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National Sportscasters honor Crum and Jones in 1969
Jimmy Crum of WLWC Columbus and Ken Jones of WHTN Huntington are named Outstanding Sportscasters by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association for 1969. The awards, presented March 30 in Salisbury North Carolina, will feature Bud Wilkinson and other sports figures. Crum has led WLWC sports since 1933 and built a broad career in broadcasting, while Jones, who began at Marshall University, runs the Big Green Sports Network and covers West Virginia high school basketball on WHTN and statewide radio.
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National
Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
Messenger
Jimmy Crum
WLWC
Columbus
Ken Jones
Whtn-Tv
Huntington
Salisbury
N.C
Bud Wilkinson
Nixon
Lincoln-Mercury
Bart Starr
Arnold Palmer
Byron Nelson
Jesse Owens
al Kaline
Crum
WRFD
Kodiak Island
Alaska
WLW
Acapulco
Wyoming
Labrador
United States
OSL
Echoes of Scarlet and Gray
Sao Paulo
Brazil
John Hervey
B. F. Coaltown
California
Ohio State
TV-4
Kelly
Jim
Jones
Marshall
Tri-State
Big Green
Marshall University
West Virginia
Watn-Tv
Kris
Jeff
Phil
Wiro Radio
Ironton