Staff

Bill Bradford - William E. ‘Bill’ Bradford, Jr. is president and general manager of Hopkins County Broadcasting. He came to the station in 1947 and became the manager a short time later. Previous to his broadcasting career, Bill flew for a South American airline, then as an Army Air Force pilot during World War II. He was named Hopkins County Citizen of the Year in 1957 and selected as Pioneer Broacaster of the Year in 1992 by the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Bill has guided the growth of KSST from its beginnings in studios above the old J.C. Penney Building on the downtown square, then the move to larger facilities on Radio Road, and finally to the present location on Interstate 30 in Sulphur Springs.

Patsy Bradford - Patsy Bradford is a life-long resident of Sulphur Springs. She worked as a legal secretary in the office next to the original KSST studios located above the old J.C. Penney building on the downtown square.

Patsy is Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer of Hopkins County Broadcasting. She is in charge of billing and payroll. Her most important role at the station is serving as surrogate ‘mom’ for the entire staff.

Dwayne Grimes - Dwayne Grimes began his broadcast career in 1956 and joined the KSST Staff in 1977. He has worked at a number of radio and TV stations in Texas and New Mexico. He attended Lubbock High School, Texas Tech University and is a graduate of West Texas State University.

Dwayne oversees the daily operation and programming of KSST and serves as Sales Manager. He also keeps our Obituaries updated on KSSTRadio.com.

Don Julian - Don comes to KSST after a lengthy radio and TV career in Central Texas. Don Served as News Director and co-hosted-the Ron & Don Morning Show on KRZI radio in Waco. He was also News Director for KTEM in Temple.

Prior to that, Don produced local TV programs for KNCT-TV, a public station in Killeen. He was also Assistant News Director and Bell County News Bureau Chief for KWTX-TV in Waco and was Assistant Sports Director, weekend Sports Anchor, and Waco News Bureau Chief for KCEN-TV in Temple and Waco.

Don has a BA degree in Oral Communications with Specialization in Radio, TV and Film from Baylor University. He also graduated from Dallas Kimball High School.
Don is the primary news contributor for KSSTRadio.com.

Doug Haston - Doug joined the Channel 18 staff shortly after the cable station went on the air in 1990. He attended Odessa Permian High School and is a Radio/TV graduate of Texas A&M Commerce.

Doug is videographer, producer and editor for all Channel 18 local programming including the daily
30-minute News Notebook plus all high school sports video replays.

Enola Gay - Born in Odessa and raised in Longview, Texas, Enola Gay “got here as soon as she could” to Hopkins County. She started in radio in 1987, selling and producing advertisements, then came to KSST in 1989. That’s when her boss, retired Air Force pilot Bill Bradford, put her complete name, Enola Gay, to use for the first time on air. Enola has successfully raised five children, is active in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse, Academy of Western artists, and raising paint horses.
Enola feels this area is her adopted home, adding, “some of the most important people to me are the listeners. They embraced me when I arrived in town and took this job, even though I was not ‘from here.’ We have laughed and cried together over the years, and have been there for each other. We spend every morning together. The radio listeners truly are my family.”
Enola is host of KSST’s Good Morning Show weekdays from 6-9am.

Dollie Kelly - Dollie is an account representative for KSST and Channel 18. She joined the staff in 1992.
Dollie is a lifelong resident of Sulphur Springs and a graduate of Sulphur Springs High School.
Dollie and her husband, Ronnie, have two sons.

Matt Janson - Matt joined KSST in August of 2003 as a Production Assistant. Previously, he graduated from A&M-Commerce in 2000 with a BS in Radio/Television, a second major in English, and a minor in Art.

Owen Bickford, Jr. - Owen started at Channel 18 as an intern Editor in high school. Afterward, he became an Assistant Producer at KSST 1230 AM, working evenings. Now, he continues work as an evening AP and ksstradio.com Webmaster.

Tim Kase - Tim has been in radio since 1970 racking up experience in Top 40, Country, Easy Listening and Adult Contemporary. His first job was at KEGG-AM in Dangerfield, TX. From there he moved to KMHT-AM in Marshall, TX. After a stop at KDOK-AM in Tyler, TX, it was time for the “Big Time” in Big D. In Dallas he worked for KBOX-AM, KMEZ-AM and WFAA-AM. Tim’s other talents are in the studio and on the links. He’s won 7 Texas Association of Broadcasters awards for commercial production and is a professional golfer, teaching golf in his spare time. Tim is married and has a son and a granddaughter.

Laurie Bandemir - Laurie began her career almost 25 years ago on WQXI-AM/FM in Atlanta, Georgia. She occupied those airwaves as a morning show co-host, traffic reporter and air talent for almost nine years. Laurie then headed to Dallas as News Director and co-anchor of the morning show on KHYI-FM. After playing Top-40 music for two years, she headed to KODZ-FM to play Oldies while co-hosting morning drive. Laurie joined ABC Radio Networks as the evening host of Hot AC then moved on to Oldies Radio compiling music logs and air shifts. Laurie returned to morning programming and became the morning show co-host and news director of KRRW-FM among other radio stints.

Laurie returned to ABC Radio Networks in 1999 and was the Program Director of the former Memories format. She joins Timeless in various capacities including on-air talent. She is married and has a married daughter.

Scott Reese - The first radio stop for Scott was KTQM-FM in Clovis, New Mexico, which was owned by legendary record producer Norman Petty who helped start the career of Buddy Holly. Scott then moved east (to Texas) to put his talents to work at KLUV-FM, KZPS-FM and KVIL-FM in Dallas, and KLDE-FM in Houston. He’s handled almost all on-air time slots from Sunday mornings to Afternoons. In 1990 Scott moved onto the national scene as Music Director and Afternoon talent for ABC’s AC StarStation format. He now handles music and Afternoon Drive for Stardust - Timeless. Scott is single and enjoys movies, baseball and his cats Maggie and Milo.

Bud Buschardt - Bud Buschardt started his media career in television and eventually became a producer/director at WFAA-TV, Channel 8 in Dallas. WFAA-AM and FM were in the same building, so this kept his interest in radio alive from his college days. This led to hosting the first regularly scheduled Oldies show in Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday Nights with “57 Nostalgia Place” in the days before all Oldies stations existed in the area. Bud became known as the “musicologist” of Dallas-Fort Worth and appeared on local radio and television shows. In 1981 he moved to KVIL-FM for a 10-year stay as host of KVIL Oldies show and Oldies programmer for the station. In 1989 he joined the ABC Radio Networks to host Night Train on ABC’s The Touch format, then the Saturday Oldies Show on ABC’s AC StarStation, and then to Stardust - Timeless where he was Joe Lacina’s sidekick for a few years. Bud’s private music library contains over 100,000 CDs, records, and tapes.

Mike Matthews - Mike Matthews is an ABC Radio Networks’ format vet starting with Classic Rock in 1990. Mike’s first on-air experience was at his high school station WMTH-FM in Park Ridge, IL in 1964 where Hillary Clinton was a classmate. Mike hosted an evening show and served as Program Director for American Forces Vietnam Network for 2 years. He followed that with tours at several legendary radio stations including WCFL-AM in Chicago, WAPE-AM in Jacksonville and KAUM-FM in Houston. Mike’s hobbies are photography, travel, and roller coasters.

Frank Welch - It’s not often that a career in cross-country trucking leads to a career in radio — but that’s how it happened to Frank Welch. “It’s true,” he says. “I was listening to a lot of radio stations while driving around the country. My thought was, ‘I could do better than that!’ so I jumped into it.” Today, Frank’s definition of “drive time” has changed. The road to his current Stardust - Timeless stint wound its way through a variety of radio stations including Dallas stations KCDU-FM, KLUB-FM and KVIL-FM. “I’ve done basically every on-air job you can do: jock, studio news reporter, street reporter, traffic reporter, sports reporter and more.” These experiences have brought Frank news honors, including the Dallas Press Club’s Katie Award and the Dallas U.P.I. Award. Frank believes he has an impact on his listeners because he genuinely enjoys his job. “I have a lot of fun on the air and I really believe that if you’re having fun at something, people respond positively to you.”

Bob Lawrence - Bob began his broadcasting career in 1967 at KVOE-AM/FM in Emporia, KS. His radio moves have taken him to Topeka, KS (KEWI-AM), Wichita, KS (KLEO-AM), New Orleans (WTIX-AM), Amarillo (KPUR-AM) and back to Wichita to do afternoons. There at KICT-FM he held various positions, including Program Director, Operations Manager, and General Manager (but not all at the same time). Bob’s hobbies include 5-K runs and cooking.

Steve Cumming - Steve has worked just about every format you can imagine in the 35 years or so that he has been in the business. His Top 40 gigs in the 60’s were with WNHS-AM in New Hampton, NH, and Armed Forces Radio in Alaska. His next move was to News-Talker WERE-AM in Cleveland. From there he was on to Jazz in Oxford, OH at WMUB-FM, then AOR at WOXR-FM. Next “Mr. Versatile” headed back to Cleveland for a Classical stint with WCLV-FM, which led to more Classical at WRR-FM in Dallas. Currently Steve is afternoon news anchor on WBAP-AM Dallas-Fort Worth. He has received 4 Texas Association of Broadcasters Press Awards, 3 Katies from the Press Club of Dallas and the Edward R. Murrow Award from R.T.N.D.A. Steve is married and has a son. His hobby since 1987 has been singing bass with the Dallas Symphony Chorus.

Angie Michaels

Jack Grady - Jack started his radio career in 1955 at WMDN-AM in Midland, MI when he was young enough to lie about his age. He left the “Great Lakes State” to handle the mic in Texas (KSYO-AM in Wichita Falls and KAAM-AM in Dallas) Kentucky (WKLO-AM and WAKY-AM in Louisville; WSM-AM and WLAC-AM in Nashville) and Arkansas (KAAY-AM in Little Rock). Jack’s broadcasting awards include a “Presidential Citation from Voice of America” at Lin Broadcasting. He is very much into programming computers, art and photography.