Gary Beaty
Gary Beaty is an American country music disc jockey and television announcer in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as a disc jockey at Nashvilles WSM AMFM and as an announcer on The Nashville Network and RFDTV.
Gary Beaty, the youngest of four children, was born in Jamestown, Tennessee to Winsted and Roxie Beaty. Beaty got his start in radio as a teenager at Jamestowns WCLC . While attending college at the University of TennesseeKnoxville, Beaty worked parttime at WBIR. He then continued working as either a DJ, news director, or music director for a variety of smaller stations such as WMTS and WGNS in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, WMSR in Manchester, Tennessee, and WKGN in Knoxville, Tennessee. From 19671972 Beaty worked on a staff with nationally known DJ Hall of Famer Scott Shannon at WMAK. Afterward, Beaty took a job at WBSR in Pensacola, Florida and then moved on to WAAY in Huntsville, Alabama. It was at WAAY where Beaty had his first experience in TV, working as a weekend weatherman for WAAYTV.
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