Joe Rumore was probably the biggest radio personality Alabama has ever known, and it seems likely there will never be another like him. Born and reared in Birmingham, at the family’s Southside home, and on their Huffman farm, Rumore seems to have been set on a career in radio from the very start. SHOW ME NOW
United Way of West Alabama’s 2012 video featuring profiles on United Way partner agencies Arts ‘n Autism and Good Samaritan Clinic, United Way of West Alabama’s Individual Development Account program, and United Way of West Alabama’s role in the long term recovery process after the April 2011 storms.SHOW ME NOW
Kathryn Tucker Windham died on June 12, 2011 at the age of 93. For me, and most native Alabamians of my generation, she was always there. I read her collections of ghost stories when I was a child. I heard her speak on various occasions and I saw her on TV many times through the years. Her stories made me smile.SHOW ME NOW
For the past twenty years, I’ve traveled over Alabama collecting stories to tell through public TV documentaries. Everywhere I go I prefer to eat at local restaurants rather than national chains. If there’s a barbecue restaurant handy, that’ll be my first choice. I like barbecue and so do most of my co-workers. In fact, some of my co-workers through the years have been barbecue fanatics.SHOW ME NOW
