A little known but great one passes....

[Midnight Marauder]

Services Pending
Fred H. "Dugg" Collins, 67, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.


Dugg was a legendary broadcaster and swing music man. Wonderful talent that will definitely be missed. Mainstay Texas Panhandle radio broadcaster, program director, and broadcasting hall of famer.


Here's just some of his honors and achievements:

• 1979 CMA'S DISC JOCKEY OF THE YEAR - NASHVILLE
• 1996 THE COUNTRY MUSIC DISC JOCKEY "HALL OF FAME" - NASHVILLE
• 1996 THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BROADCASTERS "HALL OF FAME" - AMARILLO
• 1999 THE TEXAS COUNTRY MUSIC DISC JOCKEY "HALL OF FAME" - CARTHAGE
• 2001 AMERICA'S OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC "HALL OF FAME" -AVOCA, IOWA
• 2002 THE PIONEERS OF WESTERN SWING "HALL OF FAME"-SEATTLE
• 2002 "SONG OF THE YEAR" FROM THE ACADEMY OF WESTERN ARTISTS
• 2004 KANSAS WESTERN SWING SOCIETY "HALL OF FAME" -TOPEKA
• 2005 WESTERN SWING MUSIC SOCIETY OF THE SOUTHWEST "HALL OF FAME" – OKLAHOMA CITY
• 2005 WEST TEXAS RADIO "HALL OF FAME"
• 2005 WESTERN SWING SOCIETY "HALL OF FAME" - SACREMENTO, CALIFORNIA
• 2006 "DISC JOCKEY OF THE YEAR" - FROM THE ACADEMY OF WESTERN ARTISTS
• 2009 COWTOWN SOCIETY OF WESTERN MUSIC "HALL OF FAME"/WESTERN SWING HERO- FORT WORTH
• LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION

If you never heard of him or even if you did, check his site... What he wrote just two weeks ago on it will tear you right up... He died exactly one year and one day after his beloved wife...



Dugg Collins' Home Page