William I. Richardson
William Ira Richardson has accrued an impressive body of broadcasting and production experience during his career at ETV. He began his career at WRJA in Sumter, and moved to WRET in Spartanburg as a producer/director in 1985.
Richardson has also held the distinction of being an adjunct professor of Advanced Video Production at USC Upstate. He has served on the South Carolina State Budget and Control Board's State Employee Grievance Committee.
Active in the community, he has served on the board of directors for the Spartanburg YMCA; the Spartanburg Bethlehem Center, the Carolina Foothills Artisan Center and a Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce Workforce committee. He is also a graduate of the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce's "Leadership Spartanburg Program.”
Richardson lives in Spartanburg, SC.
Stories
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Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign
March 30, 2017General Daniel Morgan’s battle plan at Cowpens was considered a masterpiece of military strategy and tactics. In Fall of 1780, General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under Morgan to fight the British in western South Carolina. In response, Lieutenant Colonel... -
Kings Mountain: The Turn of the Tide of Success | The Southern Campaign
March 30, 2017Kings Mountain is a rocky wooded hill on the border of North and South Carolina. On October 7, 1780, a thousand patriots surrounded and attacked the British troops and Loyalist soldiers. This battle would become a major victory and turn the tides for the patriots. View... -
Musgrove Mill: A Ray of Hope | The Southern Campaign
March 29, 2017August 19th 1780, three days after the Battle of Camden, another battle was fought. British Provincials from Ninety Six were camped near Edward Musgrove’s grist mill on the Enoree River (Laurens County), with many recuperating from wounds received at the Battle of Cedar... -
Camden: Defeat and Destruction | The Southern Campaign
March 24, 2017On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis's army headed north. The cavalries clashed in a... -
Brattonsville: Choosing Sides | The Southern Campaign
March 21, 2017In June 1780, the British had established an "outpost" at Rocky Mount, in the Catawba Valley. Lieutenant Colonel George Turnbull sent troops into what are now York and Chester counties to round up and eliminate the rebels. Captain Christian Huck, a loyalist from Philadelphia... -
Waxhaws: Blood in the Backcountry | The Southern Campaign
March 20, 2017On May 29, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion caught up with Colonel Abraham Buford’s army at a place called “The Waxhaws” in the Catawba River valley, located four miles south of the North Carolina border. Over in fifteen minutes and with 113...
