Big River Broadcasting

It Starts Here

Few companies can claim pioneers as their founders. We at Big River Broadcasting certainly can. Big River Broadcasting was started by Florence, Alabama native Sam Phillips and continues to be operated by his family. Sam always loved music....and radio.

At a young age Sam was exposed to the cultural richness of tenant farmers, preachers, and front-porch musicians. Sam moved his family to Memphis, Tennessee, where he eventually started a small recording studio. The "Memphis Recording Service" would, in just a few years, impact the world as the birthplace of a new musical era.

Elvis Enters The Building

Elvis Presley began his legendary rise to fame with Sam Phillips' guidance. Along the way Sam would also record and shape the careers of Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and countless others on his Sun Records label.