Jimmy Carter country music reporter
The gist
Nashville entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter died in his sleep at 73.
He spent 21 years covering Music Row for WSMV and WSM radio.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 1952Jimmy Carter was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1962He began his broadcast journalism career at age 15 with on-the-job training at his favorite rock radio station.
- Apr 1971He attended Auburn University, where he helped sign on and launch campus radio station WEGL-FM.