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| Deborah (Debby) Stringer Owner and General Manager |
| Debby is the daughter of Ralph and Earlene Epperson. A Mt. Airy NC native, Debby grew up in radio. Debby attended Sweet Briar College, then went on to graduate from Wake Forest University Cum Laude with Honors in Speech Communications and Theatre Arts. She is married to John Stringer and has a great family with three children: Brian, Steven and Virginia; Daughter-in-law: Annette; Son-in-law: Lee; Two step-daughters Elizabeth and Mary; A grandson named Michael born on Jan 10, 2008 and three cats - Miss Kitty, Fuzzy, and Simon. Debby has her hands full being General Manager of WBRF and WWWJ radio stations and President and Owner of Twin County Broadcasting Corporation and Vice President of Blue Ridge Radio, Inc. Debby is an active member of the First Baptist Church in Galax and a few of her favorite things include reading, traveling, playing the piano, working with animals, music (Especially Bluegrass and Old Time), Country, and Christian Music. She Likes to travel to visit her children and enjoys mission trips and work. The staff would agree that she is a great lady to work for, and we aren't just saying that because she can read this! |
| Ray Bass Production Manager |
| Ray is married with 2 children and is an avid dog lover, just ask Daisy, his English Sheep Dog. Ray is a history buff and Civil War historian, even taking part in Civil War reenactments and movies in the past. His favorite book is by far the Bible and his favorite hobbies are grilling, NASCAR, living history and picking at our Chief Engineer John Mullins and Morning Show Host, Tony Phillips. Having been in radio for many years, Ray's professional input and production work for the station are indispensable and greatly appreciated by the staff of WWWJ. |
| John Mullins Chief Engineer |
| Pass John in the hallway of the radio station and ask him how a broadcast transmitter works, and he will probably tell you “pretty good until it quits”, corner him about it, and he just may tell you how it really does work, or confuse you with a bunch of technical lingo. John has worked for our station for over a decade and one of his biggest challenges and ongoing experiments has been lightning-proofing one of the most lightning plagued transmitter sites in the country. In his spare time he works at the stations, and for a hobby, he works at the stations, and maybe gets to play with the HAM radio every now and then. Between John, Ray and Tony, no one is sure who is picking at who the most. John is originally from Bradshaw, WV, and is married with one son, Ian. The truth is, if it wasn't for John, we wouldn't be where we are today at our station. |
| Carole Bonn Office Manager |
| Carole has been with WWWJ for many years and does a wonderful job making sure bills are taken care of and employee's get paid...We LOVE Carole! She is married to our Afternoon Announcer, Joel Bonn and honestly is one of those people behind the scenes of the station that is vitally important to our daily functions. Not only is she fun to work with but she loves the music and ministry programs. Some would say Carole's job is keeping Tony in line most of the time, which in and of itself, is a full time job. Carole loves cooking (Again, we love Carole), reading, shopping, traveling, walking...And keeping Tony in line. |
| Michelle Lintecum Account Executive & Marketing Director |
| Michelle is one busy lady. When she isn't involved with radio sales, which is rare, she is usually doing something with her daughter Shelby. Michelle has been a tremendous asset to our station, working to not only to provide advertising for local businesses, but putting together and planning events for the station as well as having a big hand in making our website a success! Michelle will tell you her favorite food is anything Italian and her hobbies include biking, hiking, scrapbooking, spending time with Shelby and giving Tony a hard time, usually deserved, according to Tony. We appreciate all of her hard work! |
| Tony Phillips Operations, Music and Promotions Director, On Air Personality |
| Tony is a native of the Galax area and is the Host of the 1360 Morning Show. He is married to, Sheila, with three children, Nick, Dakota and Jesse. Before coming to radio, Tony worked as a Police Officer and a Corrections Officer. Tony's favorite things are training in the Martial Arts, spending time with his family, playing video games (Who knew?), the Looney Tunes, the Three Stooges, all the Learning Channels, studying and discussing Christian Theology and the Bible and picking at John, Ray, Michelle, Carole and anyone else in the area...And Sheila's Southwest cooking, as you can tell. |
| Joel Bonn On Air Personality |
| Joel Bonn has been in radio almost 30 years and is the Veteran Announcer of the staff. Joel hosts the highly rated trade program "Swap and Shop" every Monday through Friday at 3:00pm, as well as the entire afteroon shift and Sunday afternoon programming. Joel has been a standard for WWWJ for many years and is a voice well known by the entire listening family. Married to Carole Bonn, our Office Manager, we know Joel eats really well. The staff has decided he needs to share more. |
| Kirk Wagg On Air Personality |
| Jesse is a student at Galax High School and the son of Tony Phillips, our Morning Show Host. Jesse enjoys music, video games, and church youth group functions. Jesse is what we call a thespian, or for those of us country enough, he's an Actor. Jesse has had acting roles in numerous plays and programs at the Galax High School through the Drama Department there, and looks to pursue a career in acting in later life. |
| WWWJ1360.com and WWWJ 1360 AM are owned and operated by Twin County Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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| Andy Wright Accounts Executive, On Air Personality |
| Andy has spent a large part of his life being in radio. Andy graduated in 1990 from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee with a B.S. in Mass Communications/Broadcast Communications. Andy has been involved in many facets of radio since 1988 and currently is a part of the "Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning Show" with Aunt Eloise and Cousin Andy on WBRF-FM. Married to Angel, Andy has three children, Luke, Lauren, and Natalie. Besides being busy in the morning, Andy also does sales for WWWJ...When he can get Aunt Eloise to let him borrow the Rambler. |
| Shelby Lintecum WWWJ Station Intern (Sort Of) |
| Shelby is the daughter of Michelle Lintecum, our Sales Executive. You will see Shelby around the station from time to time, but you will almost always see her at remotes when her Mom is around. She is referred to as Shel, Shelby Girl, Goober, Hey You, but most of the time, "The Gopher". Normally, she looks at John and Tony like they have completely lost their minds and the truth is, she is probably on to something with that. She is a lot of fun and actually makes the remotes interesting because it gives the Deejays someone to pick on besides each other. |
| Stephanie Marshall On Air Personality |
| Stephanie is currently attending Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. We are proud of her! Gooo Stephanie!!!! Stephanie still does some part time work with us when she is in town and not hitting the books. |
| "Hot Rod" Rodney Christman On Air Personality |
| Rodney is a Twin County local and does drop in on the 1360 Morning Show from time to time and is an On Air Personality. Rodney is also a singer, songwriter and Pastor of Camp Zion Church in Galax. He is married to his wife, Shanna and has three children, Kayla, Alison and Rodney Jr. Rodney has spent many years in ministry work, even before becoming Pastor of Camp Zion and has a deep and abiding faith in God and a love for people. An avid hunter and fisherman, he is all Country Boy. And don't worry Folks, that UNC cap he is wearing is just a prop...Just kidding Hot Rod. |
| Jesse Dalton On Air Personality |
| Kirk is a student at Galax High School and enjoys music, video games and just hanging out with friends when he can. |
| Hal Epperson On Air Personality, Sports Commentator, Sports Director |
| Hal comes to use from North Carolina. A graduate of Liberty University, Hal is the son of Kelly Epperson and the Grandson of Ralph and Earlene Epperson, and nephew of Debby Stringer...Whew! I guess we can say Hal was born for radio! Hal is the Director of 3WJ Sports, and is the on-air commentator for Galax maroon Tide Football and basketball games and can be heard in "Tide Time" on WWWJ. |
