Complex sentence: Phillips started his radio career in 1949 on WHBQ/560 in Memphis, and was the city's leading radio personality for nine years and was the first to simulcast his "Red, Hot & Blue" show on radio and television.
Split into simpler sentences: Phillips started his radio career in 1949 on WHBQ/560 in Memphis. He was the city's leading radio personality for nine years and was the first to simulcast his "Red, Hot & Blue" show on radio and television.