Birmingham, Alabama, has enjoyed a long and distinguished broadcasting
history. The city's first radio station aired in 1922, and television
arrived in 1949. Both media produced personalities who became household
names in the city. Audiences came to know Joe Rumore, Tommy Charles,
Country Boy Eddy, Cousin Cliff Holman, Rosemary, Pat Gray, Tom York, and
many others as if they were members of their own families. Even the
commercials became as memorable as the news, entertainment, talk, and
children's shows they interrupted.