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Saturdays 10am-6pm K. B. TRAVIS, HAS MADE HIS LIVING IN GEORGIA FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS AS A PROFESSIONAL RADIO DISC JOCKEY, WORKING IN AND AROUND THE ATLANTA MARKET. HIS CAREER BEGAN IN 1977 AT WIMO AM 1300 IN WINDER. HE THEN MOVED TO WFOX-97.1 FM IN 1980 WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 3 YEARS BEFORE RELOCATING TO ATLANTA TO WORK AS MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR WKHX-101.5 FM IN 1983. 1986 HE TRAVELED TO LaGRANGE TO ASSUME THE DUTIES OF PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT WLAG-AM 1500. BY LATE 1987 HE FOUND HIMSELF WORKING AS THE AFTERNOON DRIVE HOST FOR WQXI-AM 790 IN ADDITION TO WORKING AS THE WEEKEND HOST FOR "JAZZ FLAVOURS" AT SISTER STATION WQXI-94Q FM WHICH BECAME WSTR-STAR 94 FM. IN 1991 HE TRAVELED BACK TO GAINESVILLE TO BECOME PART OF THE AIR STAFF AT MAJIC 103 FM AND THEN MOVED ON THE WCHK, ATLANTA'S CLASSIC COUNTRY 105.7 TO SERVE AS MUSIC DIRECTOR. 1993 FOUND K. B. IN ATHENS GEORGIA AT NORTH GEORGIA COUNTRY 95.5 FM WNGC WHERE HE SERVED AS BOTH PROGRAM AND MUSIC DIRECTOR UNTIL 1996. 3 YEARS IN A PRIVATE MUSIC BUSINESS VENTURE FOLLOWED UNTIL 1999 WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF OPERATIONS MANAGER AT OUR SISTER STATION, WDDK-DOCK 103.9 FM GREENSBORO, WHERE HE REMAINS TO THIS DAY. IN ADDITION K.B. RETURNED TO NORTH GEORGIA COUNTY 106.1 WNGC FM IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2005 TO SERVE AS THE HOST FOR HIS SATURDAY SHOW WHICH CAN BE HEARD FROM 10AM TO 6PM. 
BEGINNING AT AN EARLY AGE, MUSIC BECAME A MAJOR PART OF K. B.'s LIFE, LEARNING HOW TO PLAY GUITAR AT THE AGE OF EIGHT. BY THE TIME HE WAS 14, THE BASS GUITAR WAS HIS INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND BEGAN PLAYING SEMIPROFESSIONAL IN HIS HOMETOWN OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. WITH HIS MOVE TO GEORGIA IN 1975 K. B. HAS PLAYED WITH A VARIETY OF GEORGIA BANDS INCLUDING DIABLO, BARR NONE, NIGHTFALL, TUXEDO RANCH, SADDLEBACK, RARE FORM AND BACK TRAX.
OVER THE YEARS K. B. HAS PERFORMED IN VENUES SUCH AS THE ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB, THE COUNTRY CLUB OF THE SOUTH, THE PEACHTREE PLAZA GRAND BALLROOM, THE HYATT REGENCY, THE MARRIOTT MARQUE, THE NEWNAN COUNTY CLUB, BROOKSTONE COUNTY CLUB, THE GEORGIA MOUNTAIN CENTER IN GAINESVILLE, COWBOYS IN THE COUNTRY IN RUTLEDGE, BOOTLEGGERS IN WASHINGTON GA, AND IN ATHENS AT THE LAKEVIEW CLUB, COOPERS AND KLASSICS. IN ADDITION, K. B. HAS DONATED HIS TIME AND TALENT FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES PLAYING AT GAINESVILLE'S CORN TASSEL FESTIVAL, THE 4TH OF JULY, MARCH OF DIMES PARTY ON LAKE WEST POINT IN LaGRANGE AND THE COCA-COLA FUND RAISER FOR EXTRA SPECIAL PEOPLE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY. 
WHEN HE IS NOT WORKING OR PLAYING, K. B. SPENDS HIS TIME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, TOURING ON HIS 1986 HONDA GOLDWING ASPENCADE SEI, PLAYING ROUNDS OF COMPUTER GOLF WITH HIS BROTHER OR IN HIS HOME RECORDING STUDIO MAKING MUSIC. A BIG NASCAR FAN, K. B. ALWAYS PULLS FOR MARK MARTIN TO WIN OR ANYBODY BUT GORDON, EITHER ONE OF THEM.
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