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Washington Ay if Greenwood Allstate Insurance Company 453-0060 Call on Richard Rubin RADIO STATION MANAGER JIM CHICK Wants to build WYMX into regional power you need By RICHARD A. RUBIN Staff Writer Many of life's higher roads are initially taken by chance or even accident. So it was with Jim Chick's radio career. Chick, who is the station manager for WYMX-FM and WXTG-AM radio in Greenwood, started his trek in radio about 50 miles down the road, at WJPR in Greenville. The year was 1970.

"I was a senior at Greenville High School," Chick recalled. "And the school had a program called distributive education. What it basically meant was that you went to school half a day and worked half a day. "Well, I was none too fond of schoolwork, so I enrolled in the program. And the easiest and most interesting job offering they had was at WJPR, so I took it." After graduating that spring, Chick went to Mississippi State.

Eventually, he parlayed his experience into a job at WSSO radio in Starkville, where he worked for a semester. Then, in 1972 he accepted a position as an announcer an KXYZ radio in Houston, Texas. After a few months, though, he returned to Mississippi for an announcing position with WJDX in Jackson. Chick's first taste of the big time came when he was working at WTYX in Jackson. Although he was operations manager, a mostly behind-the-scenes position, Chick was instrumental in the creation and success of WTYX's popular "Dawnbusters" morning show.

Then, at the height of the show's success in 1984, Chick decided it was time to make the move from broadcasting operations to station management. "I knew it was time to move when, one day, my seven-year-old daughter came home with two of her friends who had asked her if they could meet Jim Chick," he explained. "Actually, I left at a good time. The show was riding at its peak, and I didn't feel bad about leaving it." The show is still very popular, and still features Scott Mateer, Chick's original partner. Chick left WTYX for a position to get away! 7 Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, the arrangements are easy when made through the professionals at DCT.

as general manager of WEQZ-FM and WLRM-AM, sister adult contemporary-format stations in Jackson. "I was always really into management and business, and in radio, that's where the big money is." Chick stayed in Jackson until August 1988. At that time, the Mississippi Network, an organization which provided syndicated news and programming to stations statewide, purchased WSWG-FM and AM radio in Greenwood and started to rebuild the station from the ground up. They started this campaign by making two moves: Changing the call letters to WYMX, and replacing the station manager with Chick. Chick welcomed the opportunity to assume control of the station.

"The station was in pretty bad shape, and I love a challenge," he explained. Months later, WYMX-FM and AM have made substantial gains in the Greenwood market and hold a secure first place in ratings here. This success is due in large part to some important changes that Chick instituted upon assuming the post. "What we did was add a degree of professionalism to the station, from the ground up, that it did not previously have," he said. "We've made things a lot more consistent all across the board the music, the announcements, even the commercials." Chick currently lives in North Greenwood.

His wife of 15 years, Patricia, a native of Jackson, works at the Church of the Nativity, and his two daughters, Jennifer, 11, and: Amanda, 7, attend Bankston Elementary. He says his family has taken to Greenwood quite well. As for his future here in Greenwood, he is optimistic. "If things continue to go as planned, and we continue to improve, I can't see myself leaving anytime soon," he predicted. WYMX! has big plans for the near future, including construction of a transmission tower in Itta Bena.

i Call us today! 455-2901 There is No Charge for Our Service. Carolyn Kimbrough Judy Hite Betty Luxton Janie Pillow Profiles it president; Al Sabin secretary-treasurer; and Keasler Meeks, stockholder. fries ers and adults. The church's services include Holy Eucharist at 7:30 a.m. every Sunday, and at 11 a.m.

on the first and third Sunday of each month. Morning prayers are held at 11 a.m. Sunday. Assembly at 9:45 a.m. Sunday is followed by classes for all ages.

The Youth Choir meets at 5 p.m. Sunday followed by a youth meeting at 6 p.m. The "Joyful Noise" group for children ages 4 through fifth grade meets on Wednesday afternoons. The Chancel Choir meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Episcopal Church Women and St. Hilda's Guild meets monthly. Bible study groups meet on Monday afternoor, Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The Rev. Maze is rector.

Mary Dent Deaton is program and choir director. Diana Benz is organist and Janie Warren is children's choir accompanist. Provine-Sabin-Wiggins, Inc. Provine-Sabin-Wiggins, has been in the cotton broker business for 35 years in Greenwood. Its office is at 113 Howard and is open from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Telephone number is 453-1535. The cotton broker installed a new computer system in 1988 to better handle the cotton of its clients. The company experienced what it describes as a 'Tair" year in 1988 and expects the same in 1989, unless the demand for cotton improves. It considers Greenwood a good place to do business because of the excellent farmland for cotton, and because of the skill of its cotton producers.

Its officers include E.E. Wiggins, president; Ed Meeks, vice Church of the Nativity Church of the Nativity, 400 Howard welcomed its new priest, the Rev. Larry Maze, with a "Celebration of a New Ministry" last September. The church has 522 members. Episcopal Bishop Duncan M.

Gray presided over the celebration and was also in the parish to ordain a deacon, the Rev. Scott Lenoir, a former communicant of the parish. Bishop Gray will return to Greenwood in April for confirmation. A reception will follow. The church's annual vacation Bible school will be held in the summer and is expected to draw 100 children, youth work rii iv mm inn We Do Our Best mm muttw Ola I So You Can Get Well You ran trust us with all your prescription needs.

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