Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Joe Mullins Receives SPBGMA's DJ of the Year Award

Joe Mullins received the Bluegrass DJ of the Year award from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) during a ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, February 6th.








Joe Mullins is a southwestern Ohio native who has been an active bluegrass performer and broadcaster for over 25 years. Since 1982, Mullins has worked as an on air personality, programming bluegrass music on full service commercial radio stations almost daily. As a banjo player, Mullins was a founding member of the Traditional Grass and Longview, and has been busy since 2006 with his band, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers.


In 1995, Mullins formed Town and Country Broadcasting, Inc., purchasing WBZI Radio in Xenia, Ohio, and has since expanded into a network of southwest Ohio stations collectively referred to as Classic Country Radio including the addition of WKFI AM 1090 in Wilmington in 2003, WEDI AM 1130 in Eaton in 2004 and most recently FM 100.3, reaching the Dayton/Xenia region. Mullins programs a unique mix of locally produced programming including country oldies, bluegrass, news and information heard daily by thousands of loyal listeners and worldwide at www.myclassiccountry.com. He is on air weekdays 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST featuring bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music.



With the ability to feature the music he knows and loves on mainstream radio daily for many years, Mullins has continually created new bluegrass fans, helped new artists become established and provided promotional assistance to hundreds of concerts and festivals. As a commercial broadcaster and active member of the business community, he has also generated sponsor dollars for bluegrass events and introduced our music and audience to many satisfied clients.



Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers performed at the SPBGMA weekend event in Nashville on Friday, but Mullins was unable to attend the Sunday awards due to a previously scheduled performance back in Ohio. Upon hearing the news, Mullins was both surprised and delighted. "What a weekend! I am so thankful for my listeners and all who made the 2011 SPBGMA DJ Award possible," stated Mullins. "It was great to be at the show this weekend with the Radio Ramblers as well! We are blessed!"


For more information on Joe Mullins and his radio program, please visit http://www.myclassiccountry.com/ . For more information on Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, visit http://www.radioramblers.com/ .

Joe Mullens and the Radio Ramclers will be performing at the Laurel Highlands Bluegrass Festival thia June.  http://www.laurelhighlandsbluegrass.com/

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