I recently lost my beloved brother. Ron Lane was the consummate broadcaster. As an air personality, General Manager, and owner, his radio stations super-served small towns in Camden, TN, Bartow, FL, Russellville, AL, and Flora, IL.

Ron was both my personal and professional mentor, coach, and inspiration. At eight years old, somehow over my whining and complaining, he taught me to play baseball and a short time later basketball.

Under Ron's mentorship, I went on to become a little league All Star and All State basketball player in high school. It wasn't until years later I realized Ron was playing vicariously through me. Ron was stricken with polio at age nine, a few years before the vaccine was available in the US. I never once heard him complain.

After my freshman year of college at Memphis State University, he gave me a summer job in radio. I got the bug, and he guided me through my radio career.

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