VIRGINIANS OF INTEREST
Carthan and Brian have been friends for more than 30 years and share a passion for all things Virginia! They lost touch for many years, but reconnected in 2020 while Carthan was involved with the Economic Development Office for the City of Petersburg and Brian was working on the Medicines for All Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. Both talked frequently about various issues facing the Commonwealth and started kicking around the idea of a podcast. Both Carthan and Brian consider themselves a bit technically challenged, so when the opportunity to host a podcast at Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke presented itself, they jumped in with both feet!
We hope you enjoy the conversations!
VIRGINIANS OF INTEREST
Ep: 11 Virginians of Interest: Tim Timberlake, Radio Personality and Producer
Tim is a native Virginian who lived in New York, Charlotte and Staunton before moving here to attend Randolph Macon College in 1967. He began his radio career at WTON in Staunton during high school, and then went to work for WRVA in 1970. He spent four years as trafficopter reporter in the 70s and would later join Alden Aaroe as co-host of the morning show for eight years until Alden’s passing in 1993. Along with John Harding, Tim would remain as morning host for another eight until his retirement in 2001.
Since then, he’s been a freelance producer and voice talent, a stage manager and emcee at numerous festivals and concerts including MerleFest, Graves Mountain, Red Wing Roots and the Richmond Folk Festival, where he’s served on the programming committee since its inception. He serves on the Emeriti Council at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and the Riverfront Committee at Venture Richmond.
Tim is president of JAMinc, a Richmond nonprofit that promotes music and school outreach through live concerts and radio programs on VPM Music, including the In Your Ear studio concert series since 2004. Currently he’s producing and hosting a documentary radio series on VPM Music and The Breeze featuring the historic live recordings from the late Page Wilson’s Out O’ The Blue Radio Revue from three decades ago. These programs, featuring guest artists like Tony Rice, JJ Cale, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Delbert McClinton and Townes Van Zandt, can be streamed on VPM Music and The Breeze.
Tim and Deveron, his wife of 40+ years now call both downtown Richmond and Portland, Oregon home as they spend quality time with their two young grandsons out west.
