I love the idea that you can truly paint a picture for the listeners (out there) by describing what is happening in front of you. JW: Yes, tee-ball was actually the high point of my career on the field, so fortunately my father encouraged me to write about sports in high school, and ultimately earn a spot in the booth. What is your favorite part of being a radio broadcaster? MB: So obviously you go on to hang-up your Cardinals tee-ball jersey to eventually become a major figure in radio.

JW: I played for a tee-ball team called the Cardinals when I was six and seven years old, so I just stuck with it.

MB: Missouri is a pretty long distance for a young Ohio kid… how did you become a fan of a team hundreds of miles away? Louis Cardinals game in the days of Bob Gibson and Lou Brock. One of my earliest memories of being a sports fan was listening to St. I would listen to games on my transistor radio late at night. Johnny Wharff: Yeah, that would go back to my father who was a Sports Director in the late ’60s. Mason Beuhring: I was reading your biography summary on WMOA and it said that you have always been a sports fan, what influenced that? Mason Beuhring, Communications & Program Services Director at Marietta Community Foundation, sits down with Johnny Wharff, local radio station owner and the newest member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, to get to know this prominent community member.

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