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Clint and Margaret Formby lived for a time in Colorado City in Mitchell County north of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], where they rented a garage apartment from attorney and future [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900-1985). Formby established a radio station in Snyder in Scurry County and then began working on August 22, 1951, at his Uncle Marshall’s radio station in Hereford<ref name=obit/> for $47.50 per week. He became a partner in the station and eventually bought out his uncle. His persistent broadcasts, called "predictably unpredictable," touched on nearly any subject.<ref name=brickey/> He urged listeners to tip waiters and waitresses more generously. He refuses to reveal his political party preference, advising listeners that they should be able to tell his inclination from his commentaries.<ref name=brickey/>  

Clint and Margaret Formby lived for a time in Colorado City in Mitchell County north of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], where they rented a garage apartment from attorney and future [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900-1985). Formby established a radio station in Snyder in Scurry County and then began working on August 22, 1951, at his Uncle Marshall’s radio station in Hereford<ref name=obit/> for $47.50 per week. He became a partner in the station and eventually bought out his uncle. His persistent broadcasts, called "predictably unpredictable," touched on nearly any subject.<ref name=brickey/> He urged listeners to tip waiters and waitresses more generously. He refuses to reveal his political party preference, advising listeners that they should be able to tell his inclination from his commentaries.<ref name=brickey/>  

Once [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] contacted Formby to advise him that he would like to hear Formby speak at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Hereford, filling in for the absent pastor, but Johnson was unsure if his plane could land in the small Hereford airport.<ref name=top>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpanradio.com/krew/oldphilo.htm|title=The Old Philosopher|publisher=kpanradio.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> About this time, Marshall Formby, the state highway commissioner, was seeking the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination against Johnson’s presumed favorite and eventual winner, [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Clint Formby served as his uncle's campaign manager in the gubernatorial primary.<ref name=obit/>​

Once [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] contacted Formby to advise him that he would like to hear Formby speak at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Hereford, filling in for the absent pastor, but Johnson was unsure if his plane could land in the small Hereford airport.<ref name=top>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpanradio.com/krew/oldphilo.htm|title=The Old Philosopher|publisher=kpanradio.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> About this time, Marshall Formby, the state highway commissioner, was seeking the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination against Johnson’s presumed favorite and eventual winner, [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Clint Formby served as his uncle's campaign manager in the gubernatorial primary.<ref name=obit/>​

Formby in time charted a radio path across Texas including outlets in Floydada, Tulia, Levelland, Andrews, Seminole, [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], Huntsville, Temple, and Marshall. In the 1950s, Formby went by train from Hereford to [[Chicago]] to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.<ref name=obit/>

Formby in time charted a radio path across Texas including outlets in Floydada, Tulia, Levelland, Andrews, Seminole, [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], Huntsville, Temple, and Marshall. In the 1950s, Formby went by train from Hereford to [[Chicago]] to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.<ref name=obit/>