All Aboard the A Train!
During his radio career, Nat still worked at the Champion Mill. His shift ended at 4:55 pm, leaving him only 10 minutes before his show began. He would prepare the next day’s show the night before or during his lunch break. His Saturday show played contemporary music and his Sunday show played gospel. His show ran for 10 years until the station was sold and the new owners changed formats. Nat had a dedicated following that stretched from Asheville to east Tennessee. Listeners, both black and white, would call in live requests or mail in song suggestions. As the article describes, Nat tried his best to play songs that every audience member could enjoy, inadvertanly promoting positive race relations through similar musical interests. Nat the Cat would end his show with:
“The clock on the wall says we gotta crawl, but jump on the A-Train tomorrow."