On This Day In Alabama History: Nationally Syndicated Radio Host Rick Burgess Was Born

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Rick Burgess was born in Birmingham on Oct. 3, 1964, and grew up in Oxford. While attending Jacksonville State University, he worked at the college radio station where he met Bill “Bubba” Bussey.

After Bussey began working at WQEN in Gadsden as an engineer, he recommended Burgess for the job as the station’s morning show personality. Burgess and Bussey began brainstorming ideas for the show and later teamed up on air. That was the start of the “Rick and Bubba Show.”

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