Founders of Meyer Communications, which currently owns five radio stations in Southwest Missouri, KWTO-AM Jock 98.7, KBFL-AM & FM and KTXR-FM. Their company was formed in 1964 and previously owned radio stations in Kansas City, Fulton, and Kennett in Missouri, as well as stations in Amarillo, Texas and Montgomery, Alabama.
They signed on the first UHF television station in Southwest Missouri, KTMC (now KOZL) and they also owned KARD-TV in West Monroe,
2016 Hall of Fame
Mike was a St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcaster for more than four decades, and he debuted as a player for his hometown Cardinals in 1962. His Cardinal career included three World Series appearances and two World Series championships. He joined the Cardinals promotional staff in 1971, and a year later, he moved to the team’s radio booth.
For three decades, he was paired with Hall of Famer Jack Buck (who was inducted into the MBA Hall of Fame in its inaugural class in 2011).
(1921-2003)
Was a local radio pioneer and founder of Zimmer Broadcasting. Upon his death in 2003, the company owned 32 stations in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. Born and raised in Cape Girardeau, he started his first radio station in 1956 with a partner in Dexter, Missouri. In 1966, he started KZYM in Cape Girardeau, one of the first country music stations in the nation. He continued to expand his radio interests with the help of his six sons.
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