WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and the Bluegrass Country Foundation who plan to take over management of the station next year, have announced a five week extension in their December 31 deadline to transfer ownership. The Foundation was created for the express purpose of assuming
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Special C’s side trip to Louisville
When Special Consensus made the journey to Shepherdsville, KY last week for a show in Gary Brewer’s Friday Night Bluegrass Series, the band took a side trip to Louisville to make a guest appearance on Bob Mitchell's Best Of Bluegrass program, recorded at WFPK-FM. The guys
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C.F. Bailey & Shadow Ridge on Best of Bluegrass
This report comes from Bob Mitchell, host of Best of Bluegrass on WCHQ in Louisville, KY. He is one of the reporting radio hosts for our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. Look for this show to be broadcast in the
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The Gospel Station adds bluegrass
The Gospel Station Network has announced two items of interest to lovers of bluegrass Gospel music. First up, they have added the Les Butler and Friends’ Radio Show to their online broadcast each Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (eastern). Butler created this new
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Till I’m Dead And Gone from Curtis Wright
Voxhall Records has released a second single to radio from Curtis Wright's self-titled solo project. The first single, Going Through Carolina spent several months on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. This new one is Till I'm Dead And Gone, a dobro-drenched
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Bluegrass Country Foundation forms to save BluegrassCountry.org
It looks like there is at least one group in the DC capitol area hard at work to save their beloved bluegrass radio in the district and outlying areas. The Bluegrass Country Foundation has been formed specifically to raise the necessary
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Dennis Jones recovering at home
Dennis Jones, popular North Carolina broadcaster and bluegrass personality, is feeling much better and recovering now at home after a brief hospitalization earlier this month. A bout with salmonella that would have been a mere inconvenience for most of us turned
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Cindy Baucom jumps to television
Cindy Baucom, whose syndicated radio show Knee Deep In Bluegrass has been running for 13 years on the John Boy & Billy Network, is pleased to be taking the show to the television box. The half hour program will feature
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Upper Big Branch Mine hits for The Bluegrass Outlaws
The Bluegrass Outlaws have made a lot of big steps since forming at the beginning of this year. The talented group won the 2016 SPBGMA Band Championship in February, and have now been signed to Wilson Pickin's Bluegrass Promotions for representation. Based in
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Dennis Jones hospitalized in North Carolina
Popular bluegrass radio host and personality Dennis Jones has been hospitalized near his home in North Carolina. Serving as a regular host on WNCW's Gospel Truth and Goin' Across The Mountain broadcasts each week, he has developed a loyal fan