Jim Gemmell

Jim Gemmel worked at Newsradio 970 WFLA in the 1980s. He is now out of radio but doing quite well according to his last email.

Tedd, I have been fantastic. Been out of radio for a year or so... Was working as a sports anchor and sports talk-show producer at WBBL in Grand Rapids for a while, but they put Howard Stern on in place of the show. Spent the intervening years since WFLA in 1989 as a news director (WJPW, WMAX) in Grand Rapids, reporter for KCBS-San Fran, WOW-FM in Detroit, WOOD radio in Grand Rapids. Was a sports anchor at WBBL, did news for Metro Networks for a number of years, including some airborne traffic reporting, also basement waterproofing sales and even flipped pizzas for a while! I'm looking for a good radio gig right now, as a matter of fact.

Miss ol' Martin and Steve. Hope they are doing well. Hall, how 'bout your Buckeyes?! Marty, you must be giddy about your beloved BoSox. Miss Latrelle Kielbasa, Al Gardner and others who were there back then. Ironically, I met Robin Riley (Lotsis) a few years ago at Metro Networks in Grand Rapids. She told me she took the original phone call from the mad gunman Hank Earl Carr, who was holed up at the gas station in that well-publicized standoff from several years back. But Robin said she never got any public credit for it. She now lives in Detroit, as does Bob Schuman, still at WYCD (I worked there when it was WOW-FM in 1993).

Give by best to all, and God Bless. I'm trying to attach a photograph of myself with Issyn-ryu karate master Sherman Harrill. I'm now a 4th Dan (degree) Black belt in Uechi-ryu karate.