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All-Time Staff list updated 9/15/2025
* more than one time of employment included in Years At WJMA
DECEASED | Preferred First | FIRSTname | LASTname | arrival month | DEPARTUREyear | years at WJMA | WJMA Position | after WJMA | missing | death date | obituary URL |
Gilbert | Abby | announcer | x | ||||||||
Y | William Ellsworth | Aiken Jr | 3/5/2004 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/william-aiken-obituary?id=5378372 | |||||||
Y | Bev | Beverley Heyl | Allison | 1970 | news stringer | newswriter ABC News, Washington DC; owner Sleepy Hollow B&B, Gordonsville VA | 10/23/2012 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/beverley-allison-obituary?id=9094916 | |||
Y | Fred | Frederick Lee | Allman | January | 1956 | original stockholder | owner WSVA, Harrisonburg | 5/7/1976 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51709705/frederick-lee-allman | ||
Y | Emerson | Clarence Emerson | Altman | September | 1956 | original stockholder | Altman Equipment Company | 5/22/1970 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16276901/clarence_emerson-altman | ||
Jack | Jack | Ambrose | announcer | x | |||||||
Y | Bob | Robert Russell | Antrobus | announcer, "Bob Russell”; Program Director | 8/10/1971 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254082491/robert-r-antrobus | |||||
Nicky | Nicky W | Audibert | part-time clerical | WLSA Louisa VA | |||||||
Phil | Phillip | Audibert | August | 1986 | 12.00 | stringer, News Director | Orange County Review; Virginia Sportsman magazine; musician; writer; documentary producer AHHA Productions | ||||
Bev | Beverly Swallow | Aylor | August | 1960 | Program Director, secretary, bookkeeper, copy writer, receptionist | WANV, Waynesboro VA | |||||
Y | Norman | Norman C | Bailey | September | 1956 | original stockholder | State Senator | 7/23/1969 | https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/9506 | ||
Y | Bob | Robert Joseph | Barnett | 1976 | Madison County news stringer, "People's Choice" host | News Director WTON Staunton VA; WRPL Charlotte; KYUU San Francisco | 6/28/1990 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Barnette,Bob.png | |||
David Michael | Barton | 1964 | part-time announcer | Respiratory Therapist UVa Hospital; semi-retired | x | ||||||
Y | Rev Bernard Gary | Battle | 1990 | "Spirititual Tidings Hour" | 6/1/1988 | https://dailyprogress.com/news/community/orangenews/entertainment/whats-up-jane/article_febb547f-358c-5250-ae8f-f18621003873.html | |||||
Y | Doris | Doris L | Beirne | Office Manager, sales | died August 2005 | 8/13/2005 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/doris-beirne-obituary?id=29524186 | ||||
Dan | Bell | 1960 | announcer | WHAP? | x | ||||||
Y | Ann | Ann Pritchett | Benzinger | 1985 | sales | died September 23, 2012 | 9/23/2012 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/triblive-pittsburgh-tribune-review/name/ann-benzinger-obituary?pid=160102026 | |||
Judy | Judy | Berger | 1988 | sales | WAVF Charleston SC; Jefferson Area Board on Aging, Charlottesville VA: owner Loose Horse Mobile Tack Exchange | ||||||
Y | Helen | Helen Adair James | Berry | 8/21/2005 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/helen-berry-obituary?id=29523872 | ||||||
Y | Lelia | Lelia D | Bickers | 1967 | news stringer (Greene County) | Greene County VA Clerk of Court for 35 years; designed County Seal | 12/20/2006 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/lelia-bickers-obituary?pid=20372634 | |||
Y | Ron | Ronald Norman | Bieda | 2/18/1975 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83515518/ronald-norman-bieda | ||||||
Y | Lisa | Lisa Kay | Blake | 1988 | announcer | WRVQ Richmond VA; WQDR Raleigh NC; | 1/16/2018 | https://www.wral.com/lisa-mckay-vp-of-curtis-media-group-dies-after-cancer-battle/17257325/ | |||
Harry T. | Blankenship | x | |||||||||
Y | Dave | David Glenn | Blevins | Sunday evening Blue Grass | Winchester VA radio, WWWV; RadioGrass 20 | 7/1/2007 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/david-blevins-obituary?id=29179201 | ||||
Dave | David | Blount | August | 1987 | News Director | WINA news Charlottesville, VA Oct 87-April 91; education and local gov't lobbyist | |||||
Karen | Karen | Bond | stockholder as of 3/1/2025 | ||||||||
Y | Gene | Eugene Virginias | Bossieux Jr | October | 1959 | Chief Engineer 1956-1961 & 1974-1980 | Ham Radio call W4IWW; WINA 1961-1974; WJMA 1974-1980; died November 8, 1995 | 11/8/1995 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51422865/eugene-v-bossieux | ||
Joe | Joseph Enouile | Boucher | 2004 | announcer, Traffic Manager | Clear Channel Charlottesville VA | ||||||
Amy | Amy | Brant-Lambert | Promotions & Marketing | ||||||||
Y | Warren | Warren L | Braun | January | 1950 | consulting engineer, built original WJMA facility in 1949 | inventor holding numerous cable industry patents, writer; died April 28, 2014 | 4/28/2014 | https://www.kygers.com/obituary/5082042 | ||
Robert C | Brawley | September | x | ||||||||
Greg | Greg | Breeden | Fall | 2001 | parttime announcer, host '8 Track Flashback' | WKIK & WKHK Richmond VA; PD, MD, GM WBNN Dillwyn VA; voice tracks for 19 stations; WSVS Crewe VA; WSIG Harrisonburg VA | |||||
Y | John | John Edward | Brooks | 1962 | weekend announcer | Principal Gordonsville/Barboursville/Unionville; Elementary Supervisor Culpeper County | 2/9/2012 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/starexponent/name/john-brooks-obituary?id=32696525 | |||
Y | Chuck | Charles Elliott | Brown | July 17 | 1954 | announcer, Chief Engineer | WJWS/WSHV South Hill VA 1954-1988 Chief Engineer/DJ (WSVS Crewe, VA prior to WJMA) | 1/21/2022 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/charles-brown-obituary?id=32352049 | ||
Ed | Edgar Broadus | Brown Jr | sales | ||||||||
Y | Gil | Gilbert Emery | Bryan | 1971 | announcer, Chief Engineer | WCHV Charlottesville VA; WFTR Front Royal VA; WINC Winchester VA | 2/19/1997 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153916753/gilbert_emery_bryan | |||
Billy | William Thomas | Budd | August 14 | 2001 | sales | Alliant Lab Consulting owner | |||||
Gregg | Gregg | Buickel | November | 1991 | announcer | WKDQ Henderson KY | |||||
Darrick | Buraker | 2004 | Traffic & Production | ||||||||
Chet | Chester F | Burgess | June 3 | 1976 | intern, News Director | WTAR radio/TV Norfolk VA; original hire at CNN Atlanta; http://brookwoodtax.com/ | |||||
Y | Florence | Florence Hutchinson | Burrus | 4/16/2023 | https://www.preddyfuneralhomes.com/florence-hutchinson-burruss | ||||||
Y | Melissa Pierson | Butler | 12/24/1992 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22067312/melissa-butler | |||||||
Y | Charlie | Charles Roy | Butler Jr | September | 1956 | original stockholder | C R Butler Building Supplies | 11/22/1971 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15839681/charles-roy-butler | ||
Kathy | Campbell | Sales | |||||||||
Y | Mary | Mary Beverley Grymes | Camper | 7/8/1993 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Camper,MaryBeverly.png | ||||||
Kathy | Kathy | Carpenter | sales | retired | |||||||
Rich | Richard Stephen | Carpenter | 1985 | part-time announcer | x | ||||||
Debbie | Debbie | Carr | 1981 | part-time announcer | x | ||||||
Y | Bill | William Tucker | Carrington Jr | January 6 | 1997 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1993 | 8/17/1997 | ||||
Ted | C. Ted | Carroll | 1974 | football play-by-play | Orange County Extension Agent; Mayor of Town of Orange | ||||||
Teresa | Teresa C Verling | Carson | May | 1961 | Secretary/Receptionist/Afternoon Show/Woman's Editor; | WTVR Richmond VA Traffic; WWBT Richmond; Real Estate III Charlottesville; retired; four books on Amazon under the name Teresa J. Carson: Sofia’s Angel, Sofia's Secret, Nobody's Baby, and From Hell to Heaven in One Giant Leap | |||||
Y | China | Claiborne Barksdale | Carter | September | 1956 | original stockholder | Kentucky Flooring Company | 7/1/1982 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173245251/claiborne-barksdale-carter | ||
Robert | Charry | July | 1976 | 1.00 | part-time announcer | WCHV & WWWV Charlottesville; WKDW Staunton; WRXL Richmond; WMAD-FM Madison WI; KFAT-FM San Jose CA; WYSP & WIP Philadelphia | |||||
Y | Zed | Zedekiah Willis | Chewning Jr | September | 1956 | original stockholder | businessman | 1/25/1981 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20111118/zed-wills-chewning | ||
Leroy | Childress | 1961 | News Director | x | |||||||
Ann W Velez | Chmely | Sales Manager | |||||||||
Y | Wilma | Wilma Claire Lebonte | Christensen | April | 1952 | buyer for May-Rudasill in Orange; moved to Cleveland OH; Special Education Teacher Beaumont CA | 7/5/1993 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/283779347/wilma-claire-christensen | |||
Cathy | Cathy Wills | Christovich | fall | 1971 | announcer, copy writer | WTTG channel 5; WETA channel 26 Washington DC; retired | |||||
Y | Hugh | Hugh Carlyle | Clark | September | 1956 | original stockholder | Orange Produce Company | 1/7/1954 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15861663/hugh_carlyle-clark | ||
Y | Mitzi | Mizzell Phillips | Clark | 1984 | news stringer (Greene County VA) | realtor; retired | 4/15/2018 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/mizzell-clark-obituary?id=4469083 | |||
Thomas F | Clark | 1963 | fulltime announcer | WOKY Milwaukee; WHA, Madison WI; radio host Wisconsin Public Radio; retired; https://www.wpr.org/person/tom-clark | x | ||||||
Y | Charles Cosby | Cluff | September | 1956 | original stockholder | C Cosby Cluff HVAC | 5/13/1988 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15407163/c-cosby-cluff | |||
Harrison | Harrison | Cluff | 1989 | parttime DJ | WVIR-TV 29 Charlottesville news/sports videographer, WTVR-TV News 6 Richmond news/sports videographer, WRDW-TV Augusta, GA. news/sports videographer, WAGA-TV Fox 5 Atlanta, GA news/sports videographer, Morris Communications Augusta, GA. TV show producer, UVA Athletics Video Charlottesville show and video producer as well as ESPN & ACC Network live producer and camera op., Freelancer for ESPN, Fox Sports, Raycom Sports, CBS & ABC Sports, Mayor Town of Orange VA | ||||||
Y | Paul | Paul D | Cockrell | January 5 | 2000 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1994 | 6/4/2000 | ||||
Michael | Michael A. | Coffey | 1971 | consulting; engineer, worked to setting up WJMA FM | Chief Engineer WCHV Charlottesville VA; President, Corporate Capital Resources, Roanoke | ||||||
Y | Joe | Joel Eugene | Cole | 1956 | Chief Engineer, Farm Director, General Manager (1956) | Sales Engineer-Southeast Territory for Gates Radio for at least 13 years | 9/16/1997 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111335890/joel-eugene-cole | |||
Y | Robert S | Coleman | January 4 | 2003 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1995 | 4/6/2003 | |||||
Y | Stearns | Stearns Lee | Coleman | January 7 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1996 | 9/27/2008 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericksburg/name/stearns-coleman-obituary?id=18309537 | ||||
Y | Doc | Frank Lindsay | Colvin | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | owner Colvin Motor Lines; Mayor, Town of Orange | 1/26/1981 | https://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Colvin/6000000013018721879 | |
Y | Jane | Jane Alice Bryan Murphy | Coogan | 1971 | news stringer | 4/11/2007 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153918106/jane_bryan_coogan | ||||
Jonathan | Cook | stockholder as of 3/1/2029 | |||||||||
Paula | Paula | Coradi | 1996 | announcer 'Paula C' | x | ||||||
Lennie | Leonard M | Cowherd | 1988 | 12.00 | Chief Engineer | CE WCVA/WCUL Culpeper VA; educator; Technicolor; service technician; retired | |||||
Wendy | Wendy Wheaton | Craig | sales | teacher Orange County Schools; Louisa County Schools; WLSA; retired; Jefferson Madison Library board | |||||||
Y | Jiggs | Alfonso Qunitine | Craun | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Texaco service station | 8/12/1999 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7099789/alfonso-quintine-craun | |
Midge | Midge Humphries | Craun | 1985 | copy writer, clerical | |||||||
Y | Mutt | Modern Monroe | Craun | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Texaco service station | 10/13/1971 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202440975/modern-monroe-craun | |
Y | John | John James | Cregg Jr | April 13 | 1973 | announcer | US Postal Service, Denver | 7/25/2003 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63817336/john-james-cregg | ||
Rob | Rob | Cressman | May | 1992 | announcer, Program Director, Promotion Manager, Operations Manager | WAVF Charleston SC; WMFS Memphis TN; Lazer (WLZR) 993 Springfield MA; Dr of Programming Clear Channel, Indianapolis; PD WDRV Chicago, retired | |||||
Y | Sally | Sally Mitchell | Crismond | 1988 | sales | realtor; Orange County Assistant Registrar; retired | 10/25/2014 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/crismond-mitchell-obituary?id=10473991 | |||
Kevin Burke | Curran | 1993 | General Sales Manager | WGRQ Colonial Beach; KNNS/KGME Phoenix?;WBMT Boxford MA? | |||||||
Kevin | Kevin | Dalton | October | General Manager | |||||||
Debi | Davis | 2025 | sales | x | |||||||
Ernie | Ernest | Davis | news | WFVA news director 1967-68 | x | ||||||
Eddie | Eddie | Dean | sports commentator | Athletic Director Madison High School; Madison County Supervisor | |||||||
Jean | Deane | x | |||||||||
Timmy | Timmy | Deane | September | announcer | |||||||
Y | Henry | Henry Card | DeJarnette | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | attorney; Clerk of the Court (Orange County VA) | 1/1/1994 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15866086/henry-card-dejarnette | |
Vince | DeMaio | 1987 | announcer | WRXL Richmond VA | x | ||||||
James Lawrence | Derrick | x | |||||||||
Butch | Alfred Anthony | DeVivi Jr | 1964 | part-time announcer | x | ||||||
Bill | Diehl | news commentary "Dealing It Out" | x | ||||||||
Gary | Gary | Dillon | 1996 | part time announcer (also Orange Police officer) | Orange Police Dept; Program Manager Virginia Department of Crimina Justice Services | ||||||
Y | Charles Nicholas | Doll | 1956 | announcer | WFTR Front Royal VA; died March 19, 2003 | 3/19/2003 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72333669/charles-n-doll?_gl=1*tg1miu*_ga*MTgyODcxOTAyMC4xNjU4MjY0NDA4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1ODI2ODcyMy4yLjEuMTY1ODI2OTUxMS4w | ||||
Y | Paul | Paul Abney | Dreher | 6/11/2013 | https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/paul-dreher-obituary?id=19527484 | ||||||
Rick | Richard A. | Dreves | 1975 | 1.00 | part-time summer announcer while student at Uva | Planning Chair Tennessee’s South Cumberland Tourism Partnership | x | ||||
Willow | Barbara Potter | Drinkwater | 1981 | part-time producer/news stringer/clerical | realtor Barbara Potter & Associates; retired | ||||||
Ann | Duff | secretary | x | ||||||||
Y | Lewis | Lewis Wingert | Duffey Jr | 1967 | WHAG Hagerstown MD? | 6/2/2011 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124325491/lewis-wingert-duffey | ||||
Duke | Duke M | DuFrane | 1961 | part-time announcer | Rochester Rope; retired | ||||||
Jack | Jack Lawrence | DuLong | November | 1959 | announcer | KURL Billings MT; stations in Missoula, MT; Bay City, MI; Beloit, WI; Casper, WY; founded Amazon Wrestling Club, San Diego with wife Judell | |||||
Y | Watt | Walter Grey | Dunnington | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | 5/20/1971 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Dunnington,Walter.png | ||
Mary | Dworkin | x | |||||||||
Y | Gerrtrude | Gertrude Reilly | Early | 1953 | Secretary | Secretary at Merck and James Madison University | 4/6/2006 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92709189/gertrude-folk-early | |||
Y | Buck | William B | Early | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | New York attorney; director Texaco, Colgate-Palmolive, Standard Brands | 5/20/1971 | https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/05/22/81943850.html?pageNumber=34 | |
Y | Talmadge | Talmadge Ray | England | Fall | 1950 | first Chief Engineer | WMIK, Middletown TN; Bettis Atomic Power Lab; Nuclear engineer; Los Alamos National Lab; http://talmadgerengland.com/biography.html Dec 3, 2009 | 12/3/2009 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santafenewmexican/name/talmadge-england-obituary?id=25398268 | ||
Tina | Tina L | Eshelman | Fall | 1988 | 0.50 | News Director | Greene County Record; York Town Crier; Charlottesville Daily Progress; Richmond Times Dispatch; William & Mary Senior Communications Manager for Development | ||||
Clint | Clinton Hamrick | Estes | 2004 | sports play-by-play | administrator Fluvanna County Schools; WLSA Louisa VA; sports WTKR Radio; play-by-play on WINA, WCHV, WKAV, WSVA, ACC Select UVA baseball and women’s lacrosse; James Madison University football color, JMU men’s and women’s basketball | ||||||
Y | Rob | Robert Campbell | Eure | news stringer | Roanoke Times; Virginian Pilot; Portland Oregonian; Wall Street Journal | 10/4/2008 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84404689/robert_campbell-eure | ||||
Brenda | Brenda Their | Evans | June | 1987 | sales department intern, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage | WTVR TV, Richmond; Comcast Philadelphia; Residential Mortgage, Baltimore | |||||
Wanda | Wanda Birckhead | Farrar | 2025 | ||||||||
Y | Page | Page Tolleson Talley | Faust | news stringer | 6/30/2020 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212263735/page-faust | |||||
Bob | Robert Hollins | Forman III | 1964 | part-time announcer | University of Richmond; | x | |||||
Alex | William A. | Formwalt | 1970 | part-time announcer | WCHV/WCCV/WELK Charlottesville VA; US Air Force Colonel (ret); URS Corporation | ||||||
Y | Bill | William Swan | Formwalt | 1972 | Santa Claus | math teacher: OCHS, Woodberry Forest, Four Seasons Landscaping | 10/23/2007 | https://www.geni.com/people/William-Formwalt/6000000025528527015 | |||
Al | Albert | Gaige | June | 1991 | Program Director | started GWC TV; General Manager WPOS-FM Holland OH; non-speaking rart in “House of Cards”; part time as a reporter for the West Virginia Radio Corporation; retired | |||||
Clint | Gaige | 1992 | announcer | Program Director WCUL/WCVA Culpeper VA; Growth Media Services http://growthmediaservices.com/ | |||||||
Andre | Andre | Gainsback | part-time announcer | Internet Market and Web Desinger; UVa | |||||||
Y | Dave | David Charles | Galfond | October | 1951 | announcer “The Dave Galfond Show” | WTOP; WFMD; WEAM; WINX; Daves Diskery; WFGN Gaffney SC | x | 11/30/2017 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185612673/david_charles-galfond | |
Y | Barney | Barney Frank | Ganga | 1956 | 5/4/2011 | https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/sarasota-fl/barney-ganga-4664948 | |||||
Ann | Ann Bickers | Ganz | October | 1964 | Secretary/Receptionist | Woodberry Forest School; Plow & Hearth; retired | |||||
Jim | James Michael | Ganz | part-time announcer | US Army; Civil Service; retired, senior softball league commissioner Silver Spring MD | |||||||
Y | Flo | Florence Slack | Garcia | 1963 | Secretary/Receptionist | drapery maker | 1/7/1999 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68069958/florence-garcia | |||
Gary | Gary Hale | Gardner | 1974 | announcer “Gary Reid" | WFOG Norfolk; teacher | ||||||
Y | Jane | Sara Jane | Gardner | 1974 | news stringer | WSLS TV Roanoke; WTVR TV Richmond (reporter, noon anchor, weekend anchor);WVEC TV Norfolk reporter, news anchor 1978-1990, WTKR Norfolk 1990-1999; PR Director at Eastern Virginia Medical School | 7/11/2020 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212879999/jane-gardner | |||
Doc | Lloyd M | Garnett | January 2 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1993 | |||||||
Y | Ann | Elizabeth Ann | Garnett/Butler/Scott | September | 1957 | Continuity Chief, Publicity Director, Production Manager, Woman's Director | valedictorian of the OHS class of 1947, successful career with Sears in Virginia Beach; newspaper editorial writer | 2/8/1983 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22271060/ann-garnett-scott | ||
Josh | Joshua Paul | Geesaman | 1994 | part-time announcer aka "Rip Alexander" | |||||||
Y | Vince | Vincent Joseph | Genson | General Manager | 4/10/2010 | https://uknight.org/CouncilSite/inMemoriamObit.asp?ID=15043 | |||||
Y | Charlie | Charlie D. | Gentry | 1967 | 0.50 | Janitor/Housekeeping | 9/28/1969 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3001728/charlie-gentry | |||
Y | Charles | Charles Clinton | Gill | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Gill Hardware | 5/1/1978 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15642201/charles-clinton-gill | |
Catherine | Catherine | Gillespie | stockholder as of 3/1/2026 | ||||||||
Y | Bob | Robert Felix | Gillespie | January 1 | 2009 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1996 | 4/22/2009 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/robert-gillespie-obituary?id=28691630 | |||
Y | Willie | James Haywood | Gillum | September | 1956 | original stockholder | Peoples Grocery, Orange | 3/25/1964 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15419687/james_haywood-gillum | ||
Frankie | Frances T | Gilmore | sales | ||||||||
Y | Mike | Michael Palmer | Gleason | 1968 | announcer | News Director WINA Charlottesville, VA; Congressman John Marsh spokesman | 6/4/2013 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/michael-gleason-obituary?id=24555821 | |||
Leslie A Lovett | Gluchowski | 1995 | sales | WQPO Harrisonburg VA ; WGRQ King George VA; | |||||||
Bill | William Joseph | Goldstein | December | 1988 | announcer | WFLS Fredericksburg; WTOP Washington; Voice of America; Westwood One News Network; I am program director of WGRQ and WGRX in Fredericksburg. I host the morning show on Thunder 104.5 | |||||
Y | Ed | Edward Julius | Gombos | 1963 | Station Manager (1956) | WCVA Culpeper 1963-1972, WVLC Orleans MA 1973 | 2/4/1991 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249448415/edward_julius-gombos | |||
Phil | Philip School | Goodwin | August | 1985 | announcer, Music Director, News Director | WINA Charlottesville; WCUL/WCVA Culpeper; WTKR Stanardsville...all in Virginia; back to WJMA in 1990 | |||||
Jackie | Jackie | Gordon | x | ||||||||
Y | Ralph | Ralph Ellis | Graves | 1990 | part-time announcer; host of “Artsong” | WTJU Charlottesville — morning show 1991-2025; “Composer Cameo” and "Noteworthy Releases" host/producer; CharlottesvilleClassical.org program director; Former: President, DCD Records; Product Manager, Nimbus Records | 8/7/2025 | https://www.preddyfuneralhomes.com/ralph-ellis-graves | |||
Tom | Tom | Graves | November | 1984 | announcer, Sports Director | WCHV, Charlottesville Program Director; Customer Communications Director, Carolina Biological Supply | |||||
Wanda Lee Barnett | Graves | 1964 | clerical | x | |||||||
Y | Cameron | Cameron | Gray | 1989 | announcer 'Kyle Stevens' | WJFK Washington; Operations Manager Redskins Radio; ESPN Radio; Sirius XM Satellite Radio; Mercury Group; Westwood One Radio News; Audacy Washington DC; Compass Media Los Angeles CA | 4/1/2023 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtontimes/name/cameron-gray-obituary?id=51573592 | |||
Y | Doris | Doris Farrell | Green | newspaper editor in suburban Atlanta; Department of Defense, Germany; retired; died Feb 16, 2019 | 2/16/2019 | https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/richmond-va/doris-green-8175991 | |||||
Y | Andrew/Butch | Andrew Judson | Green Jr | announcer | US Army, C&P Telephone | 1/19/2013 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Green,AndrewGreen.png | ||||
Y | Don | Donald Webb | Greene | March 10 | 1952 | 4 months | Assistant Manager | WSVS Crewe; WRAD Radford; WCBY Bristol; WJWS; WMWK; South Hill Enterprise reporter; President VAPB | 11/7/1970 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Greene,Donald.jpg | |
Will | William Patrick | Gregg | sports | WINA/UVa football | |||||||
Y | Ken | Kenneth Wilson | Gunter | late 1961 | 1.00 | announcer | WPRW Manassas; United Air Lines, Charlotte; announcer for Charlotte Country Day Bucs and Charlotte Knights baseball; died July 8, 2008 | 7/8/2008 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/kenneth-gunter-obituary?id=13354761 | ||
Y | Chet | Chester E | Hagan | 1975 | news commentator 'Eye on the Tube' | before WJMA network TV producer NBC, won Emmy for "Flight of Friendship 7"; won Peabody for civil rights coverage | 2/11/2002 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Hagan,Chet.png | |||
Y | Roy | Roy Sutton | Hager | 1973 | contract engineer | Hager Radio & TV | 8/25/1977 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21800736/roy-sutton-hager | |||
Bill | William Harrison | Hager | Spring | 1968 | 12.00 | engineer, announcer, sports play-by-play, Sports Director | Crafton & Sparks, Orange; Flowers School Equipment; T&B Equipment Rental | ||||
Leonard William | Hague III | ||||||||||
Y | Greg | James Gregory | Hale | 1987 | announcer | WCVA; WFLS Fredericksburg 1984-87; WPED Crozet | 6/26/1989 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Hale,Greg.png | |||
Pat | Patricia | Hammill | December | 1976 | news stringer (Madison County) | x | |||||
Tina | Matina Sakell | Hancock | Sales Manager | ||||||||
Betsy | Betsy Palmer | Haney | 1994 | announcer “Joy Newman” | |||||||
Star | Stacey | Harden | 1992 | part-time announcer | WTVR FM/AM (1994-1995); VCU, GM Round Hill Inn, Orange | ||||||
Youtha | Youtha Cordella Whitten | Hardman-Cromwell | early | 1984 | part-time announcer | Methodist minister; teacher and Dean at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC | |||||
Y | Ben | Benjamin Franklin | Hargett | sports color commentator | Mason Insurance Agency; retired | 10/14/2013 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/benjamin-hargett-obituary?id=12354806 | ||||
Sue | Harlow | announcer, Music Director | |||||||||
Ann | Ann Ross | Harrison | Christmas time "Miss Message", news stringer | voice over Nashville, TN and Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
Y | Arch | Archibald Chapman | Harrison | July 1 | 1984 | 27.00 | General Manager, Sales Manager, owner 1961-1984 | died November 29, 2013 | 11/29/2013 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/archibald-harrison-obituary?id=33151754 | |
Edmund | Harrison | "Spiritual Tidings Hour" host | |||||||||
Gary | Harrison | 2012 | contract engineer, CE, PD, GM, WJMA stockholder | Virgina Tech Foundation (WVTF) engineering staff | |||||||
Y | Reid | Reid Williams | Harrison | 1981 | news stringer, part-time announcer | screenwriter; TV writer (Simpsons); standup comic | 1/16/2024 | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365829/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1 | |||
Y | Laura Anne Skelly | Hartman | 1997 | Public Affairs Director | 11/4/2008 | ||||||
Y | Lewis | Lewis Anthony | Harvey | part-time announcer | Ralph Nader staff; PR for Phyllis Diller; Rehabilitations International; | ||||||
Y | Art | Arthur Lee | Hasty | summer part-time announcer | UVa; US Steel; Deputy Director Herndon Public Works | 12/1/2002 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67152167/arthur-lee-hasty | ||||
Y | Mike | Mike | Hays | 1995 | announcer, Music Director | Midsouth Talent & Booking Nashville; legislative director CMT/ABATE | 11/14/2007 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Hays,Mike Hays.png | |||
Nick | Nickholas J | Henry | 2007 | part-time board operator | Dominion Market Research, Orange VA | ||||||
Bill | Herndon | part-time announcer | auto sales in Flordia | x | |||||||
Y | Don | Donald Gustav | Heyne | October | 1961 | owner 1957-1961 | owner WINA/WQMZ Charlottesville VA | 6/10/2007 | https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Donald-Gustav-Heyne?obId=12138893 | ||
Cindy | Cindy Cooper | Highlander | clerical | x | |||||||
Jimmy | James Francis | Hoefer | May | 1993 | 1.00 | announcer | WKTR (as Jay James) (2/91 — 10/94) On Air, Production, Copywriter; WLSA (8/94 — 4/00) PM Drive (as Jay James); WNRN (1/96 — 10/96) Development Director; Film - Hush (TriStar Pictures – 1998) Thoroughbred Auction Bidder (uncredited); WFVA/WBQB (11/98 - 02/99) News Anchor; Culpeper Star-Exponent (4/00-7/00) News Editor; Battleground Productions - Dreamworks Film - The Contender (2000) as Henry (uncredited}; WVNZ (5/00 -7/01) News Director; Metro Networks, Richmond, VA (4/02 – 1/07) News Anchor on 4 stations/ News Writer; WTOP,(12/10 – 09/17) Traffic Reporter; Voice-Overs (09/17 - Present) | ||||
Y | Mort | Morton Richard | Hoffman | unknown, likely an announcer | x | 10/28/2013 | |||||
Molly | Molly | Hoffman-Crook | November | 1979 | announcer | KVCR, San Bernardino CA; KANZ Garden City KS, KUNI Cedar Falls IA, WNRV Pearisburg VA, news stringer for WVTF Roanoke; Special Education teacher, Gifted teacher Mathews County (VA) Public Schools | |||||
Hillary | Hillary B | Homzie | 1989 | News Director | Pennsylvania Ballet; Associate Visiting Professor at Hollins University; https://hillaryhomzie.com/ | ||||||
Jerry | Jerry | Hooper | 1973 | part-time announcer | WVIR TV Charlottesville VA; WSLS TV Roanoke VA; WRLU Sturgeon Bay WI; KJNO; Alaska State Police; Midglen Logistics | ||||||
Lisa Kay | Howard-Hughes | 2002 | part-time announcer | WCUL Culpeper VA; WAMU Washington DC; http://www.wamu.org/about/people/lisa_kay_howardphp | |||||||
Mike | Howes | 2003 | football color commentaror | teacher/coach Wake County NC Schools | |||||||
Nancy | Howes | part-time announcer | teacher Augusta County VA Schools | ||||||||
Y | June | Louise June Minor | Humes | 1985 | housekeeping | 10/3/1997 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Humes,June.png | ||||
J | Ross | Hunter III | August 23 | 1986 | announcer, Program Director, Operations Manager | WCUL Culpeper, VA; Dominion Market Research; documentary producer AHHA Productions | |||||
Y | John | John L. | Hunter Jr | January | 1953 | announcer, engineer, morning announcer 1952 replacing Joe Trivette | WEZE Boston MA | 12/22/2011 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Hunter,John.jpg | ||
Carl | Carl William | Hurlebaus III | 1993 | owner 1988-1993 | |||||||
Gina | Gina Lynn Rogers | Hutchinson | Announcer, Programming | ||||||||
Kerry | James | March | 2007 | morning announcer “KJ” | Monticello Media, Charlottesville; Enrollment Coordinator VCU Richmond | x | |||||
Roger E. | Jarrell | President Country Galleries; VP Gallahan’s Furniture | x | ||||||||
Sue | Susan Rudeen | Jarrett | 1983 | sports stringer/color | photographer https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sue-jarrett ;retired | ||||||
Mary Ann Hess | Johnson | 1983 | sales | WCUL Culpeper VA; Mary Johnson Advertising | |||||||
Y | Peytie | Peytie Rogers | Johnson | October | 1950 | Miss Peytie's Open House | 7/9/1970 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20510311/peytie-johnson | |||
Mark | Robert Mark | Johnson | September | 1984 | part-time announcer, sports color | WLSA 1984-86, WKAV 1987; owner Johnson Tire; Orange County Supervisor; retired | |||||
Edward | Jones | part-time announcer, sales | x | ||||||||
Y | Otis | Otis Broadus | Jones | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Rapidan Milling Company | 10/22/1964 | https://billiongraves.com/grave/Otis-Broaddus-Jones/30809749 | |
Sarah | Sarah M Colvin | Jones | clerical | retired | |||||||
Susan | Susan Anderson | Kalan | sales | realtor | |||||||
Annette | Annette Yowell | Kastner | 2004 | parttime announcer, fill-in on bluegrass shows | WLSA Louisa VA; WKAV, WTJU both Charlottesville VA | ||||||
Vinnie | Vincent P | Kice | November 1 | mornings | |||||||
Jay | John Francis | Kiernan | December | 1978 | production, copy writing | WWWV, Charlottesville, VA; Atlanta ad agency; Jay Kiernan voiceovers http://www.jaykiernan.com/ | |||||
June | June T | Krishna | 1992 | sales, General Manager | Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce; retired | ||||||
David | David Allen | Kube | 1985 | sports football and basketball play-by-play | Orange Review, UVA Sports Information | ||||||
Y | Al | Orville Alfred | LaGuire | 1951 | announcer | WDBC, WMTE, WION, WBGC, WKAR (all Michigan) taught radio classes at Lansing (MI) Community College | 1/13/1999 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21400668/orville_alfred-laguire | |||
Ed | Edward M | Landes | July | 1953 | engineer, announcer | returned to New York; WNJR | x | ||||
Y | Ron/Ronnie | Ronald | Landry | November | 1955 | Announcer, Publicity Director | WBTM Danville; WSLS Roanoke; WDRC Hartford; WBZ Boston; KFI Los Angeles | 9/16/2002 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16031627/ron-landry | ||
Y | Everett | James Everett | Lane | September | 1949 | 1.00 | Assistant Manager, announcer | sales | 2/7/1983 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20162838/james-everett-lane | |
Y | Taff | Heyward F. “Taff” | Lawton Jr | 1986 | morning drive on WJMA AM | CPA in Orange | 11/23/2016 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173319220/heyward-f-lawton | |||
Y | Andy | Andrew Wayne | Lax | August | 1976 | part-time announcer, news intern | attorney Charlotte, NC http://www.mcnair.net/attorneyasp?id=79 | 9/1/2024 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/andrew-lax-obituary?id=56198283 | ||
John | John Wesley | Lee | August 2 | 1986 | News Director | WVIR-TV, Charlottesville; Washington News Channel 8, WYPR Baltimore | |||||
John | John Christian | LeGarde | 1966 | part time, then full time announcer, Swap Shop founder | |||||||
Y | Jack | Joel Dan | Lehman | 1956 | announcer, Chief Engineer, Sales Manager | Chief Engineer WASL, Annapolis MD;Senior Analyst Maryland Dept of Fiscal Services | 6/24/2014 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/capitalgazette/name/joel-lehman-obituary?id=19585368 | |||
Bill | C William | Little III | summer | 1986 | announcer; sports color; Sales Manager | Dominion Market Research, Orange VA; retired | |||||
Y | Bill | C William | Little Jr | 1963 | Sales Manager, Santa Claus | Virginia Metal Industries | 8/25/1971 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15503431/clarence-w-little | |||
Y | Dudley | Dudley Bird | Littlehales | news stringer (Madison County) | Scott Real Estate, Gordonsville | 2/28/2008 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/LittlehalesDudley.png | ||||
Joe | Livetti/Olivetti? | x | |||||||||
Y | Art | Arthur Crawford | Livick Jr | August | 1952 | first General Manager, Commercial & Progam Manager "The Old Timer" | Equitable Life Assurance Company | 5/22/1968 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149202855/arthur_crawford-livick | ||
Y | Hal | Heard Edward | Lockhart | sports commentator | football coach Louisa County High School | 8/23/2018 | https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centralvirginian/obituary.aspx?pid=190048240 | ||||
Ben H | Long | x | |||||||||
Harry | Long | x | |||||||||
Jay | Lopez | Programming | |||||||||
Y | Jean | Jean Sterling | Love | Fall | 1981 | announcer, full time 72-76, part time 76-82 | Orange High School art/English teacher; retired/founder Four County Players; designer of Orange County seal | 1/3/2015 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/love-sterling-obituary?id=10492380 | ||
Y | Greg | Gregory Gordon | Lyons | mornings 1992 | WCVA/WCUL high school football 1993; DJ music services in Culpeper | 6/19/2003 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Lyons,Greg.png | ||||
Y | Bob | Robert Hamilton | MacCallum | summer | 1957 | Assistant Manager, Sales Manager, announcer, "Tic Toc Time" | UVa grad student; WELK Charlottesville, WLVA Lynchburg; WLW Tv Cincinnati | 9/25/2019 | https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/lynchburg-va/robert-maccallum-8869365 | ||
Y | Wesley | Wesley Duncan | Mackey | Spring | 1963 | part-time announcer | 8/8/1965 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16442307/wesley_duncan-mackey | |||
Y | John E | MacLeigh/MacLeish | March | announcer | x | 6/30/1996 | |||||
Y | John | John Charles | Mahaney Jr | April | 1958 | Sales Manager/fill-in announcer | President & CEO: Ohio Council of Retail Merchants; retired 2013 | 7/1/2021 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dispatch/name/john-mahaney-obituary?id=11854444 | ||
Robert A. | Malle | x | |||||||||
Y | Ann | Ann Marie Perry | Mallory | National Bank, Orange | 5/21/2012 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/ann-mallory-obituary?id=32707750 | |||||
J. R. | Marber | x | |||||||||
Jay | Jay Robert | Marks | 1974 | part-time announcer, sports | physician Little Rock, Arkansas | ||||||
Chris | Chris | Martin | 1984 | news stringer | x | ||||||
Chris | Christopher B | Martin | part-time announcer | x | |||||||
Y | Harry | Harry Coppee | Mason | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Mason Insurance Agency | 3/4/1997 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15839587/harry-coppee-mason | |
Dan | Mayson | announcer | |||||||||
Y | Vivian | Vivian Walters | McAlexander | 1995 | Receptionist | died August 27, 2011 | 8/27/2011 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179012033/vivian-mcalexander | |||
Patricia | Patricia Parks | McArver | Fall | 1984 | news stringer (Madison County), News Director | Editor Madison Eagle, Orange County Review; publications for Woodberry Forest School and The Citadel; teacher; Interim VP The Citadel | |||||
F. Joseph | McCaffrey | x | |||||||||
Laurie | Laura L | McCullough | 1982 | part-time announcer | administrator Waynesboro City Schools; interim Director Virginia Association for Supervison and Curriculum Development | ||||||
Susan | Susan Carr | McCurry | 1988 | sales | Community Mortgage, Orange VA | ||||||
Y | Charlie | Charles Richard | McGinley | September | 1950 | Assistant Manager, Announcer, Program Director, Sales | Naval officer, Korean War; WSVA Production Manager Harrisonburg VA; Episcopal priest; retired | 1/8/2021 | https://www.weremember.com/charles-mcginley/7n3f/memories | ||
Janet | Janet Irene Hague | McKay | 1987 | sales | |||||||
Y | Jeanie | Eugenia Goodwin Turner | McKinley | 1951 | 3 months | sister of Art Livick’s wife; likely a summer job | teacher at Tuckahoe Elementary | 1/23/2021 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/eugenia-mckinley-obituary?id=5433990 | ||
Katherine S. | McNett | news stringer | x | ||||||||
Y | Dot | Dorothy Breeden | Mench | 1972 | news stringer | Charlottesville Daily Progress stringer | 12/24/2010 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/dorothy-mench-obituary?id=26865605 | |||
Joan | Joan | Mench Clark | |||||||||
Y | Donna | Donna L. Davis | Mesimer | June | 1966 | Receptionist/Secretary/Traffic Manager | 10/1/1989 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195194789/donna-mesimer | |||
Bill | Michaels | December | 1989 | announcer | WGRQ & WFLS Fredericksburg VA; Metro Networks, WTOP Radio & WUSA TV both Washington DC | ||||||
Joseph L. | Moetz | x | |||||||||
Y | Martin | Todd | Mooney | sports commentator | football coach Greene County High School | 2/23/2023 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/todd-mooney-obituary?id=48437989 | ||||
Y | Mac | Malcolm Thompson | Moore Jr | host "The Jazz Scene" | teacher Woodberry Forest School | 6/28/1992 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172900935/malcolm_thompson-moore | ||||
Carl | Carl Anthony | Morris | 1995 | announcer | x | ||||||
J. R. | Morris | x | |||||||||
Dana | Murphy | receptionist | x | ||||||||
Marisa | Marisa Ferrando | Murphy | Jan | 1985 | receptionist, producer Swap Shop | law office administrator | |||||
Les | Les | Myers | September | 1972 | announcer, host "Night Music" | Woodberry Forest School 1972-75; WBHM Birmingham AL; Maine Public Radio; Maine AIRS; retired | |||||
Y | Ed | Edgar Berman | Myrtle | 1957 | Announcer | W&L University; DuPont Company, retired; used Ed Murtell on the air | 10/2/2020 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/onlineathens/name/edgar-myrtle-obituary?id=11155689 | |||
Jane W. | Nills | x | |||||||||
Yon | Yon Roland | O'Connor | May | 2001 | announcer, sales | Senior Marketing Manager: WCYK, WHTE, WZGN, WKAV, WCHV all Charlottesville VA | |||||
Matthew | O'Neil | January | |||||||||
Y | Woody | Woodbury Swan | Ober | September | 1961 | original stockholder | developer | 1/4/1995 | https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=OCR19750109.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- | ||
Tom | Tom | Osina | announcer | WINA Charlottesville VA news; National Propane Gas Association; Manassas VA City Council | |||||||
Y | Ed/Eddie | Garland Edward | Painter Jr | announcer | WMAL Washington DC; engineer Redskins network; WJLA-TV, WMAL-AM, ABC-TV, and WTTG Fox Network TV, all of Washington | 7/11/2000 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81743394/garland-edward-painter | ||||
Dean | Dean | Palmer | 1992 | announcer, sports color | |||||||
Y | Ben | Senator Benjamin T | Pitts | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | owner of Pitts Theaters | 7/21/1964 | https://visitculpeperva.com/uncovered_post/benjamin-thomas-pitts/ | |
Y | Bob | Robert Julian | Powell | November | 1954 | announcer, "Keyboard Capers" | Orange Baptist organist and choirmaster; WDVA; WFLO; WTVR; WMBGRichmond Braves organist | 8/29/1982 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118715051/robert_julian-powell | ||
KP | Keneth Wayne | Pratt | October | 1988 | announcer “KP" | WYND Spotsylvania VA (1988); Loudoun County Sheriff's Department; retired | |||||
Y | Posie | Rev Posie James | Preston Sr | 1961 | host "The Back Home Devotional Hour” | 10/9/1988 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/10/14/the-rev-posie-james-preston-sr-82-dies/cf5b5ce3-7902-46e5-9624-e63f2a74e473/ | ||||
Woody | Henry Harwood | Purcell | 1960 | announcer | WCHV Charlottesville VA | ||||||
Y | Jean | Jean Long | Purcell | 1972 | 12.00 | news stringer | reporter for Richmond Times & News Leader; Charlottesville Daily Progress; | 2/16/2011 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jean-purcell-obituary?id=26716297 | ||
Y | Paul | Paul Edward | Pysell | announcer | 10/19/1994 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76651421/paul-edward-pysell | |||||
Joe | Joseph Francis | Quinn | October | 1951 | Chief of Continuity; Assistant Manager, Program Director, Sports Director | WOOK radio Washington DC; | x | ||||
Skip | Marc | Ramsey | December | 1994 | General Manager | WRVA newscaster, Virginia News Network; Owens & Ramsey Historical Booksellers http://www.owensandramsey.com/ | |||||
Grey | Redman | x | |||||||||
Wynne | Reece | September | 1995 | sales | Drive Smart Virginia | ||||||
Nancy L. | Richardson | x | |||||||||
Leslie Willis | Riggs | sales | x | ||||||||
Y | Jesse | Jesse A. | Ring | unknown | Virginia State Police | 4/19/2003 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Ring,Jesse.png | ||||
Y | Dot | Dorothy Ann Lewis | Roberts | copy writer | 2/3/2008 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/dorothy-roberts-obituary?id=29025385 | |||||
Jerry Jane | Jerry Jane | Roberts | 1952 | parttimer while in high school | x | ||||||
Russ | Russel Dudley | Roberts | 1980 | announcer, Music Director | WCHV Charlottesville VA (1974); pilot Republic Airlines, Captain Northwest (Delta) Airlines | ||||||
Dave | David A. | Rock Jr | October | 1964 | part-time announcer | founder Paragon International (meeting & events production company) | |||||
Y | James William | Rollins | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Rollins Grocery | 1/9/1967 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Rollins,James.png | ||
India | India Barton | Rose | 2004 | part-time announcer | WBQB Fredericksburg VA; Virginia Living Television, Culpeper; Speedy Spots voice overs; Woodberry Forest School | ||||||
Steve | Stephen Frederick | Ryerson | 1992 | News Director, Operations Manager, Public Affairs Director; Promotions Manager | WNIS; WJQI; retired | x | |||||
Mary | Mary Moore | Sandridge | 1983 | news stringer | B.S. Communication Arts Radio/TV from JMU in 1983. WXAM News Anchor 1983-1985; News Anchor and News Director at WCHV/3WV News 1985-1993 WVIR TV, Assignment Mgr. 1994 - 1996 Charlottesville VA; VA Associated Press Broadcasters board President (Sec./Treas. and VP before becoming Pres.) Director Public Relations, Southern Health Services, Inc./Coventry Health Care 2000-2008; Director Marketing & Communications for the three chapters of the Alzheimer's Association in Virginia, 2008- present. |
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Cindy | Sanford | x | |||||||||
Katy Lee | Saylor | July | 1961 | clerical | Secretary/Receptionist | x | |||||
Y | Vince | Vincent John | Scappatura | 9/8/1979 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178242032/vincent-scappatura | ||||||
Y | N Boyd | Boyd | Schellinger | October | 1950 | announcer, Program Director, engineer, air name 'Boyd Schilling' | WSVA, Harrisonburg VA; WSBT AM/TV, South Bend, IN; Bendix Corp | 11/8/2005 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/boyd-schellinger-obituary?id=26710408 | ||
Y | Pat | Patricia Ann | Schellinger | October | 1950 | copy writer | 7/12/1993 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74502907/patricia-a-schellinger | |||
John | John Thomas | Schick | November | 2009 | General Manager, stockholder | Special Education, Louisa County Schools | |||||
Y | Herman | Herman Pinkney | Schmidt | part-time announcer | 6/12/1993 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3004424/herman-pinkney-schmidt | |||||
Mark | Schuyler | summer | 1975 | intern/trainee | WKCR & WNYC, New York City; WTJU, C'ville; founder WNRN Charlottesville, VA; lighting desinger http://schuylight.com | x | |||||
Donald K | Seal | January | |||||||||
Rod | Rodney | Sedwick | stockholder as of 3/1/2028 | ||||||||
Steve | Stevan | Sedwick | stockholder as of 3/1/2027 | ||||||||
Ben | Harry Benjamin | Sedwick Jr | stockholder beginning 1/1/1992 | ||||||||
Jason | Senters | August 5 | 1992 | part-time announcer | |||||||
Randy | Randal | Shavis | part-time announcer; WSVS Crewe PD | x | |||||||
Mark | Mark | Shepherd | 1988 | engineer Orioles baseball, Redsking & VA Tech football | Food Lion | ||||||
Lulu Mae Herndon | Sherman | clerical | retired | ||||||||
Y | Welford | Welford Ashton | Sherman Jr | January | 1956 | founder, original stockholder | W A Sherman Co--Orange VA; died January 20, 2010 | 1/20/2010 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/welford-sherman-obituary?id=32568379 | ||
Y | Red | Robert Grant | Shipley | May 30 | 1959 | morning announcer, Sports Director, host "Stained Glass Blue Grass" | WPRW, WKCW, WPIK, “Hee Haw” appearance; WAMU Washington “Stained Glass Bluegrass” host; back to WJMA; International Bluegrass Music Association recognition | 10/6/2007 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/robert-shipley-obituary?id=29115913 | ||
Y | Jim | James E. | Simmons | July 17 | 1956 | Program Director, General Manager (6/10/1954) | Editor Haverhill (MA) Gazette, WHAV | 2/19/2022 | https://obituaries.newburyportnews.com/obituary/james-simmons-1084484632 | ||
Y | Joe | Joseph | Simms | Janitor/Housekeeping | 6/2/1976 | https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=OCR19760610.1.2&srpos=51&e=-------en-20-OCR-41-byDA-txt-txIN-"WJMA"------- | |||||
Peter T. | Simpson | x | |||||||||
Y | Art | Arthur Edwin | Sims | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | A E Simms Texaco fuel distributor | 4/9/1957 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15656153/arthur-edwin-sims | |
Y | Paul | Paul Mathew | Sizemore | sports commentator | football coach Orange County High School | 8/30/2005 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericksburg/name/paul-sizemore-obituary?id=12524181 | ||||
Y | Julia | Julia “Cookie” Rollins | Skcrodelis | 1988 | sales | 7/12/2009 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericksburg/name/julia-skrodelis-obituary?id=12057332 | ||||
JD | J D | Slade | summer | 2024 | announcer, Program Director, morning drive announcer/Sladio | WTON, Staunton VA; WCVA, Culpeper VA; WYSP & WYFI, Philadelphia, PA 1985-Dec 1989; WJMA 2007-present | |||||
Ronnie | Ronald Lee | Smallwood | 1964 | part-time announcer | Peace Corps; college; Vanderbilt law school; attorney | x | |||||
Lex | Alexis B | Smith | August | 1981 | sales | retired administrator Orange County Schools | |||||
Delbert | Smith | x | |||||||||
Y | Monty | Monty Montgomery | Smith | September | 1958 | part-time announcer, announcer | WFLS Fredericksburg, VA; WSTS Messina, NY (1961); WHFV-TV Fredericksburg, VA; Safeway; retired | 7/14/2011 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170681794/monty_montgomery-smith | ||
Tom | Smith | 1983 | sports stringer | ||||||||
William E. | Smith | x | |||||||||
Beverly | Smithson | x | |||||||||
Y | Arthur Albert | Snowberger | 1952 | announcer;engineer | United Broadcasting (WOOK) Washington DC; owner WHAG AM & TV; utilities manager Hagerstown, MD; WPTX tv; Cruez & Snowberger Engineers | 5/16/2007 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19446534/arthur_albert-snowberger | ||||
Digby | Digby Anglin | Solomon | April | 1989 | owner | Chicago Tribune internet services; publisher "Hoy"; publisher "Newport News Daily Press”; retired | |||||
Anne | Anne Carter | Somerville | 1971 | 1.00 | help with “Swap Shop” | ||||||
Henry | Spahr | x | |||||||||
Y | Ed | Edward Bullock | Sparks | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Sparks Grocery | 7/20/2010 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/edward-sparks-obituary?id=27641274 | |
Y | Ray | Raymond Odel | Spears | Sunday evening Blue Grass | WTJU Charlottesville | 12/11/2005 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/raymond-spears-obituary?id=29496450 | ||||
Y | Hartzel | Hartzel | Spence | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | writer novels, started "Yank" magazine; Saturday Evening Post, Look, Reader's Digest | 5/9/2001 | https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/25/us/hartzell-spence-93-dies-pinup-pioneer.html | |
Eric | St James | Music Director, high school football play-by-play | |||||||||
Kiki | Clara Steele | Steele Eden | June | 1980 | 0.50 | news stringer, summer intern | UVa medical school; physician; Culpeper Hospital; Martha Jefferson Hospital; retired | ||||
Janet | Janet Dennis | Stemm | Summer | Secretary | retired | x | |||||
Pierce | Arthur Pierce | Stone | January 3 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1993 | |||||||
Jeff | Stone | 1995 | contract engineer | x | |||||||
Pamela H | Stone | stockholder as of 3/1/2030 | |||||||||
Taylor | Stone | ||||||||||
Y | Art | Walter Arthur | Stone | WFVA news manager 1967; Group Director of Public Relations and Advertising for Ryder Syst | 8/16/2014 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/arthur-stone-obituary?id=12808743 | |||||
Chuck | Charles B | Strome | 1982 | news intern | WVOX radio - New Rochelle NY (1981-1989) News reporter, morning news anchor, program director; City of New Rochelle, New York, (1989-2022) Director of Emergency Services, Assistant City Manager, Deputy City Manager, City Manager (2002-2022); Retired, December 31, 2022. | ||||||
Bob | Stuart | October | 1953 | announcer | stayed less than a day! Left for a job in Texas; former DJ at WLIB in New York; Cambridge School of Radio & TV | ||||||
Y | Richard | Richard Brown | Suddith | September | 1955 | 6.00 | original stockholder | Suddith Buick | 4/10/1955 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/robert-suddith-obituary?id=5507589 | |
David | David R | Taylor | 1978 | part-time announcer, sport play-by-play | WSVA, Harrisonburg (PT, 1978-79); WPED, Crozet (FT, 1979-80); WAYB, Waynesboro (FT, 1980-83)Senior Director of Marketing & Advancement James Madison University; retired July 1, 2021; competitive ballroom dancer | ||||||
Y | Leri | Leri Melissa Vesitis | Thomas | copy writer | Woodberry Forest School | 8/23/2023 | https://www.battenfuneral.com/obituaries/leri-thomas?fbclid=IwAR3C5R9E-9bqdyE81DMFjeEM4QglgJBGAP8qkaVIT7zqzPqGlcHoJ88EkEw | ||||
Mary | Mary Easley | Thompson | December 8 | 1979 | announcer, sales, copy writing | WRFL (later WQUS) Winchester VA; WFTR/WIXV Front Royal VA; WQRA Warrenton, VA; teacher; clerk; corporate librarian; Postmaster, Delaplane VA | |||||
Russ | Tice | Spring | 1977 | 0.50 | part-time announcer | Virginia Tech; Boeing (Seattle, WA) | |||||
Charles S. | Trainor | part-time announcer | x | ||||||||
Y | Bob | Robert Lee | Traister Sr | Summer | 1971 | announcer, Chief Engineer | WFTR Front Royal; author; Front Royal mayor | 8/31/2007 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29007415/robert-joseph-traister | ||
Y | Joe | Joseph Clyde | Trivette | September | 1952 | first morning announcer; Chief Engineer; Farm Director | WLAK Lakeland FL; WPCV & WHNR Winter Haven | 3/4/1993 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16959469/joseph-clyde-trivett | ||
Y | Lindsay | Lindsay Swann | Tucker | January 8 | 2013 | stockholder beginning 1/1/1996 | 5/13/2013 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110619136/lindsay_swann-tucker | |||
Y | Joe/Lee | Joseph Leo | Tully | October | 1952 | Chief Announcer; Promotion Manager, News Director | WRC Radio, Washington; NBC TV Washington; Producer/Director 'Meet the Press'; Dowd Advertising, Boston; Organizational Services Corp, Brighton | 8/24/1979 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190830236/alda-tully | ||
Y | Johnnie | John Lucas | Tuttle | February | 1950 | 0.75 | copy writer & announcer | WHED Washington NC; WDNC Durham NC; US Navy Voice of America; John Hancock insurance | 12/25/2021 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/john-tuttle-obituary?id=32035858 | |
Y | Branch/RT | Roland Ryan | Twigg | announcer; "Branch Twigg" on air name; WBUY, Lexington NC | WBUY, Lexington NC; WJDY Salisbury MD sports director; WDVM Pocomoke City, MD; auto sales | 12/30/1997 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Tully,Joseph.png | ||||
Y | George | George Bennett | Tyler | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | 11/4/1974 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Tyler,George.png | ||
Y | Elsie | Elsie Duggins Alhizer | Vaught | October | news stringer (Mineral) | Daily Progress stringer; Alhizere Appliance & Furniture store | 7/15/1999 | https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13430986:60525 | |||
Liz | Elizabeth Duncan | Verrocchio | January | 2017 | Sales Manager | Executive Assistant Monticello Medio Charlottesville | |||||
Lynne | Lynne | Vogt | 1994 | announcer | associate producer/editor WTVF Nashville TN, senior news producer WVIR TV Charlottesville VA | ||||||
Y | Bob | Robert Clark | Wagner | October 4 | 1958 | Program Manager, General Manager | WBRX Berwick, PA; WAAM Ann Arbor, MI; WNTX Portsmouth, OH; University of Michigan, Ohio State & Marshall football play-by-play | 3/10/1994 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2582938/robert-clark-wagner | ||
Mark C. | Walker | December | 1971 | announcer | WHBG, Harrisonburg, VA 1971-1972; WAFC/WSGM, Staunton VA 1972; WEET, Richmond, VA 1972-1973; WRNL, Richmond, VA 1973-1975; KIXS, Killeen, TX 1975-1976; WBIA, Augusta, GA 1976-1977; WQRA, Warrenton, VA 1990-1993; WFLS/WYSK, Fredericksburg, VA 1993-2004 Voice over work and audio book narration on the side 2016-present. |
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Y | Tubby | Alfred Whitmore | Walthall | September | 1954 | Assistant GM, General Manager, Farm Director | WSVS Crewe VA,owner WJVW South Hill | 11/8/1991 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136103495/alfred_w-walthall | ||
Y | Phyllis | Phyllis Lee | Wampler Garcia | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60972597/phyllis-garcia | |||||||
Y | Pat | Patricia Anne | Watson | 1988 | 26.00 | Traffic Manager, sports commentator "Pat's Picks" | 6/9/1990 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275368264/patricia-a-watson | |||
Y | Goree | Goree Alexander | Waugh Sr | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | Waugh Furniture Company | 6/20/1992 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188093582/goree_alexander-waugh | |
Y | Marty | Martin Joseph | Wayne | March 28 | 1964 | 0.50 | part-time announcer | UVa; GE Lynchburg, North Carolina, Cleveland, Schenectady, Gainesville FL; patented a device to measure current in a printed circuit | 5/10/2023 | https://www.gainesville.com/obituaries/pgai0488429 | |
Frank | Wells Poulter | Program Director | |||||||||
Y | Cladue | Claude Franklin | White | February | 1961 | General Manager, Commercial Manager | WINA Charlottesville VA; WKJK Granite Falls NC; WLCM AM Lancaster SC | 10/17/1988 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/White,Claude.png | ||
Lila | Lila Young | White | October | 1994 | News Director | WVIR TV Charlottesville; deputy press secretary for Virginia Gov Gilmore | |||||
Frank | Claude Franklin | White Jr | 1962 | announcer, Chief Engineer | x | ||||||
Joe | Whitten | part-time announcer | accountant Christ Hospital Jersey City NJ | x | |||||||
Y | Walt “Billy” | Walter Floyd | Wilkerson | 1954 | Chief Engineer | WCVA 1954,55, 56, 57, 58; WDNE Elkins WV 1960; Civil Aeronautics Administration | 4/23/1989 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69654524/w-f-wilkerson | |||
Alan | Alan | Williams | Chief Engineer | ||||||||
Y | Wyatt | Wyatt Aiken | Williams | September | 1956 | 7.00 | original stockholder | cattle farmer Yatton Farm | 10/31/2001 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericksburg/name/wyatt-williams-obituary?id=12230046 | |
Y | Seth | Joseph Seth | Williamson | late | 1968 | part-time, later full-time announcer | WVTF Roanoke, VA | 10/6/2011 | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-williamson-obituary?id=26035166 | ||
Russell | Willis Taylor | copywriter | President & CEO National Arts Strategies http://www.artstrategies.org | ||||||||
Y | Edwin | Edwin Boone | Wilson | Station Manager | WRON; accountant with Virginia Rubber Corp | 8/18/2019 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202280960/edwin-boone-wilson | ||||
Y | Bob | Robert Edwin | Witt | September | 1964 | announcer | WIVE Ashland VA, stations in Alabama and Richmond, US Navy | 2/8/2001 | https://wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMAobituaries/Witt,Robert.png | ||
Bill | William David | Woolfolk | summers | 1983 | news | Greene County Record, Editor Orange County Review, North Anna Power Station, UVA School of Medicine, freelance IT consulting | |||||
Neal or Neil | Woolford (sp?) | 1959 | afternoon announcer | x | |||||||
Donny | Donald C | Wyatt | 1995 | part time announcer while in high school | school at Uva; Charlottesville Radio Group; Clear Channel Tampa; WILN Panama City; Verizon; started tech company | ||||||
Pete | Peter H | York | part-time announcer | Saint Anne's School, Charlottesville, VA; Assoc Headmaster James River Day School, Lynchburg, retired |