As former midday host H.A. Thompson shares with wbt.com in an email….
"When you first look at this picture you might say..."Who are these buzzards?".  You won't see this much history in the same room for a long time.  Or baloney.  If it wasn't for these 'salesmen' and 'entertainers' Charlotte might still be the size of Gaffney, SC.   Without those voices there might not have been any Rick Hendricks', Hugh McColl's.  No Jerry Richardsons.  This group posed during a lunch at 131 Main, Cornelius in May of 2011.

Left to right, top row.....
Ty Boyd, WBT-WBTV – 1961, Bob Wood, WBTV-WBT – 1963, H.A. Thompson WBT – 1971

front row...
Tom Gentry - longtime GM of WHVN-WAVO, Jerry Clegg - radio veteran & sales marketing, Doug Mayes- WBT-WBTV 1955 - The Dean of broadcasting in the Queen City, Shriner Potentate, and allaround story teller & guitar player.  He'll be 90 in December.

You had to be there.   It was one hour of....'who can tell a better one'.   I'm very thankful for the journey and hugging these characters along the way."