On This Day In Alabama History: TV Meteorologist James Spann Was Born
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
James Max Spann Jr. is a Huntsville native but spent part of his childhood in Butler County before moving with his family to Tuscaloosa. While in high school he served as an amateur radio volunteer, transmitting information about the 1973 Brent tornado and 1974 Super Outbreak. He also worked as a disc jockey in Tuscaloosa while studying electrical engineering at the University of Alabama. His broadcast career took him to radio and TV stations in Montgomery, Birmingham, Demopolis and Dallas, Texas.
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