CHAPTER 8 THE HISTORY OF RADIO RANDY : I'M GONNA FIRE-BOMB YOUR RADIO STATION!
Headed for Kentucky. Opal, the receptionist at WWXL buzzed my office with a chilling message: Mr. Bliss, Mr. Sizemore is on the line for you. Uh, THAT Mr. Sizemore I asked? Yes, she said and he is pissed. OK, put him thru I said. I picked up the phone and said hello and he only said one sentence to me, and it was: If I hear any more stories on your station about a change of venue for my trial, I will fire- bomb your radio station. Who was Mr. Sizemore? Read the account: On December 18, 1980, local independent coal truck drivers in Clay County, Kentucky met near the Big K Coal Company's processing plant to protest the company's hiring of out-of-state truck drivers to transport coal from the plant. Petitioner Sizemore, who owned an interest in the company, drove toward the plant, where he encountered ten to twelve truckers congregated on a roadway. Sizemore stepped from his truck, armed with a pistol. Willard Morris, a manager of Big K Coal Company, was also present and a...