Golden Hits Radio is presented by legendary radio personalities, Burt & Kurt. From 1974 until 2008 Burt & Kurt entertained morning radio audiences in Jackson, Mississippi - Tampa, Florida - Houston, Texas - and Birmingham, Alabama.
Now, as an expression of gratitude to their longtime listeners, Burt & Kurt have brought back the music that has followed them through their radio career.
Soon B&K will be adding classic routines that you will be able to download from the Burt & Kurt archives. There will also be occasional live appearances by Burt & Kurt and a photo gallery chronicalling their 34 year radio career together.
All your old friends are back. Uncle Mack, Red Wood, Lonnie "The Beautiful Dude" Bumpus Jones, the Maha Richi Yogo Fogi Bannana Fanna Go Fogi, Burford, Marlin Parkins & Mutual of Mulga Wild and Crazy Kingdom, and many more from the B&K cast of 1000's.
It's all free....so come back often as we put the "fun" back into radio.
Where are They Now?
Kurt continues his longtime professional speaking career and performs voiceovers for clients around the country.
Burt devotes his time to his internet marketing business and working as a voiceover talent and coach.
Burt and Kurt both live in Birmingham, AL.
About Our Programming
Bob Burton (aka "Burt" - "Richard Weirich") programmed his first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1971. In 1972 he took over the PD job at WIST in Charlotte, North Carolina. George Williams, national program director for Southern Broadcasting hired Burt in 1973 as the program director of WSGN in Birmingham where the morning personality was Rick Dees and the Music Director was Bill Thomas (PD, Manager, Consultant). Then in 1974 Burt replaced Bill Tanner (Y100, Miami) as program director of WJDX in Jackson, Mississippi which led to several national programming awards and unparalleled ratings. In 1979 Burt was named PD at WLCY in Tampa, FL. In the years that followed Burt elected to step aside from programming working with Kurt as a morning radio personality. Again in 2002 Burt returned to his programming roots taking on several projects for Crawford Broadcasting until his departure from radio in 2008.
Through the years Bob Burton developed a passion for music programming that, even in retirement, requires an outlet. Golden Hits Radio is a "just for fun" labor of love. The music selected for GHR comes from the beginnings of Rock and Roll in the mid 50s and encompasses the classic music and superstars from the 60s and 70s.
GHR programming pulls from a massive music library and is mixed to minimize repetition, maximize variety, and eliminate clutter. Essentially GHR presents the music of the Boomer generation. You'll hear many of your favorites and even some songs that you haven't heard in a long time. Golden Hits Radio is like catching up with an old friend.
