KWXY Presents ● Wink Martindale’s “The Elvis Presley Story” to Air on August 14th and 16TH

Dewey Phillips (left), Wink Martindale (center), and Elvis Presley (right), June 16, 1956. Photo Courtesy Wink Martindale

Martindale’s “The Elvis Presley Story” explores the career of the world’s most iconic entertainer through insightful and engaging interviews from those that knew him best, and according to Martindale is the most comprehensive story on Elvis Presley ever produced.

Martindale was a close friend of Presley’s. Martindale says he became a big fan after listening to the first airing of Presley’s single ‘That’s Alright Mama’ on July 8, 1954 after listening to it from inside the radio station at WHBQ in Memphis where he worked at the time. Shortly thereafter, Martindale had Elvis on his TV show ‘The Teen Dance Hour’ which would become The King’s very first television appearance on June 16, 1956.

“The world of music and entertainment has changed so much since the night Elvis Presley’s ‘That’s Alright Mama’ was first played on the radio,” Martindale said. "I was there in the station that night, and that’s when I first met Elvis. He and I became great friends and we remained friends until the day he passed".

“I’m so fortunate to have witnessed American music history,” he said. “And I am thrilled to be able to share ‘The Elvis Presley Story’ with a new and worldwide audience.”

Martindale first aired parts of “The Elvis Presley Story” immediately after Presley’s passing in 1977 during a nationwide radio tribute special in his honor.

Listen to Wink Martindale's "The Elvis Presley Story" can be heard on KWXY Music Radio 92.3 FM Palm Springs, California, the Coachella Valley and streaming to the world at KWXY.com.

Listen to Wink Martindale's "The Elvis Presley Story" August 14th and August 16th starting at 9am PST on KWXY Music Radio 92.3FM ● 1340AM ● streaming at kwxy.com and ivoxradio.com