A native of Charlotte, Jimmy Capps began his broadcast career on WSOC radio and later on WFBC radio in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1947, following his military service during World War II, Jimmy was hired by WPTF and began a late-night record show, “Our Best to You,” that would become a legend in North Carolina broadcasting.  “Our Best to You” was built around the idea of dedications from listeners woven in with requested songs. Jimmy would also feature selected romantic poetry in the mix. The show ran for two hours from 10 p.m. – midnight on WPTF. Because of the station’s huge 50,000-watt signal, “Our Best to You” could be heard in much of North Carolina.

In the early 1960s, Jimmy’s program began airing on WRAL-FM and eventually via tape relay on as many as 27 other radio stations. There was even a station that aired the program in Paducah, Kentucky. This syndication gave Jimmy Capps a large regional influence in surrounding southeastern states. He averaged 125 letters, telegrams, and phone calls a day. He would receive records every day for his consideration. Only the best would be carefully selected.

During the ’50s and ’60s, “Our Best to You” was enormously popular on college campuses in the Triangle area. In WPTF’s 100 years of broadcasting, no station personality has ever been more popular and had higher ratings than Jimmy Capps. By the mid-1960s, Jimmy’s show had moved to Raleigh’s top 40 radio station WKIX AM-FM, where “Our Best to You” was also the most popular show on the station. During this time, Jimmy Capps started a Raleigh recording studio and a record label, JCP (Jimmy Capps Productions).

Sadly, Jimmy Capps passed away in 1967 at the young age of 47. At the time of his death, “Our Best to You” had been on the air in Raleigh for 20 years.

“Our Best to You” was revived in 1977 with Raleigh attorney and former WPTF broadcaster Bill Hoke in the announcer’s chair. Airing on the last Sunday of the month, WPTF once again broadcast the program. Hoke would continue until January 1985. It would be brought back by WWND in the late 1980s as a nightly rebroadcast of the Hoke music tapes. And, starting in the mid-1990s, WPTF owner Don Curtis would devote the final hour of his Sunday Night Hall of Fame program to the music and poetry played by Jimmy Capps on “Our Best to You.”