Jim Atkins

US hillbilly disc jockey and host of Uncle Jim Show, WLBS, Birmingham, AL. He later worked for WBRC (same city). He was also a member of the group "Jim Atkins and His Barnyard Sweethearts". As a manager of Hoyt Johnson, he co-wrote several songs including "Where Are You" (1957), retitled "It's A Little More Like Heaven" by Hank Locklin and "You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven" by Johnny Cash in 1958.