Hicks got his start in 1954 as a late night disc jockey at WHBT in Harriman , Tennessee , at the age of 16 . He did a stint as a reporter and sports anchor for WLOS-TV in Asheville , North Carolina , where he covered the fatal crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 on July 19 , 1967
Flight 22
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
Charlie Hicks