Wednesday, November 29, 2000

Local son honored

Fayette son

John Talbert, 1968-99, recently was honored by WSB Radio for his design

and development of the station's new studios, praising his "attention

to detail and standard of excellence."

Talbert was

born in Illinois and his family moved to Fayette County in 1985. His senior

year in high school was at Fayette County High, where he was influenced

in radio by teacher Catherine Hazelwood. He was on the air both at the

high school and at a Griffin radio station.

While attending

Georgia State University, he worked for WCNN in Atlanta and was graduated

from Southern Polytechnic Institute, where a scholarship in his name is

being initiated by WSB.

He worked in

Alaska in public radio, returned to WCNN and from 1997 until his death

in September 1999 was director of technical operations for the WSB Radio

Group.

He suffered

a heart attack while inspecting a transmitter site.

Attending the

recent dedication of a plaque in his honor were his parents, Dave and

Marilyn Talbert of Fayetteville, his sister, Erin Cott of Newnan and brother

Andrew Talbert of Fayetteville.