Grubbs, Jim
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MC90. Jim Grubbs Armed Forces and Small Market Radio Collection, 1951-2001
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-90
Scope and Contents
Jim Grubbs, Assistant Professor of Communication at UIS, was a radio broadcaster for the Far East Network (FEN), stationed in Tokyo, Japan during the 1960s. Later Grubbs was an announcer for WSMI in Litchfield, Illinois. In 1976, Grubbs and several other SSU employees and community members were granted a license for a station (98.7-WNNS) in Springfield. He was recognized by Billboard Magazine as one of the outstanding small-market DJs in the United States in 1971. The...
Dates:
Created: 1951 - 2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2005