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Carl Pundt, General Manager
Carl
Pundt is vice president/general manager of 105.3 WSGC-FM. Carl has been
involved with WSGC's parent company, Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting, for
nearly six years. He began as an advertising sales person for two
stations the company once owned in Greenwood, South Carolina. Prior to
joining WSGC, he was regional advertising sales manager for the entire
company and also served as interim manager of WSNW in Seneca, South
Carolina.
Carl is a graduate of Winthrop University in Rock Hill,
South Carolina. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration with a concentration in Marketing. He is an active member
of Rotary International and a Paul Harris Fellow. He served as President
of the Emerald City Rotary Club in Greenwood and is now a member of the
Elberton Rotary Club.
Pundt and his wife, Carrie, have two daughters, Leeann
and Carlie. He is a member of the United Methodist Church. In his free
time, Carl enjoys golfing and is a College Men's Basketball Official and
a High School official for South Carolina.
Jennifer Long, Advertising Sales Representative
Jennifer
Long is WSGC's advertising sales representative and sells many of the
ads heard on WSGC.
Born in Acworth, GA, Jennifer graduated from Cass High
School in Cartersville, GA. She moved to Elberton in 1999, when she and
her husband, Kevin, opened the local Radio Shack. Before coming to work
at WSGC, Jennifer was a sales representative for Elberton's local
newspaper, the Elberton Star. She worked there for three years
before joining the WSGC family.
Along with being WSGC's marketing rep, Jennifer hosts
many of WSGC's live radio broadcasts with help from Carl, David or John
- or anyone else who happens to pick up a microphone.
Jennifer and Kevin have been married for 11 years and
they have a daughter, Ella, who is three years old. Jennifer's hobbies
are reading and cooking, along with spending time with her family.
Jennifer is also a member of the Elberton chapter of the
Kiwanis Club.
Ron Shuler, Operations Manager and Morning Show Host
A
40-year veteran of the radio business, Ron hosts the morning show from
6-9, along with being WSGC's Operations Manager.
Born in Orangeburg, SC "too many years ago to count,"
Ron graduated from Orangeburg High School in 1967. Ron is also a
graduate of the Career Academy of Broadcasting in Milwaukee, WI.
Ron started his radio career in March of 1967, when he
went to work for WORG-AM in Orangeburg, SC. Since then, Ron worked for
many other stations in the middle part of South Carolina, including
WKYB-AM in Hemingway, and WQKI in St. Matthews. Ron joined the WSGC
family in 2004, when he left WQKI to come to Elberton and become WSGC's
Operations Manager.
Ron is single, a member of the United Methodist Church
and enjoys bowling, along with watching his Clemson Tigers play
football, basketball, and baseball.
Mark Gaffney, News Director
Mark Gaffney pulled his first commercial airshift at WSGC in the fall of 1987. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Radio being his first love, he has worked at WNGC/WGAU and Magic 102 in Athens, and WROQ, Rock 101 in Greenville, SC. Mark is a Telly Award-winning commercial producer, voiceover talent and podcast producer, having lent his voice to over 300 productions for Fortune 500 companies since 2002.
Mark serves as current Chairman of the Elberton Downtown Development Authority. He and his wife. Brook, have two daughters, Betsy and Maggie.
John Hubbard, Part-Time Supervisor/On-Air Personality
John, the host of the Gospel Hymn Book heard on WSGC
Sunday nights, is the longest active staff member in the WSGC family.
John went to work under the ownership of Lewis Shurbutt in 1974. John's
show originally started on WSGC a year after the FM signal debuted. In
2002, the Gospel Hymn Book was moved to WLVX, where it gained increased
leadership among listeners in Wilkes County and into Abbeville County,
SC.
John served many years as a deputy and police officer,
and retired from the City of Elberton in 2004 after 38 years of service.
In 2006, after having survived the world of law enforcement, John
ventured into an even more dangerous career - politics! In 2006, he was
elected to the Elbert County Board of Commissioners and does his best to
keep the other commissioners in check. |