- Al Voecks
Al Voecks is the newsman for
Gerry House onGerry House and the House Foundation on The Big 98,WSIX-FM inNashville, Tennessee .He was born in
Waverly, Iowa in 1938 and began his career inSioux City, Iowa . Voecks came toNashville in 1963 and worked as a television news anchor, news director and sports and weather presenter for the NBC affiliate. He has also worked forWSM Radio .He joined the 'House Foundation' show in the early 1980s after hosting a talk show on
WSIX-AM , as it was known then before it became the big FM station it is today. Al comes in every half hour with Duncan Stewart (Gerry's Sports man) to do the news and he also plays along the 'Liars Club' and 'You Be The Judge' during the show each morning. Gerry often quips on air that Al enjoys sitting in an empty hot tub and there are frequent references to his liquor cabinet. Occasionally on the 'House Foundation', Gerry plays songs from Al's 'pile of music', or 'stacks of wax'.Voecks has been named Broadcaster of the Year by the Tennessee
Associated Press Fact|date=May 2008, and he has received recognition from numerous charitable organizations. Voecks has also been associated withTennessee Crossroads since it began in 1987. [cite web |work=Tennessee Crossroads |url=http://www.wnpt.net/crossroads/bios.html |title=Program Information: Meet The Producers |accessdate=2008-05-07] In 2005, Voecks and his 'House'-mates were named Broadcast Personality of the Year in the large market category at theCountry Music Association 's Broadcast Awards [cite news |work=Wireless News |title=Clear Channel Radio Snags 6 CMA Broadcast Awards |date=2005-10-13 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9697090_ITM]Personal life
Al claims he is married to the 'greatest gal in the world', Marci, and he enjoys the music of
Spike Jones , who was the first concert Al went to see inWaterloo, Iowa in 1948. He also likesThe Ink Spots ,Ray Anthony ,The Kingston Trio andThe Four Freshman . His least favorite song ever is 'The Baby' byBlake Shelton References
External links
* [http://www.wsix.com/pages/al.html/ Al's Profile from the WSIX Website]
* [http://www.wnpt.net/crossroads/bios.html/ Tennessee Crossroads Profiles, featuring Al]
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