Tedd Dumas Ed Baldridge
Baldridge-Dumas Communications started operation in 1963.
E.T. Baldridge founded the company with a small cable television system in Louisiana. Since that date, Baldridge and Tedd W. Dumas, have owned and operated Western Louisiana Video, providing cable service to Louisiana and Texas, Tex-La Cable Television providing cable service to Fort Polk, Illini Cablevision providing service to central Illinois, Horizon Cablevision providing service to eastern Mississippi, WLV-TV providing service to the western slope of Colorado, and DHL Cablevision providing service to Oklahoma.
Baldridge-Dumas also owned and operated Hawk SMATV, providing cable service to 5,000 luxury apartments in Atlanta, Georgia, and Antenna and Satellite Technology serving 10,000 luxury apartments in Dallas, Texas. BDC operated Southstar Communications serving apartments in Little Rock, Baton Rouge and Georgia.
Baldridge-Dumas also owned and operated radio stations in Marshall and Tuscola, Illinois. The company presently is affiliated with its own advertising agency and sign company, in addition to 8 radio stations.
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Rhonda Benson-Leach Rhonda Benson Leach is the Vice President and General Manager of Baldridge-Dumas Communications and the National and Regional Sales Manager. Rhonda oversees the operation of 8 radio stations. Rhonda has been with BDC since 1982. Rhonda may be reached at rhonda@bdcradio.com.
Michael Parker Mike is the Operations Manager for KVCL, which includes Traffic, Billing, KVCL Local News, air work, production, computer maintenance, and automation. In 1990, he graduated from Northwestern State University with a BS in Computer Information Systems and an AD in Computer Technology in 1987. He also studied classical guitar, music composing, and multi-track music production at Louisiana Tech University from 1979 to 1982. Mike has been with KVCL since October 15, 1984. Karla Wroten Karla Wroten is currently the Sales Manager for KVCL. She also works in Sales at KZBL in Natchitoches, and also works part-time at KZBL. Terry Best Terry Best works as the KVCL Morning Show Host Monday through Friday. He also works in the studio to broadcast Winnfield Football every Friday night during football season.
Donald Waddle Donald works on Sundays from 8:00 a.m. until noon, and also helps out with remote broadcasts and is KVCL's Basketball Announcer starting in 2021. Donald previously worked with Adult and Teen Challenge in Long Island, New York, as well as Virginia, California, Arkansas, and Louisiana. He also served on the North Hodge Police Department and the Dodson Police Department. He is currently a volunteer firefighter in Dodson. |
