[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 8, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING MARTY WHITE FOR HIS FORTY YEARS OF RADIO EXCELLENCE

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 8, 2013

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Northwest Florida's Marty White for having spent forty years on the 
radio, over thirty of which have been spent waking up the people of the 
greater Pensacola area. I am pleased to acknowledge his success and 
great achievement.
  Mr. White grew up in Northwest Florida and attended J.M. Tate High 
School in Cantonment. After graduation, he joined the United States Air 
Force where he served our Nation before he ever thought about a career 
on morning radio. Following his military service, Mr. White used his 
connections to secure an interview at a local radio station in 1973. He 
landed the job and has been on the radio ever since, entertaining the 
people of the Gulf Coast.
  The radio industry has changed drastically over the years that Mr. 
White has been on the air. Many radio personalities have come and gone 
in the wake of advancing technology and station buyouts. Mr. White, 
however, has adapted to these changes and remained a local radio 
mainstay due to his massive popularity.
  Over twenty of his years on the radio have been spent on 102.7 WXBM. 
What once started as a small station in Chumuckla has moved to 
Pensacola under the umbrella of the second largest radio station 
operator in the country, Cumulus Media. Whereas this change could have 
resulted in the hiring of a new staff altogether, Mr. White has 
remained as the voice that the people of Northwest Florida enjoy waking 
up to in the morning or listening to during their drive to work.
  On behalf of the United States Congress, I congratulate Marty White 
for reaching forty years on the radio. My wife Vicki joins me in 
offering our best wishes to Mr. White, his wife Donna, and their son 
Cody. We look forward to many more mornings listening to Marty on 
``Your Hometown Morning Show'' in the years to come.

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