From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

WTVR was the South’s first television station and played a critical role in the founding and early success of Wards TV, which later grew into Circuit City. Get a brief history and tour of the station from Don Talley, whose father was among the first service technicians for Wards TV. Don now work...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Circuit City president and CEO Alan Wurtzel talks about his father Sam’s younger years — before he opened Wards TV in Richmond, VA. Sam and his son Alan grew the family business into Circuit City -- the nation's largest name-brand specialty electronics retailer. In early 2009, after 6...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Don Talley has had a life-long relationship with Wards TV and Circuit City. His father was a service technician and, later, a salesman with Wards. Don worked for years as an electronics vendor, meeting regularly with Circuit City’s merchandising department. Now Don works for WTVR - the South...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Jerry Lawson and Jim Wimmer were familiar faces to Circuit City associates both in the field and at the corporate office. Both joined Wards in 1969, and eventually grew with the company into VP positions. Jerry retired in 2007, but Jim stayed until the bitter end. In this clip, they reflect on t...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Austin Ligon, co-founder and past president/CEO of CarMax, talks about Circuit City’s entrepreneurial spirit. Not only did that spirit drive the development of CarMax in the 1990s, it continues to live on in many former Circuit City employees who have recently created new companies. In this clip...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Brian and Rebecca Keller worked for a combined 39 years with Circuit City, and like many other couples, relied on the company’s continued success to support their family. Brian and Rebecca observed first-hand the mounting difficulties facing the company in the mid-to-late 90s. In this clip, Rebe...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

Trailer for the documentary A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story. In 1949, a young entrepreneur named Sam Wurtzel opened a small TV shop in Richmond, VA. Over the next four decades, Sam and his son Alan grew the family business into the nation’s largest name-brand specialty elec...

From: Trailer Addict on Sun, Nov 14 2010 8:58 PM

It was an unexpected father-son conversation that got Alan Wurtzel thinking that joining Wards, Co. might be an interesting career move. In this clip, hear Alan describe his original career plans, and learn what finally convinced him to go work for his dad. That fateful decision was critical to ...