“Raymond Patrick Rust is one of KBOA’s combination announcers and engineers. He has been a KBOA employee since 1950. He is a veteran of the army air force and saw overseas service in Scotland, England, North Africa, Italy and France. Ray and Miss Violet Textor of Paragould, AR, were married in 1955. They recently purchased a home at 1019 Henderson St.

Ray was born in Paragould, Arkansas, where he graduated from high school in 1939. After his air force service he attended Central Radio and Television School in Kansas City, Mo., before coming to KBOA. Ray—or “Rusty” as he is affectionately called by his fellow employees—is known at KBOA as a stickler for detail and promptness, as exemplified by his perfect attendance record during 12 years of elementary and high school. His duties at KBOA call for him to be on duty part of the time as an engineer in charge of the transmitters and part of the time as an announcer and at some times both simultaneously, so he is a pretty busy fellow.” (Daily Dunklin Democrat, 1957)