Richmond's Harvey Hudson Dead At 88

Condolences to family and friends of longtime RICHMOND radio personality HARVEY LEE HUDSON JR., who died SUNDAY in RICHMOND at 88, according to the RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH.

HUDSON started in radio in 1940 at WRVA-A, rising to morning host before moving to crosstown WLEE-A as morning man and, later, VP of the station in a tenure that lasted from 1946 through 1972. He later became VP of NATIONWIDE COMMUNICATIONS and GM at ABC affiliate WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV)/PETERSBURG-RICHMOND and a partner in independent UHF group TVX. Since 1991, he hosted a weekly show, "HARVEY HUDSON'S PASSING PARADE," first on WTVR-A, then WZEZ, and most recently SATURDAY mornings on WLEE-A.

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