OMNI COMMUNICATIONS Pres./CEO and MARCONI AWARD-winning Country KWOX (K-101)/WOODWARD, OK morning host J. DOUGLAS WILLIAMS passed away FRIDAY (8/7) in WOODWARD at 78.
WILLIAMS, an attorney and former FBI Special Agent in LOS ANGELES and BIRMINGHAM, founded KWOX in 1983 with his sister after working with his family’s station, KJAK/LUBBOCK, TX, while practicing law. He built OMNI into a group of three radio stations and an LPTV station, as well as OMNI MEDIA GROUP, a concert and special events company. He also served as Chairman of the NAB’s Radio Board and Pres. of the OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, and also served as VP/Gen. Counsel of the G.O. WILLIAMS OIL CO. and Gen./Managing Partner of the G.O. WILLIAMS INVESTMENT GROUP.
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