Magic CrutcherMAGIC CRUTCHERHometown: Chattanooga.Education: Chattanooga High 1981, Chattanooga State.Family: Son, Anthony.Vocation: On-air personality at WMPZ-FM 93.5 and music director and assistant program director there and at WJTT-FM 94.3.FAVORITESMovie: “Diehard.”Book: The Bible.Actor: Denzel Washington.Performer: Prince, LL Cool J.Song: “Living For the Love of You” by Isley Brothers.Expression or quotation: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Back in 1981, radio personality Magic Crutcher had a choice to make after high school.
She was in the Upward Bound program, which offers students a jump-start on college by introducing them to career opportunities. Her first choice of classes, dance, was unavailable, and she was left to choose between a sewing class or a radio class. Sewing was out, so she signed up for radio. It proved to be a life-changing decision.
“Literally, every day I was late to class because I was trying to hear a song, but I never thought about going into radio,” she said. “It just never entered my mind.”
Her first day in class at Chattanooga State Community College, however, her mind was changed, and soon she was offered a part-time gig at WJTT.