Jim Burnside, Longtime Greenville, SC Radio Programmer/Host, Passes Away

Burnside (Photo: Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes)

Longtime GREENVILLE, SC radio personality and programmer JIM BURNSIDE died SUNDAY (7/23) after a brief illness.

BURNSIDE worked in the UPSTATE market since 1970, notably launching the News-Talk format at WFBC-A (later WORD-A) in 1988 as PD/OM. He also worked in the market at WROQ, WGTK-F, and WRTH-F and previously worked at WOHP-A/BELLEFONTAINE, OH, WBLY-A/SPRINGFIELD, OH, WCIT-A/LIMA, OH, and WAVI-A/DAYTON and hosted on the AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE in GERMANY and VIETNAM.

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