	John	John	Cregg	April 13	1964	announcer
Y		Donna L.	Mesimer	June	1964	Receptionist/Secretary
		Martin J.	Wayne	March 28	1964	part-time announcer	x
		Cindy	Cooper		1964	clerical	x
		Robert H.	Forman III		1964	part-time announcer	x
Y	Ed	Garland Edward	Painter Jr		1965	announcer
Y		Paul E.	Pysell		1965	announcer
Y	Seth	Seth	Williamson	late	1966	part-time, later full-time announcer
Y	Lelia	Lelia D	Bickers		1966	news stringer (Greene County)
Y	Gil	Gil	Bryan		1966	announcer, Chief Engineer
		Ernest	Davis		1966		x
Y		Lewis W.	Duffey, Jr		1966	WHAG Hagerstown MD?
Y		Page Tolleson Talley	Faust		1966	news stringer
		Mike	Gleason		1966
Y		Andrew J.	Green, Jr		1966	announcer
		Lewis A.	Harvey		1966	part-time announcer	x
		Art L.	Hasty		1966		x
		Beverly	Smithson		1966		x
		Art	Stone		1966		x
Y	Pat	Pat	Watson		1966	Traffic Manager, sports commentator "Pat's Picks"
		Helen	Berry		1967		x
		Michael A.	Coffey		1967	consulting; engineer, worked to setting up WJMA FM
		Alex	Formwalt		1967	part-time announcer
		Charlie D.	Gentry		1967		x
Y		Doris F.	Green		1967
Y	Roy	Roy S.	Hager		1967	contract engineer
		June	Harres		1967		x
		Jay	Marks		1967	part-time announcer, sports
		J. R.	Morris		1967		x
Y	Bev	Beverley Heyl	Allison		1968	news stringer
Y	Jane	Jane	Bryan		1968	news stringer
	Ted	C. Ted	Carroll		1968	football play-by-play
Y	Bill	William Swan	Formwalt		1968	Santa Claus
		F. Joseph	McCaffrey		1968		x
		Mark C.	Walker	December	1969	announcer
Y	Bob	Robert Lee	Traister Sr	Summer	1969	announcer, Chief Engineer
		Jackie	Gordon		1969		x
		Bill	Herndon		1969	part-time announcer
		Roger E.	Jarrell		1969		x
		Robert A.	Malle		1969		x
		Cindy	Sanford		1969		x
	Andy	Andrew	Lax	August	1970	part-time announcer
		Cathy Wills	Christovich	fall	1970	announcer, copy writer
		Les	Myers	September	1970	announcer, host "Night Music"
Y		Dorothy	Mench		1970	news stringer
		Joan	Mench Clark		1970
		Grey	Redman		1970		x
		Ross	Hunter	August 21	1971	announcer, Program Director, Operations Manager
		Bill	Diehl		1971	news commentary "Dealing It Out"	x
		Edmund	Harrison		1971	"Spiritual Tidings Hour" host
		Jerry	Hooper		1971	part-time announcer
		Jane W.	Nills		1971		x
		Anne Carter	Townville		1971		x
Y	Jean	Jean	Love	Fall	1972	announcer, full time 72-76, part time 76-82
		J. R.	Marber		1972		x
		Katherine S.	McNett		1972	news stringer	x
		Russ	Roberts		1972	announcer, Music Director
		J D	Slade	summer	1973	announcer, Program Director, morning drive announcer
		Gary	Gardner		1973	announcer using "Gary Reid"
Y	Jane	Jane	Gardner		1973	news stringer
Y	Ben	Benjamin	Hargett		1973	sports color commentator
Y	Mac	Malcolm	Moore		1973	host "The Jazz Scene"
	Chet	Chet	Burgess	June 3	1974	intern, News Director
Y		Bob	Barnett		1974	Madison County news stringer, "People's Choice" host
		Eddie	Dean		1974	sports commentator
Y	Chet	Chester E	Hagan		1974	news commentator 'Eye on the Tube'
		Mary	Thompson	December 8	1975	announcer, sales, copy writing
		Mark	Schuyler	summer	1975	intern/trainee
		Rick	Dreves		1975	part-time summer announcer	x
		Patricia	Hammill		1975	news stringer (Madison County)	x
		Ann	Harrison		1975	Christmas time "Miss Message", news stringer
Y		June	Humes		1975	house keeper
		Randy	Shavis		1975	part-time announcer	x
		David	Taylor		1975	part-time announcer, sport play-by-play
		Phil	Audibert	August	1976	stringer, News Director
		Phil	Goodwin	August	1976	announcer, Music Director, News Director
		Jay	Kiernan	December	1976	production, copy writing
		Robert	Charry	July	1976	part-time announcer
		Nicky	Audibert		1976	part-time clerical
Y		Dudley	Littlehales		1976	news stringer (Madison County)
		Dave	Williamson		1976	part-time announcer	x
		Molly	Hoffman-Crook	November	1977	announcer
		Russ	Tice	Spring	1977	part-time announcer
Y		Mitzi	Clark		1977	news stringer (Greene County)
	Willow	Barbara Potter	Drinkwater		1977	part-time producer/news stringer/clerical
		Clint	Estes		1977	sports play-by-play
Y	Hal	Heard Edward	Lockhart		1977	sports commentator
		Chris	Mantine		1977	part-time announcer	x
		Charles S.	Trainor		1977	part-time announcer	x
		Patricia	McArver	Fall	1978	news stringer (Madison County), News Director
		Lennie	Cowherd		1978	Chief Engineer
		Nancy	Howes		1978	part-time announcer
		Martin	Mooney		1978	sports commentator	x
		Lex	Smith	August	1979	sales
		Tom	Graves	November	1979	announcer, Sports Director
		Laurie	McCullough		1979	part-time announcer
		Tom	Osina		1979	announcer
		Youtha	Whitten Hardman-Cromwell	early	1980	part-time announcer
		Marisa	Murphy	Jan	1980	receptionist, producer Swap Shop
		Kiki	Steele	June	1980	news stringer, summer intern
Y		Rob	Eure		1980	news stringer
		Reid	Harrison		1980	news stringer, part-time announcer
		Dana	Murphy		1980	receptionist	x
		Nancy L.	Richardson		1980		x
		Mary Moore	Sandridge		1980	news stringer
		Chuck	Strome		1979	news intern
		Leslie	Willis		1980	sales	x
		Mark	Johnson	September	1981	part-time announcer, sports color
		Tom	Smith		1981	sports stringer
		Debbie	Carr		1982	part-time announcer	x
		Midge	Craun		1982	copy writer, clerical
Y	Sally	Sally Mitchell	Crismond		1982	sales
		Sue	Jarrett		1982	sports stringer/color	x
		Mary	Johnson		1982	sales
		Susan	Kalan		1982	sales
		Susan	McCurry		1982	sales
		Wendy	Wheaton		1982	sales	x
		Joe	Whitten		1982	part-time announcer
		Pete	York		1982	part-time announcer
Y	Ann	Ann Pritchett	Benzinger		1983	sales
		Richard	Carpenter		1983	part-time announcer	x
		Mary	Dworkin		1983		x
		Ralph E	Graves		1983	part-time announcer
		Chris	Martin		1983	news stringer
		Leri Vesitis	Thomas		1983	copy writer
		Russell	Willis Taylor		1983	copywriter
		Digby Anglin	Solomon	April	1984	owner
	KP	Ken	Pratt	August	1984	announcer
		Andre	Gainsback		1984	part-time announcer
		David	Kube		1984	sports football and basketball play-by-play
		Janet Hague	McKay		1984	sales
		Mark	Shepherd		1984	engineer Orioles baseball, Redsking & VA Tech football
		Judy	Berger		1985	sales
Y	Lisa	Lisa Kay	Blake		1985	announcer
		Cathy	Carpenter		1985	sales	x
		Vince	DeMaio		1985	announcer	x
Y		Taff	Lawton		1985	morning drive on WJMA AM
Y		Julia	Scrodelis		1985	sales
		Brenda	Thier Evans	June	1986	sales department intern, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
		John	Lee	August 2	1986	News Director
		Eric	St James	?	1986	Music Director, high school football play-by-play
		Dave	Blount	August	1986	News Director
		Jason	Senters	August 5	1986	part-time announcer
Y	Greg	Greg	Hale		1986	announcer
		Betsy	Haney		1986	announcer as Joy Newman
		Gary	Harrison		1986	contract engineer, CE, PD, GM, owner
		June	Krishna		1986	sales, General Manager
		Dean	Palmer		1986	announcer, sports color
		Steve	Ryerson		1986	News Director, Operations Manager, Public Affairs Director	x
		Jeff	Stone		1986	contract engineer	x
		Bill	Goldstein	December	1987	announcer
		Bill	Michaels	December	1987	announcer
		Donald K	Seal	January	1987
		Timmy	Deane	September	1987	announcer
		Harrison	Cluff		1987	parttime DJ
		Hillary	Homzie		1987	News Director
		Lila Young	White	October	1988	News Director	x
		Tina Page	Eschelman		1988	News Director	x
Y		Vincent J.	Genson		1988	General Manager
		Cameron	Gray		1988	announcer as 'Kyle Stevens'
		Stacey	Harden		1988	part-time announcer
		James	Hoeflinger		1988	announcer
		Carl W	Hurlebaus III		1988	owner 1988-1993	x
		Al	Gaige	June	1989	Program Director
		Clint	Gaige		1989	announcer
		Leonard William	Hague III		1989
Y	Vivian	Vivian	McAlexander		1989	Receptionist
		Rob	Cressman	May	1990	announcer, Program Director, Promotion Manager, Operations Manager
		Gregg	Buickel	November	1990	announcer
		Will	Gregg		1990	sports	x
		Annette Yowell	Kastner		1990	parttime announcer, fill-in on bluegrass shows
		Matthew	O'Neil	January	1991
		Robert C	Brawley	September	1991
		Kevin	Curran		1992	Sales Manager
		Marc	Ramsey	December	1993	General Manager
		Yon	O'Connor	May	1993	announcer, sales
		John	Schick	October	1993	General Manager, stockholder
Y	Dave	David Glenn	Blevins		1993	Sunday evening Blue Grass
	Joe	Joeseph Enouile	Boucher		1993	announcer, Traffic Manager
		Josh	Geesaman		1993	part-time announcer aka "Rip Alexander"
		Sue	Harlow		1993	announcer, Music Director
Y		Mike	Hays		1993	announcer, Music Director
		Greg	Breeden	Fall	1994	parttime announcer, host '8 Track Flashback'
		Wynne	Reece	September	1994	sales
		Paula	Coradi		1994	announcer 'Paula C'	x
		Gary	Dillon		1994	part time announcer (also Orange Police officer)
		Lisa Kay	Howard		1994	part-time announcer
		Leslie	Lovett		1994	sales
		Carl	Morris		1994	announcer	x
		Laura	Skelly		1994	Public Affairs Director
		Lynne	Vogt		1994	announcer
		Mike	Howes		1995	football color commentaror
		India Barton	Rose		1996	part-time announcer
		Chris	Murphy		2000	announcer aka 'Dan Mayson'
		Liz	Duncan Verrocchio	January	2001	sales
Y		Ray	Spears		2003	Sunday evening Blue Grass
		Nick	Henry		2005	part-time board operator
		Kerry	James	November	2006	morning announcer
		Ann	Velez		2006	Sales Manager
		Kathy	Campbell		2010	Sales
		Kevin	Dalton	October	2012	General Manager
		Butch	DeVivi	?	?	part-time announcer	x
		Bill	Woolfolk	summers	1980--1983	news
Y		Elsie D.	Alhizer			news stringer (Mineral)
		Amy	Brant-Lambert			Promotions & Marketing
		Ed	Brown
		Darrick	Buraker			Traffic & Production
		Debi	Davis			sales
		Wanda	Farrar
		Frankie	Gilmore			sales
		Tina	Hancock			Sales Manager
		Jay	Lopez			Programming
		Gina	Rogers			Programming
		Frank	Wells Poulter			Program Director
		Alan	Williams			Engineer