M04-01 – CRAIG O’NEILL (An effective.K.A good. RANDY HANKINS) Collection
Randy Hankins, whoever radio and tv name is Craig O’Neill, came to be to help you Serious Hankins and Judy Merritt Hankins from the Old Saint Vincent Healthcare in Nothing Material, Arkansas, into October 19, 1950
The newest Hankins’ house was at Warren, Arkansas where elderly Hankins had an equipment shop. Randy perform sit-in preschool and you will earliest stages in Warren, the next grade from 4th amounts within the Absolutely nothing Material, and the fifth degrees and an element of the sixth grade within the Helena. He completed the following half of their sixth-grade year into the Absolutely nothing Stone and you may stayed on Absolutely nothing Rock College or university District graduating out-of Little Rock Central Twelfth grade during the 1968.
Randy is the earliest off four children. Their brother Phil Hankins performs in broadcast within the Sensuous Springs, Arkansas. They have a couple siblings, Leslie Hankins Parker of Carlisle, and you can Kathy Hankins Kelly out of western Absolutely nothing Stone.
He’s going to always incorporate items to their collection as the his field progresses that have KTHV
After graduating regarding Absolutely nothing Material Central in 1968, Randy enrolled at the Arkansas County School (ASU) at the Jonesboro. When you look at the 1972 the guy obtained a beneficial Bachelor from Technology training out-of ASU inside Radio/Tv Journalism. When you are Randy is at ASU the guy enrolled in the newest Put aside Manager Knowledge Corps (Roentgen.O.T.C.) for 2 years. In addition, their broadcast industry first started from the Jonesboro as he approved a career from the Jonesboro broadcast route KBTM. He was known into KBTM while the Randy Hankins. 12 months afterwards however begin using the latest towards the-heavens term out of “Craig O’Neill”
Just before graduating out-of ASU Randy married Ruth Jane Fryer, an artist, in the 1971. The couple provides two people, Abby Hankins Kirby and you may Thomas Hankins. Abby Hankins Kirby is hitched so you’re able to Josh Kirby and they have one young child, Bella Rose Kirby. Thomas Hankins, new son out-of Randy and you can Jane Hankins, is actually unmarried.
During the 1972 Randy began working at the KARN when you look at the Nothing Stone and you may spent some time working inside broadcasting and you may advertising transformation. The program movie director at KARN believed that title Craig O’Neill had a better band to help you they than simply Randy Hankins, very Randy became called Craig O’Neill.
Randy registered the employees of KLAZ on the winter season from 1978 and you may began and come up with their famous prank calls. 1st prank call was to Arkansas Governor David Pryor, with his enemy from the U.S. Senatorial race, Jim Guy Tucker. Randy presented given that Jimmy Carter in wishing each other Pryor and you may Tucker chance within next election.
For the 1981 Randy leftover the employees from KLAZ and you may first started performing during the KKYK, to-be the greatest disk jockey inside the Nothing Material. Throughout the their occupation within KKYK the guy proceeded and make prank telephone calls and you can traveled so you’re able to Movie industry, Ca towards several era. The guy starred in a film that was manufactured in Arkansas, titled-Solution This new Ammunition. Immediately following a decade from grizzly the KKYK Randy gone to live in surrounding radio route KURB into the 1991.
Randy has worked during the KURB, which had been labeled as B98.5, until December 1999. If you are at the KURB Randy helped charities increase money and you can rates he has worked at the more than 2,one hundred thousand fundraisers to own foundation. He’s infamous to possess easily providing off himself, their ability and his time for you charity factors.
With the Randy produced the latest move from broadcast to help you tv, heading out-of KURB to KTHV Route-11. Currently, Randy is the Sporting events Director getting KTHV. He jokes that to find the business on KTHV the guy parked in front doorway of its channel to possess weeks asking to be placed on tv.
New distinct Randy Hankins try technically referred to as Craig O’Neill Collection. Randy is much better known as Craig O’Neill than just Randy Hankins, it is therefore when you look at the every person’s welfare to your range so you can carry his broadcast and television nickname.