[4] His radio career spanned more than 50 years, starting in 1946 at WCYB in Bristol, Virginia (near the Tennessee border), followed by a stint at WIBG in Philadelphia.
In 1976 he was on WMCA in New York, then back to Philadelphia on WWDB, where he became the first FM radio talk host.
[9][10] Jerry Williams was influential in the movement to remove Nixon from office of president.
[2] Williams founded the National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts.
[3] In 2008, Burning Up The Air, a biography by former producers Steve Elman and Alan Tolz, was published by Commonwealth Editions (acquired by Applewood Books in 2010).