![]() ![]() Kimbro is pleased that his career has included those opportunities to help others, particularly his special loves, including Pleasant Acre Day School. Soon his reputation led fund raisers to call on him for assistance frequently. Successes have included providing help for flood victims in Missouri and tornado victims in Oklahoma. He continues to seek ways to help people in need by appeals made during his radio program. I think that is what catapulted me into acceptance here.&uot &uot We took our van out to see the troops off,&uot he said. He gained a reputation for patriotism and compassion during Operation Desert Storm. Letting go of some of the polish he had cultivated in Jackson and working to gain the trust of his new listeners, he began to click with the Miss-Lou. I began to develop that kind of style.&uot I stood back and remembered a guy I had worked with who had a laid-back approach. He was like a dad to me, always having good food for thought,&uot Kimbro said. &uot I started doing a morning show with Jeff Holt. She is a super lady, and I’ve been fortunate to be working with her as long as I have.&uot Ĭoming back to Natchez from the larger Jackson listening area, Kimbro brought with him a style that at first did not go over with Miss-Lou listeners, he said. ![]() ![]() Station owner Marie Perkins was like another mother to him and always a great mentor, Kimbro said. &uot My first time on the microphone, we were playing Notre Dame football, and for 15 minutes before the game started, I’d be he one to say, ‘stay tuned, keep listening, coming up.’ It was terrible.&uot And at first I couldn’t even have anyone in the control room with me,&uot he said. He started hanging out at the radio station with his friend and thought it would be great to be on the radio because he could be in a room by himself, Kimbro said. Kimbro grew up working in his family’s grocery store on South Canal Street, doing everything from cutting meat to making deliveries. He jumped at the chance but found he had plenty of adjustment to make to his hometown market. ![]()
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