CROSSVILLE RADIO PIONEER WARREN DEAN PASSES AT 89

CROSSVILLE RADIO PIONEER WARREN DEAN PASSES AT 89

Writer: Tony Perry A pioneer in Crossville radio broadcasting has passed.  Fred Warren Dean Jr.  moved from Georgia to Crossville in the late 60s where his father had opened a cannery, Monticello Canning Company.  Warren was approached by local investors to manage a radio station in Georgia – which he did.  Eventually they sold the radio station and Warren returned to Crossville in 1971 after the investors also bought WAEW-AM/FM.  Warren was giv…