Charles Earls was born in Wyatt, Missouri, the youngest of 7 children. He attended elementary school in St. Louis, and graduated in Steele, Missouri in 1956. He was an Air Force control tower operator in Chitose, Japan, where he developed his love for radio. He was also a local disc jockey on the Air Force radio station.
His first paid job in radio was for Harold Sudbury,
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John Rooney was born in Cameron, Missouri on January 30th, 1955. He started his broadcast career on August 21st, 1971 at KLEX in Lexington, Missouri, marking 2021 as his 50th year in broadcasting. In 1977, he went to work for Clyde Lear as the first Sports Director at Missourinet News Network In Jefferson City. He delivered daily sports update shows and covered the Missouri Tigers, in addition to doing play-by-play of Tigers football and basketball games.
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