AR SR18

Tom Nichols was born in Hot Springs on July 22, 1941, and began his radio career in November 1958 at age 17 as a part-time weekend announcer at KWFC.

Nichols worked at nine different radio stations across Arkansas including KWFC, KAAB, KBLO, KWAK, KBBA, a Pine Bluff country station, KFOX-TV, KJWH, and KZNG.

In 1980, Nichols and his wife Polly founded KWXI AM, the first radio station in Glenwood and Pike County, later adding KWXE FM; in 1994 they established KVRE 92.9 FM in Hot Springs Village, one of the last family-owned stations in Arkansas.

Career highlights include televising the Hot Springs Christmas Parade for the first time, hosting "Tom's Record Room" for Dean's Milk Radio, creating the "Ask Your Neighbor" show for 40 years, and broadcasting the Miss Arkansas Pageant with Polly for 10 years.

The Senate celebrates Nichols for 65 years in radio broadcasting and directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide him a copy of this resolution.