The BIG GUN? WGUN 1010? Whaaat?

[jabba17]

I like the eccentric stations with real owners with real personalities - people like Joe Weber and Georgia(Rivers) Salva. I hope one of these owners gets the 102.9 frequency - either station could expand the coverage to something similar to 97.9(which stopped on scan up in Cumming - 30 miles out of town!!)
We don't need more Dicky radio - we don't need another Radio One station - we need a unique service like WGUN, WMLB, or maybe WAOK. Maybe Steve Hegewood will sell it to Georgia or Joe just to get rid of it......

You're talking about the old Viva/R1 translator and not WMJE, right?  Frankly, I hope the translator stays dark so it won't interfere with WMJE--although Rock 103 (WVRK, 102.9) out of Columbus has been beating up on WMJE badly lately.

WAOK still counts as corporate radio--it's owned by CBS.  Although it is a unique format.

[Steve Malone]

Whatever happened to Warren Roberts who was manager at 1010 for a long time?  I think he was the one who flipped it from WEAS to WGUN when they went from 10,000 watts to 50,000.
A lot of people have worked there at one time or another including Bob Gallion when it was mostly country in the late 50s and early 60s.  Bill Lowery even did a short stint there as did Hank Morgan with sports and Bob Secrest with news.  Roberts did both country and gospel shows.  There was "Jack the Bellboy" with "race" music at one time.  And some live country shows from time to time.  I think Warren Roberts went to WTJH in East Point after he left WGUN, but I wonder what ever became of him after he left TJH. 1010 has had a colorful history. 

[Neil Millman]

Does anyone else have a problem with this station using a hand gun as it's symbol? It's supposedly a Christian station but I seem to remember the sixth commandment saying "You shall not kill." What other use does a hand gun have? I'm just saying.

[taylorengineer]

Whatever happened to Warren Roberts who was manager at 1010 for a long time?  I think he was the one who flipped it from WEAS to WGUN when they went from 10,000 watts to 50,000.
A lot of people have worked there at one time or another including Bob Gallion when it was mostly country in the late 50s and early 60s.  Bill Lowery even did a short stint there as did Hank Morgan with sports and Bob Secrest with news.  Roberts did both country and gospel shows.  There was "Jack the Bellboy" with "race" music at one time.  And some live country shows from time to time.  I think Warren Roberts went to WTJH in East Point after he left WGUN, but I wonder what ever became of him after he left TJH. 1010 has had a colorful history. 

WGUN and WTJH were both Rivers stations. 1010was owned by Dee Rivers, Gov. E.D. "Big Ed"

[taylorengineer]

Sorry.....my computer started coughing up blood on the above post.
WTJH was owned by Jim Rivers, brother of the governor and 1010 was owned by E.D."Dee" Rivers, the governor's youngest son. The two companies were separate but I would imagine there was some sharing of assets and talent.
Warren went to work for Wilhite at WSSA after WTJH was sold to Bishop Willis. I don't know what happened with him - I think he retired.
I wish someone would document the Rivers family history - it's a facinating story - at least the parts I've heard.
I never heard that Bill Lowery worked there but I'm not surprised. There are many many names in the WGUN history book.........

[Steve Malone]

I think Bill was there only a short while after he left WGST as "Uncle Eb Brown".  It may have been a brokered deal for time.