If he's exonerated in the Olympic Park bombing, hero guard-turned-suspect Richard Jewell may have a future at his favorite radio station.
WKLS has offered him a job - on the condition that he's cleared - as a bodyguard for its disc jockeys during public events.There's a chance Jewell would also do on-air spots and television commercials, said Michael Hughes, the station's program director.
"No doubt there are positive publicity ramifications to this," Hughes said Wednesday. "It's rock 'n' roll. If, once it clears, we can have some fun with it, we will."
The station made the offer about two weeks ago, after news photos showed one of the station's "96 Rock" bumper stickers on the rear window of Jewell's truck.
"They were nice as heck to do this because it came at a time when things were pretty dark," said Watson Bryant, one of Jewell's attorneys.
Jewell, 33, has been hunkered down for more than a month in the Atlanta apartment he shares with his mother.
Four search warrants were issued authorizing the FBI to search Jewell's home, his vehicle and a storage unit, and also to obtain hairs from his head. He has not been charged - or ruled out - as a suspect in the bombing.
Jewell was working as a security guard at Centennial Olympic Park when a pipe bomb exploded July 27, killing one person and injuring 111. Jewell has not been charged in the bombing. He was credited with being the first to spot the knapsack containing the bomb.