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DJ schedules are subject to change. Times are in Eastern Standard Time (ET) except where noted.

Kyle Cantrell | email
Weekdays 7 am – 11 am

Kyle Cantrell was born just outside of Nashville, TN, where he grew up listening to the sounds of the Grand Ole Opry. After studying broadcasting at the University of TN and MTSU, Kyle landed his first radio job in 1980 at Murfreesboro's WMTS. By 1982, he joined the staff of WSM, and in 1985 he took his place on stage as an announcer of the Grand Ole Opry. At WSM he produced shows built around country music's rich history and was used as an on-camera expert on many television shows. As a part of WSMs management team, he pioneered its first classic country format and was awarded the 2003 Golden Voice Award for Outstanding Radio Personality. He was named Program Director for Bluegrass Junction in 2005, and was honored to be named the 2008 IBMA Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year. Kyle continues to live his dream and bring country and bluegrass music's heritage to listeners everywhere on Bluegrass Junction.

Joey Black | email
Weekdays 11 am - 3 pm ET

Larry Stephenson will tell you that it was the sound of the Osborne Brothers that “Set His Soul on Fire”... and Joey will tell you the same thing! He had always known the music of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs from his Dad’s record collection, but it wasn’t until he heard the Osborne Brothers sing “Don’t Let Smoky Mountain Smoke Get in Your Eyes” that the bluegrass bug permanently bit! Since then he’s learned every version of the “G Run” and has collected every Bluegrass history book he could find. “You’ve got to know where the music has been to know where it is going...” Even as Joey worked on New York’s only New Country station in the late 90’s, he still volunteered his time at William Paterson University’s radio station to play 6 hours of Bluegrass every week. He began at Sirius XM in June of ’02. “Getting to play Bluegrass fulltime is a dream come true and is a huge honor!” His love of 1st generation “Truegrass” pickers is as strong as his love for the new bands breaking all sorts of rules in Bluegrass today.

Chris Jones | email
Weekdays 3 pm – 9 pm
Saturday Noon – 6 pm
Host of Truegrass

Chris Jones has been a host on Sirius XM satellite radio almost since its beginning. When he's not playing bluegrass on the airwaves, he's playing it on his 1970 Gallagher guitar all over the world: he's taken the stage at a football stadium in Bulgaria, at Lincoln Center in New York, at smokey bars in the midwest and many places in between. He has won 3 IBMA awards, including two in 2007: "Broadcaster of the Year" and "Song of the Year". He has released 7 CDs and fronts his own band, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. He's also worked as a sideman for artists as diverse as Lynn Morris, Special Consensus, Vassar Clements, April Verch, and The Chieftains. He was recently featured as a performer and commentator on the PBS series, "The Appalachians". He also finds time to record bluegrass instructional DVDs, do free-lance writing and be a winter sports enthusiast.

Ned Luberecki | email
Saturday 6 pm – Midnight
Host of Derailed

Ned Luberecki’s fascination with banjo, bluegrass and radio all started in the late 1970s. First inspired to learn the banjo from hearing Steve Martin play on his comedy records, he quickly absorbed the music of Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and J. D. Crowe and the New South. He is also influenced by the progressive sounds of Tony Trischka, Newgrass Revival and Tony Rice, and by some good ol’ rock and roll (Ned is a big time Van Halen fan! Ask him to play "Eruption" on the banjo sometime.) When not at home in Nashville, Ned is on the road touring with Chris Jones and the Night Drivers or teaching at banjo workshops and broadcasting his show from wherever he happens to be – whether it’s a cruise ship in the Caribbean, Munich Germany or Winfield Kansas.

Del McCoury | email
Host of Handpicked

Del McCoury was born in Bakersville, North Carolina , but at an early age, the McCoury family relocated north, just above the Mason-Dixon Line in York County, Pennsylvania. It was his older brother G.C. who introduced the young Del to bluegrass through the music of Flatt and Scruggs. "I learned to play music from my older brother, and we always listened to the Grand Ole Opry. In 1950, he bought some 78 RPMs, and one of them was Flatt and Scruggs. When I heard them playing 'Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms,' I just couldn't leave that record alone…I wore it out!" Del was so impressed by bluegrass music that he decided to take up the banjo. The rest, as they say, is history, as Del went on to become a highly awarded bluegrass performer and legend in the format.

Wichita Rutherford
Host of Grand Old Time Machine

Wichita Rutherford is recognized as a true pioneer of the podcasting movement and continues to push the envelope with his cutting edge, innovative digital content. He's also precious. "I want to educate people about Bluegrass, get them interested in it. No matter what kind of music they like, no matter where they're from, or what their background or age is. Bluegrass is for everybody." When Wichita first came on the scene, it was obvious he was something special: an interviewer/Bluegrass historian with a penchant for making famous people laugh. It didn't take long for people to notice: Alison Krauss, Dierks Bentley, John Paul Jones, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch, Bela Fleck, and Doc Watson are just some of the superstars who lined up to be interviewed. Demand became so insatiable that Wichita soon found himself the very first Podcaster with a satellite radio deal.