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WTAW Interview
Scott DeLucia | Former WTAW Program Director
Tom Turbiville | WTAW Radio Host
Daniel Hayes | Transcriber
Transcript
00:00:01 Dick Bolin (DB)
College Station, Texas, April 24th, 1947-
00:00:04 Speaker 2
Now let's go to the bonfire signed where WTAW's Tom Turbi-?
00:00:07 Speaker 3
-WTAW election night coverage. All 8 voting centers in Brazos County have been counted -
[Unintelligible sports broadcaster and crowd of screaming fans]
00:00:14 Speaker 4
Today on WTAW, we're joining with businesses from across the Brazos Valley, to support our-
00:00:20 Speaker 5
16.20 WTAW.
00:00:22 Tom Turbiville (TT)
This is WTAW, the first 100 years. I'm Tom Turbiville. August 23rd, 1955, it was the day that
Elvis Presley performed at Tabor Road Arena in Bryan. And the man responsible for Elvis and
the Louisiana Hayride making a stop here was A.J. Wynn.
00:00:42 Scott DeLucia (SD)
A.J. Wynn was the only radio star we've ever had here. There's no doubt about that. I mean,
when Elvis Presley comes because you were there, when Hank Williams stops because you were
there, I mean, he was hierarchy sitting in College Station, Texas.
00:00:55 TT
Scott DeLucia is certainly right. When A.J. Wynn died in 2010 at the age of 94, his obituary,
surely written by his son Buddy Wynn, told the story of this guitar picker and fiddler from Leon
County who eventually would become one of the top DJs in the country, spinning records for
WTAW. That bond started in 1947 when AJ Wynn and the Melody Playboys landed a gig at the
station playing a one-hour show every Saturday. Six months later, it was a three-hour show, six
days a week. And AJ was a disc jockey for WTAW, his daily sign-off. This is your old DJ AJ,
saying, so long, keep those cards and letters coming. If the good Lord's willing and the creek
don't rise, I'll be here tomorrow, same time, same place, WTAW 1150 on your dial. AJ Wynn, a
giant of WTAW, the first 100 years.