Ernest Sparkman - photo from Kentucky.com
Ernest Sparkman, a pioneering Eastern Kentucky broadcaster, died Friday at his home in Hazard. He was 84. Mr. Sparkman was one of the original owners of WSGS-FM 101.1, the first FM radio station in the Eastern Kentucky mountains. It holds distinctions such as being the only station in the commonwealth to broadcast every game of the Boys Sweet 16 High School Basketball Tournament for the past 61 years. For 40 years, Mr. Sparkman called the games himself.
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