NSSA’s Flegle Nominated For FL Radio HOF

Congratulations to NSSA member and NSSA Internet Radio operator Dr. Larry Flegle, who has been nominated for induction into the Florida Radio Hall of Fame.  Story below:

He was a 15-year old preacher’s son who loved rock and roll. In 1964, he landed his first radio job (as “Larry Vee”) with Arcadia’s WAPG doing the afternoon Top 40 show. The following summer, his had dad accepted the pastorate of a church in Dundee (FL), and he found himself having to look for radio work closer to home. Luckily, he came upon an immediate opening at WHAN in Haines City – again spinning rock and roll each afternoon. He remained there until early 1967 and, after a stint playing country music in the mid-day slot at WIPC in Lake Wales, moved to Winter Haven’s WSIR to run the evening show, “Nightbeat with Larry Vee.”  Larry also worked for WINT and WXKL-Stereo FM in Winter Haven.

Everything was going great until he received a letter from Selective Service that brought a temporary end to his deejay work. He spent four years in the Navy, and then returned home to begin a degree program in broadcasting at the University of South Florida. While in Tampa, he resumed his deejay work and became “Larry Michaels” on overnights with WQYK AM & FM.   His love for radio continued and led him to become co-owner of WBTG-FM in Sheffield, AL.  He has also worked as an announcer for WPCG-FM Canton, Georgia.
 

Larry Flegle (l) and wife Jan

Today, a college professor for American Public University System, Dr. Larry Flegle, and runs classic rock award winning AMU (Internet) Radio for American Military University in Charles Town, WV, NSSA Radio (Internet) for the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and Hall of Fame and Cowboy Gospel Radio (Internet).

AMU: (http://www.live365.com/stations/amuinternetradio?site=pro)
NSSA: (http://www.live365.com/stations/nssaradio?site=pro)