DJ Spotlight by Vonda Armstrong

Tom Rusk DJ Spotlight

Tom Rusk, from Walhalla, South Carolina, is featured on this month’s DJ Spotlight. We are so excited for you to get to know him better. Check out the questions and answers below.

Vonda Armstrong: What is your current radio position, station, and station website? Tom Rusk: Sunday morning host of Golden Corner Gospel - 101.7 WGOG in Walhalla, South Carolina. Website is wgog.com

VA: At what age did you know you wanted to work in radio? Why? TR: I knew back in high school in the early 60’s, when I was the P.A. announcer for the home basketball games. Actually, I started in radio in 1966 @ WARU in Peru, Indiana. I love to talk and love communicating with people. I’ve had many radio positions over the years, both secular and Christian stations. My last full time position was station manager/announcer at WHGS in Haines City, Florida, from 1987-1990. Interesting fact: Les Butler helped program the station.

VA: Will you share your testimony? TR: Although I was raised in a good Christian home, I was not in a strong bible preaching church. It was not until I moved to Florida in 1980 did I actually hear and understand the gospel. I made Jesus the Lord of my life and it’s been a joy to serve him ever since.

VA:Tell us about your family. Wife? Kids? TR: I married Kathy Ferguson, (not part of The Ferguson Family, but she has a beautiful voice) in 1988. She’s a Southern Belle and the love of my life. I have two children from my previous marriage: daughter

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Toma, 47; and son Sebastian, 40. I have one granddaughter, Kayla, 18, a freshman at Grand Canyon University.

VA:What is your favorite restaurant? Anything else we should know about you? TR: Red Lobster and Cracker Barrel. I’m a huge Andy Griffith Show fan and below is my Mayberry Squad, a 1961 Ford Fairlane. I also have a large collection of Mayberry memorabilia in the bonus room in our home in West Union, South Carolina.

Thank you, Tom, for visiting with us this month on DJ Spotlight. We hope our readers will listen in to your station and listen to your show next Sunday morning.