Sh im my ▁Sh im my ▁Walk ▁II " ▁by ▁the ▁Meg at ons . ▁On ▁most ▁stations , ▁he ▁used ▁no ▁background ▁music . ▁Event ually , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁Mot orm outh ▁extra v ag anza , ▁spoken ▁so ▁fast ▁it ▁was ▁hard ▁to ▁understand . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Lar sh ▁began ▁his ▁radio ▁career ▁at ▁W CH L ▁in ▁Chap el ▁Hill , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁as ▁an ▁after - school ▁and ▁week end ▁job . ▁He ▁also ▁worked ▁at ▁W CD J ▁in ▁Ed ent on ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁when ▁his ▁family ▁would ▁go ▁back ▁home ▁during ▁summer ▁break . ▁At ▁some ▁point , ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁W S SB ▁in ▁Dur ham , ▁but ▁the ▁time ▁frame ▁is ▁unclear . ▁ ▁Upon ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁high ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁Lar sh ▁moved ▁to ▁Atlanta , ▁where ▁he ▁got ▁an ▁F CC ▁First ▁Class ▁engineer ' s ▁license , ▁while ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁radio ▁at ▁W D J K . ▁His ▁parents ▁en rolled ▁him ▁in ▁Gu il ford ▁College ▁in ▁Gre ens bor o ▁in ▁the ▁pre - med ▁course . ▁Lar sh ▁dropped ▁out ▁almost ▁immediately , ▁having ▁got ten ▁a ▁radio ▁job ▁at ▁W CO G . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁W A YS - AM ▁in ▁Charlotte ▁had ▁begun ▁ 2 4 - hour ▁operations . ▁Federal ▁Communic ations ▁Commission ▁( F CC