Don Markwell

For the social scientist and university administrator, Don Markwell, see Donald Markwell.

Don Markwell was a talk radio personality in Montgomery, Alabama. He was born in Central City, Kentucky, and began his radio career as a disc jockey in 1956 and died at his Montgomery home on March 25, 2011.^[1]

Don came to Montgomery in the early 1960s and created Alabama's first call-in talk show on WCOV, later moving it to the now-defunct radio station WQTY-AM 1000, which originated from the Frank Leu Building in downtown Montgomery. Markwell also served as General Manager for WLWI-FM 92.3 for many years, before returning to the talk format on the new WACV-AM 1170 in 1986.

He celebrated his fiftieth year in broadcasting on June 18, 2006 and retired from radio on August 29, 2008 with a final sendoff show broadcast on WACV-AM 1170.

References

1. ^ John Shryock (2011-03-26). "Montgomery talk radio legend Don Markwell dies". WSFA 12 News. http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=14325040. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 

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Date of death	March 25, 2011
Place of death	Montgomery, Alabama