M04-01 – CRAIG O’NEILL (An excellent.K.An excellent. RANDY HANKINS) Range

Randy Hankins, whoever broadcast and television name’s Craig O’Neill, came into this world to help you Serious Hankins and you can Judy Merritt Hankins from the Old Saint Vincent Hospital into the Absolutely nothing Stone, Arkansas, into October 19, 1950

The latest Hankins’ home was in Warren, Arkansas where the elderly Hankins owned a components store. Randy manage sit in kindergarten and earliest grade inside the Warren, next grade through the 4th degrees in the Absolutely nothing Material, therefore the 5th stages and an element of the sixth grade within the Helena. He complete next half their sixth-grade year inside the Little Material and you can stayed in the Little Stone College Region graduating regarding Absolutely nothing Stone Central Senior school in the 1968.

Randy is the earliest from four pupils. His cousin Phil Hankins work when you look at the radio during the Beautiful Springs, Arkansas. He’s got a couple sisters, Leslie Hankins Parker off Carlisle, and you may Kathy Hankins Kelly away from west Little Rock.

He’ll still add things to their collection as his occupation facebook dating progresses having KTHV

Just after graduating out-of Nothing Material Main when you look at the 1968, Randy enlisted in the Arkansas Condition College or university (ASU) at the Jonesboro. Inside 1972 the guy received good Bachelor out of Technology education regarding ASU into the Broadcast/Tv Journalism. While you are Randy was at ASU he enrolled in brand new Set aside Officer Training Corps (Roentgen.O.T.C.) for two decades. As well, their broadcast community began at Jonesboro as he accepted employment at the Jonesboro broadcast station KBTM. He was known on KBTM as the Randy Hankins. 1 year after he’d start using brand new towards-heavens title out-of “Craig O’Neill”

Ahead of graduating from ASU Randy partnered Ruth Jane Fryer, a musician, for the 1971. The couple enjoys one or two college students, Abby Hankins Kirby and you may Thomas Hankins. Abby Hankins Kirby is married to Josh Kirby and they have one child, Bella Flower Kirby. Thomas Hankins, new guy away from Randy and you will Jane Hankins, is solitary.

In 1972 Randy first started working at KARN inside the Nothing Stone and you may worked in the broadcasting and you will ads transformation. The application form movie director within KARN felt that the name Craig O’Neill had a much better ring in order to they than Randy Hankins, very Randy became called Craig O’Neill.

Randy entered the employees out of KLAZ regarding the cold weather out-of 1978 and you may began making their greatest prank phone calls. His first prank label would be to Arkansas Governor David Pryor, and his adversary on the U.S. Senatorial battle, Jim Son Tucker. Randy presented given that Jimmy Carter for the waiting both Pryor and you may Tucker luck inside their following election.

Into the 1981 Randy remaining the employees away from KLAZ and you will first started performing during the KKYK, is the very best disk jockey from inside the Little Material. During their industry from the KKYK the guy continued and then make prank cell calls and you may journeyed to Movie industry, Ca to your numerous instances. He appeared in a motion picture which was produced in Arkansas, titled-Citation The newest Ammunition. Once ten years within KKYK Randy gone to live in surrounding broadcast route KURB in the 1991.

Randy worked at KURB, which was known as B98.5, up until December 1999. While within KURB Randy aided causes increase currency and you may prices he did in the more 2,000 fundraisers to possess foundation. They are infamous to possess freely offering out of himself, their skill and his awesome time for you charitable factors.

For the Randy generated the newest change from radio so you’re able to television, going from KURB so you’re able to KTHV Route-11. Already, Randy is the Recreations Manager to own KTHV. He jokes you to to find the employment at the KTHV the guy left at the front doorway of their channel to own days inquiring to help you be placed on tv.

The newest collection of Randy Hankins try commercially referred to as Craig O’Neill Range. Randy is more preferable labeled as Craig O’Neill than simply Randy Hankins, so it is from inside the everybody’s welfare to your collection in order to carry his radio and television moniker.