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'''Floyd Keith Cannon''', known as '''Barney Cannon''' (October 9, 1955 &ndash; April 19, 2009), was an [[United States|American]] [[radio]] personality, a disc jockey on KWKH (AM) in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. who was considered an authority on [[Country music]]. When asked to name his favorite country singer, Cannon told his listeners that he liked all of the performers. He often gave tough country music trivia quizzes for his listeners.<ref name=ktbs>Ed Walsh. "Deejay Barney Cannon dies," KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in [[Shreveport]]), accessed May 9, 2009; no longer available on-line.</ref>​

'''Floyd Keith Cannon''', known as '''Barney Cannon''' (October 9, 1955 &ndash; April 19, 2009), was an [[United States|American]] [[radio]] personality, a disc jockey on KWKH (AM) in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. who was considered an authority on [[Country music]]. When asked to name his favorite country singer, Cannon told his listeners that he liked all of the performers. He often gave tough country music trivia quizzes for his listeners.<ref name=ktbs>Ed Walsh. "Deejay Barney Cannon dies," KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in [[Shreveport]]), accessed May 9, 2009; no longer available on-line.</ref>​

Cannon was born to Floyd H. Cannon (1922-1989) and the former Jean Campbell in New Boston in Bowie County in far northeastern [[Texas]]. He resided in Jefferson in Marion County. Texas. At the time of death, Cannon served on the city council of Jefferson.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=126426225|title=Obituary of Barney Cannon|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 20, 2009|accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref> Cannon and his wife, the former Kaye Meeks, had a twin son and daughter, ​Kimberly "Kim" Anne Cannon and Kyle Cannon of Irving, Texas. Kimberly (1985-2020), the operations manager of Muddy Bottoms ATV Park, owned by Madden Construction and located in Sarepta in Webster Parish, was killed at the age of thirty-five in an automobile accident in Dixie Inn, west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], also in Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=kim-cannon&pid=196781230|title=Kim Cannon obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 12, 2020}}</ref>

Cannon was born to Floyd H. Cannon (1922–1989) and the former Jean Campbell in New Boston in Bowie County in far northeastern [[Texas]]. He resided in Jefferson in Marion County. Texas. At the time of death, Cannon served on the city council of Jefferson.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=126426225|title=Obituary of Barney Cannon|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 20, 2009|accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref> Cannon and his wife, the former Kaye Meeks, had a twin son and daughter, ​Kimberly "Kim" Anne Cannon and Kyle Cannon of Irving, Texas. Kimberly (1985–2020), the operations manager of Muddy Bottoms ATV Park, owned by Madden Construction and located in Sarepta in Webster Parish, was killed at the age of thirty-five in an automobile accident in Dixie Inn, west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], also in Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=kim-cannon&pid=196781230|title=Kim Cannon obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 12, 2020}}</ref>

Cannon launched his radio career in 1972 at the age of seventeen as a part-time announcer in Clarksville in Red River County, Texas. He also worked in his hometown of New Boston and landed his first programming job at KCMC in Texarkana, Texas. He then relocated for a time to Glasgow in southern [[Kentucky]], to work at WCDS. Afterwards, he was a deejay in [[Wichita Falls]], Texas, and [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=prime>John Andrew Prime, "Country radio's Barney Cannon dies," ''The Shreveport Times,'' accessed May 9, 2009; material no longer on-line.</ref>​

Cannon launched his radio career in 1972 at the age of seventeen as a part-time announcer in Clarksville in Red River County, Texas. He also worked in his hometown of New Boston and landed his first programming job at KCMC in Texarkana, Texas. He then relocated for a time to Glasgow in southern [[Kentucky]], to work at WCDS. Afterwards, he was a deejay in [[Wichita Falls]], Texas, and [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=prime>John Andrew Prime, "Country radio's Barney Cannon dies," ''The Shreveport Times,'' accessed May 9, 2009; material no longer on-line.</ref>​

 

His last position was at KWKH, where he had worked since 1985.<ref>"Longtime Shreveport radio announcer Barney Cannon dies," KSLA-TV ([[CBS]]) in Shreveport), April 20, 2009; no longer accessible on-line.</ref> Cannon previously hosted the weekend edition of the ''Interstate Road Show,'' but for his last six years, he served as program director and morning show deejay. He acquired thousands of loyal listeners over the years.  

His last position was at KWKH, where he had worked since 1985.<ref>"Longtime Shreveport radio announcer Barney Cannon dies," KSLA-TV ([[CBS]]) in Shreveport), April 20, 2009; no longer accessible on-line.</ref> Cannon previously hosted the weekend edition of the ''Interstate Road Show,'' but for his last six years, he served as program director and morning show deejay. He acquired thousands of loyal listeners over the years.  

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