Tuesday, January 8, 2013

R.I.P. Former WMC-FM GM Don Myers Was 84

Funeral services were held today in Memphis for Don Meyers, former GM of WMC-FM (FM100).  He died Friday at the age of 84.

Meyers was WMC’s GM from 1979-1994 and consulted the station in 19967 and ’97.  He also managed WAKY 790 -AM during its heyday in Louisville and hired Gary Guthrie.

At FM100, Meyers as hired Randy Lane, Smokey Rivers, Ron Olson, Steve Conley, Tom Prestigiacomo and Chuck Morgan among many others.

Meyers graduated from the Cincinnati Music Conservatory in 1948 and hosted a radio show “Matters, Music with Meyers”. The show launched his passion for radio.

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