Background
Hickman, Ronald Lee was born on September 23, 1932 in Belmar, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Alfred and Thelma Hefter Hickman.
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Ron Hickman always could tell a good story. With years of radio background Ron always brings out the vivid and colorful characters who make the headline news. Manny Silva is someone we have in our travels, a flawed person with a gruff manner who in the end knows what he really needs if not what he really wants-to-again be part of Tarpon Springs. Mr. Hickman blends it all into a good read based loosely on actual events in real locations. Only Ron could make 'Choo Choo' a person we all know in government work, a man with a public purpose and a kind of personal life worth retelling. Enjoy the book! For those of us who have known Ron for years, he could just as well be sitting in his living room recounting this tale with all the embellishments that makes it so believable and enjoyable. Richard Clark, esq. Senior partner of Laddy, Clark & Ryan, Sparta, New Jersey"OPERATION BIG FLOUNDER tells a real tale stranger than fiction that could only happen in America. 'Manny Silva', a seemingly ordinary working man in broad daylight in his fish market in a busy tourist town skimmed millions off the top over several years. But then again, like the song 'How deep is the ocean?' nobody knows how many fish are in the sea. Ron Hickman tells a fascinating story that takes place in Tarpon Springs, Florida, intertwining fact with a fictional, sizzling love affair between Nikki, a local Greek Goddess, and 'Choo Choo,' an IRS undercover investigator. You'll be hooked from the start!" Les Carpenter, Musician and Composer of "The Charm of Newport"
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(The Media Brokers tells the untold story of a small unreg...)
The Media Brokers tells the untold story of a small unregulated cottage industry which is responsible for the sale of Radio and Television Stations worth billions and billions of dollars...and how greed, a murder and romance surface to complete this ficitonal story. This copyrighted story offers a work of fiction in which the author seeks to interweave elements of media brokering and human drama into a descriptive narrative. Never before has the story been told about the role the media brokers play in bringing together Buyers and Sellers of the more than 11,500 radio stations in America. A must read for anyone in the communication industry, advertising community, investors in the broadcasting/media field and the book buying public who will find interesting a remnant from World War II...the vexing qustion about why General Douglas McArthur at the signing of surrender by the Japanese in Tokyo Bay, Japan in 1945 demanded that all Japanese submarines should surface and fly a BLACK FLAG. Why a Black Flag?
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Broadcast executive media broker
Hickman, Ronald Lee was born on September 23, 1932 in Belmar, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Alfred and Thelma Hefter Hickman.
Student, Pikeville College, 1953—1955.
Announcer, sportscaster, salesman WPKE-AM, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1952—1955. Salesman, news director, general manager WNNJ-AM & FM, Newton, New Jersey, 1955—1963. General manager, part-owner WKER-AM, Pompton Lakes, 1963—1969.
President, general manager WKFD-AM, Wickford, Rhode Island, 1969—1978. Founder, general manager, president WOTB-FM, Middletown/Newport, 1978—1983. Media broker Hickman Associates.
Private United States Air Force, 1951-1951.
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President Newton Country Club, 1995—1997. Founder Newton (New Jersey) Jaycee Chapter, 1959—1960. President New Jersey Broadcasters Association, 1964.
Board directors People's Credit Union, Middletown, Rhode Island, 1982—1986. Member of Timberton Golf Club, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Married Barbara Alice Sanders. Children: Ronald Hickman, II, David, Todd.