From 1978 to 1986, Raiford was a news anchor and talk show host for Charlotte's NBC television affiliate, known as WRET-TV and later WPCQ-TV during his tenure there (it is now WCNC-TV). Raiford later taught Communications at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He also worked at Charlotte radio station WBT, and hosted a show on WIST, which aired Charlotte's first telephone talk radio format. His best-known work was a live radio broadcast on WTOP, a CBS Radio affiliate, covering the state funeral of President John F. Early in his career, Raiford worked for WTOP radio and WTOP-TV, both CBS News affiliates in Washington, D.C. He frequently closed his commentaries with the line "Who says that? I say that!", which also served as the title of a book containing excerpts from these segments. Raiford has appeared in 28 movies, often portraying judge characters. His first real radio job was at WEGO (AM) in Concord, North Carolina. Raiford got his start in broadcasting in 1944 by calling play by play at baseball games. He was from Concord, North Carolina and majored in communication at the University of South Carolina. Raiford (Decem– November 17, 2017) was an American radio broadcaster and actor, best known for his political/social commentaries delivered during The John Boy and Billy Big Show, a morning radio program heard on stations throughout the American South.
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