Clint Formby
| John Clinton "Clint" Formby | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 22, 1923 McAdoo Dickens County, Texas, USA |
| Died | July 31, 2010 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | West Park Cemetery in Hereford, Texas |
| Residence |
Hereford Deaf Smith County, Texas |
| Alma mater | McAdoo High School University of Basel Texas Tech University |
| Occupation | Radio broadcaster |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Clark Formby (married 1950-2003, her death) |
| Children | Larry C. "Chip" Formby Ben Formby Marshall Clark Formby Scott C. Formby Linda Kay Formby (deceased) |
| Parent(s) | John C. and Willie Elsby Formby |
John Clinton Formby, known as Clint Formby (December 22, 1923 – July 31, 2010), was a veteran radio broadcaster called the "Old Philosopher" based in the small city of Hereford, Texas, the seat of Deaf Smith County in the Texas Panhandle. His daily broadcast ran continuously on his KPAN AM & FM country-music station since October 10, 1955. Eventually reduced to five minutes in length, Formby's commentary was the oldest continuously-running broadcast by a single host in radio history.
Formby was born in McAdoo in Dickens County, also in West Texas, to John C. Formby (1902–1989), a Rural Free Delivery carrier, and the former Willie Elsby (1903–1994). John and Willie married in 1922, and Clint was their only child. Clint Formby was the paternal grandson of Marshall Clinton Formby, Sr. (1877–1957) and the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971). He attended public schools in Plainview and then Dickens County, where he graduated in 1942 from McAdoo High School. He played basketball, tennis, and was quarterback on the six-man football team at McAdoo. He then began college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
However, he soon left college to enlist in the United States Army. He served as a staff sergeant and medic, having been attached to the 235th General Hospital in Marseille, France. He remained in Switzerland after the end of the war in April 1945 and attended the University of Basel in Basel. After the war, he returned to Texas Tech where he met and married the first official Tech beauty queen, the former Margaret Clark (July 12, 1929–April 10, 2003). Margaret, who was reared on a ranch near Van Horn. She founded the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, first in the Hereford library and later in a large modern building in Fort Worth. While a student at Texas Tech, Formby worked as a carpenter and painter during the summer of 1948 to help his maternal uncle, Marshall Formby, construct KPAN AM in Hereford. Clint Formby's was the first voice carried on the new radio station when it went on the air on August 4, 1948, exactly sixty-two years to the date of his own funeral.
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