Saturday, September 3, 2011
Veteran Broadcaster Bock Honored
This blog contains many posts on Walla Walla radio history. Jim Bock is a living breathing part of that. He has been on the air since 1979 and is still going strong. He has worked for each of Walla Walla's 3 big stations, K-Hit, KTEL, and KUJ. Known locally as The Voice Of The Valley, Bock has just won the John P. Destito Award, an award that goes to non-Italians for promotion Itatian heritage. According to the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, he is known to most as the announcer to the Walla Walla Balloon Stampede.
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