Gray visits Andy Albright at National Agents Alliance headquarters
Andy Albright hosted radio show on WBAG 1150 AM in Burlington

BURLINGTON, NC, March 25, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Joe Gray, owner and manager of WBAG 1150 AM radio in Burlington, N.C., stopped by National Agents Alliance headquarters to visit with President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Albright earlier this month.

For Albright, who once hosted a radio show on WBAG with Alex Fitzgerald, it was a trip down memory lane, as the two friends talked about the radio show, "Silver Security Life with Andy Albright and his sidekick Fitz."

Gray, President of Gray Broadcasting, LLC, had just purchased the station on Nov. 3, 1999, and Albright came to see what it would take to host a weekly show. According to Gray, it was really the beginning of WBAG selling local programming blocks, and Gray thanked Albright for opening his mind to the idea.

"He really was the one that sold me on letting local people with local businesses provide local programming," Gray said. "He was the one who set the tone for me to pursue that and really sell to our local people here."

WBAG now boasts local programming for people dealing with finance, insurance, chiropractors and a host of other topics. But, it all started with a Monday morning show from 10-10:30 a.m. with Albright and Fitzgerald that experience an eight-month run on WBAG.

"We really didn't know that much about it, but people would call in and ask questions," Albright said. "I'd be looking up the answer to their questions and Fitz would be trying to sell them a coupon book until I found it."

Gray, who has guided WBAG to a wider broadcast radius, a new building and a state-of-the-art facility, said he remembers how much fun Albright's weekly show was.

"They had a ball and they were like Frick and Frack," Gray said. "They did a good job of keeping the needle moving for us. We didn't have to worry about them. They did their thing and paid their bill on time. It's hard to beat that. People tuned in just to see what they were going to say next."

Once the show ended, Fitzgerald moved to Dallas, Texas, and National Agents Alliance was born in 2002. Still, Albright couldn't help but laugh when asked about his radio show on WBAG.

"We joked and cut up the whole time we had that show," Albright said. "We were broke, but we didn't care. We were having fun."

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