[BC] James Brown is dead

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

That was a trivia question: Who was the only convicted felon to own a radio
station in the US ?
Ans: James Brown.  Once owned WRDW in Augusta and perhaps others. The story
I got was that he killed someone and was pardoned, pre ownership.
M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Frank Stanton is dead


 > On 12/25/06, Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > Of course, the publicity today will be all about James Brown, instead.
 > > Hopefully there's someone working at the Broadcast Center today...
 >
 > Although, I recall that J.B. did dabble in radio station ownership,
 > before his prison sentence.
 >
 > Wasn't one of his stations WEBB in Baltimore, back when it was a
 > daytimer on 1360?   I remember the FCC "throwing the book" at him for
 > numerous technical rule violations.   Who knows the details?
 >