A piece of Birmingham broadcasting history hit the real estate market this week – the former home of Magic City radio broadcaster Tommy Charles.

The two-story, three-bedroom, four-bath house, sitting at 1401 Redmont Drive, was built in 1989. It has an asking price of $675,000.

It has 4,570 square feet of living space. It has a two-car garage, patio and other features on a lot of just less than one acre.

Charles, who died in 1996, was a fixture of Birmingham airwaves from the 1950s onward.

Paired with Doug Layton and later with John Ed Willoughby, Charles made international news in 1966 by organizing a “Beatle boycott” after singer John Lennon was quoted as saying the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”

Later, in 1993, Charles and Willoughby took to the airwaves to help get assistance to people stranded during that year’s historic blizzard.

The home features a large light-filled atrium-style living room. Its windows overlook a three-tiered rear garden and back deck.

There is a main stairwell and a second set found in the kitchen. On the second floor is the primary suite with a spacious, naturally lit den and an office overlooking the living room.

The finished basement has an in-law suite with living room, bedroom, full bath, kitchen, second laundry and French doors opening onto the lower-level gardens.

Furgus Touhy of RealtySouth is handling the property. He said that after Charles’ passing, the home was owned by a now-retired UAB professor who bought an adjoining property and fashioned it into a Japanese garden.

“There’s a tea house, a koi pond, and a bridge,” Touhy said. “It was a labor of love and it really shows.”