Opinion: Jarman made radio’s hard work sound easy
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
The death of Chris Jarman this week ends a radio career built on credibility with Memphis radio listeners that transcended formats and call letters.
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