Author Archives: David Carroll

As I write this, I do not know who our next president will be. But there’s one thing I know for sure. The population of the USA is about to… Read more »

Ten years ago this month, the best voice I ever heard was silenced. Luther Masingill, the record-breaking Chattanooga WDEF radio legend died at the age of 92. The first time… Read more »

A Pennsylvania-based columnist named Dick Polman took the words right out of my mouth. He wrote the column I’ve been intending to write this year. I won’t use his words,… Read more »

Broadcasting is now in its second century. KDKA radio in Pittsburgh signed on in 1920. By the end of that decade most major cities had at least one radio station…. Read more »

I’ve been trying hard to avoid politics. We’re just weeks from the presidential election, and it’s impossible to escape. Even the birds outside my home are unusually chirpy, and they’re… Read more »

I received a surprising e-mail a few days ago, and it was not a pleasant surprise. Here is the back story. When I began working on my “Chattanooga Radio and… Read more »

For most of my life I’ve considered myself a rock ‘n roll disc jockey. During the first ten years of my broadcasting career I was on Top 40 radio stations,… Read more »

25 years ago  (Aug. 31, 1999), my friend John Wilson called me. Four months earlier, he had written his final story for the newly merged Chattanooga Times and Free Press…. Read more »

During the past few years, I have written four books. Among the most enjoyable experiences to come out of those efforts have been multiple visits to churches and clubs to… Read more »

As this dreadful presidential campaign nears the end of its fourth year, do you ever get the feeling you’re watching a rerun you’ve seen many times before? You know, like… Read more »