You Never Know Who Is Looking

It is gratifying to know that renown bluegrass DJ Katy Daley has been checking out this blog. Katy left a very nice comment on my pictures from Parsons, she especially liked the shots of Goldwing Express. Thanks Katy.

John

Katy's bio from Bluegrass Country:

Hosting a show on Bluegrass Country is like coming home for Katy, who started her broadcasting career on WAMU-FM. In 1972 she volunteered to do the bluegrass calendar announcements on Gary Henderson’s Saturday morning bluegrass show. When WAMU’s bluegrass programming expanded — first from 10 p.m. to Midnight and later in the afternoon drive-time slot of 3-6p.m. — the producing duties were split between Gary, Katy and Jerry Gray.
In 1979 Katy took a job with Washington’s commercial country station, WMZQ-AM/FM. In her 18 years with that station she worked several different jobs: overnight DJ, on-air program director of the AM station, member of the morning team, and public affairs director. In 1991 her documentary on Arlington National Cemetery received Honorable Mention at the International Radio Festival of New York and in 1994 she won the Achievement in Radio (AIR) award for Best Mid-Length Interview.
A native Washingtonian, Katy grew up in Tokyo, Japan and Camp Chinen, Okinawa when her parents were stationed overseas between 1958 and 1963. It was during that time a show on Armed Forces Radio called “Rice Paddy Round-up” fueled her love of bluegrass and country music.
Katy holds a BA in Communication from The American University. Katy’s an adult-learner of the clawhammer banjo. She is a member of IBMA, Friends of Old Time Banjo, and the Capitol Area Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association. She also serves on the DC Bluegrass Union board of directors.
Katy is a graduate of the 2008 IBMA Leadership Bluegrass Class. She was one of three finalists for IBMA’s Broadcast Personality of the Year at the 2008 IBMA World of Bluegrass in Nashville. Katy also hosts an hour-long syndicated show carried on stations in Kansas, Arkansas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
She and her husband Bill live in Washington and have a 28-year-old son.
The Katy Daley Show