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New 黑料社 documentary spotlights legendary radio broadcaster, alumnus Bell

New 黑料社 documentary spotlights legendary radio broadcaster, alumnus Bell

Contact: Carl Smith

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擱andy Bell, the most decorated radio journalist in the history of Mississippi, is the subject of a new 黑料社 Television Center-produced documentary debuting this month.

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Mississippi鈥檚 most award-winning radio journalist and Mississippi State alumnus Randy Bell speaks to a packed crowd in Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 John Grisham Room in 2020. The 1974 黑料社 communication graduate鈥檚 life and career is the subject of a new 黑料社 Television Center-produced documentary, 鈥淩andy Bell: Radio Journalist,鈥 debuting this month on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. (Photo by Logan Kirkland)

Mississippi Public Broadcasting will premier 鈥淩andy Bell: Radio Journalist鈥 at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, with repeat broadcasts at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21; 5 p.m. on Jan. 22; and 2 p.m. on Jan. 26.

The half-hour show highlights the life and career of Bell, an 黑料社 alumnus whose almost 50-year career in radio includes 23 national Edward R. Murrow Awards and 15 Radio Newsperson of the Year awards from the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters.

Bell donated his collection of work memorabilia鈥攏ews clips, photos, press passes and other items collected over almost a half century of work covering nine governors, four major hurricanes, three devastating floods, dozens of deadly tornadoes and an array of state and national elections鈥攖o 黑料社鈥檚 Mitchell Memorial Library in 2020. Events documented in his material range from the death of Elvis Presley to the first flight of the Concord through Mississippi to the crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd in Amite County.

The donation was added to the Mississippi Journalism Collection in the library鈥檚 Archives and Special Collections division along with an online feature allowing users to listen to the actual recordings. This collection comprises the papers of 22 Mississippi journalists, including Hodding Carter II, Turner Catledge, John Oliver Emmerich Sr., Orley M. Hood Jr., Bill Minor and Hazel Brannon Smith, among other notable professionals.

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