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Meet the staff of 
WTBF

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Ralph Black
RIP

Former Morning Show Host

Ralph Black was a part of our team for over 40 years. He has also been inducted into the Troy University Baseball Hall of Fame, the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame, the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame and the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Auburn Knights for nearly 60 years!

John Mike McCall

Morning Show Host

John Mike is the current host of "The Morning Show," along with his co-host and wife, Stephanie McCall.
 

John Mike is also host of "The Ralph Black Coaches Connection" airing every Wednesday night during high school football season.

 

Stephanie McCall 

Traffic and Office Manager

Stephanie is WTBF's traffic and office manager as well as co-host of "The Morning Show."
 

As the voice of reason on the morning show, Stephanie plays a vital role keeping the community up-to-date with news, community announcements, and events. 

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Doc Kirby

Program Director & Host

Doc Kirby has been involved with radio since 1972 when he helped start a campus radio station at Daytona Beach Community College. His primary role for many years has been the Operations and Program Manager of WTBF-AM & FM. Kirby has hosted a 30-minute author interview show since 1991, called "On The Bookshelf", which is featured on our website.

Jonah Van Allen

Lunch Rush Host

Raised in Abbeville, Jonah is the host of "The Lunch Rush" from noon until 1 p.m. on weekdays sponsored by Momma Goldberg's Deli in downtown Troy. 

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Chase Robinson

Social Media Manager & Weekend Host

Chase is WTBF's social media manager. He maintains our website and presence on Facebook and Twitter.

 

He also hosts WTBF's weekend programming and serves as a sports producer alongside Jeremy Vinson in concert with Troy University and WTBF's sports broadcasting teams.

Chip Wallace

Sportscaster

Chip Wallace has been a participant of the Ralph Black Coach's Connection since the early part of this century. He loves to talk Alabama history, origin of place names, and geography of our great state as well as high school mascots, nicknames, and tag numbers. He was known as the "Voice of the Pike County Bulldogs" from 1989-1995. He has broadcasted high school football games from the oldest county in the state (Washington-1800) to the newest (Houston-1903) and many points in between.

Cot Wallace

Sportscaster

Cot Wallace has been a participant in the Ralph Black Coach's Connection since its origin in 1997. He is the only member that has been on the show since its inception. Cot is a former A.H.S.A.A. official and adds additional insight from this perspective. He likes to say that he has been on the show since "Ralph had hair." He has officiated and broadcasted games throughout the great state of Alabama and enjoys doing so. 

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Jeremy is WTBF's sports producer, working in concert with Troy university and WTBF's sports broadcasting teams to bring you high school football, Troy women's basketball, and Troy baseball.

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Jeremy Vinson 

Sports Producer

Wanda Vinson

Board Technician

Bart Snyder

Sports Broadcaster

Richard Gilchrist

General Manager/Station Owner

For more information contact Richard Gilchrist at gilchristrws@gmail.com .

Dr. Angela Roling

Station Owner

Wade Giddens

Engineer 

Capturing the moments.

All images on this page are taken by Jonah Enfinger Photography

If you would like to book a photography session with Jonah Enfinger, visit his website at 

www.jonahenfinger.com

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