Thursday 28th March 2024

7:00 am-Noon  Billy Ray….was born in the little West Texas Town of El Paso.  A military brat, he grew up all over the nation, from coast to coast in the U.S., Japan, and Germany.   Billy Ray is an Army Veteran and married to his lifelong partner, Patti from Rosebud.  They enjoy all kinds of music and dancing. Billy Ray has worked in radio all over central Texas, including Copperas Cove, Gatesville, Temple, Belton, and Waco.  He won the American Eagle Award from the Country Music Association of America,  Music Director of the Year, and Station of the Year, Best Promotion of the Year.  He was the announcer of the Killeen PRCA Rodeo for over 20 Years and The JR Rodeo.  He received many Commanders Awards from Fort Hood and Operation Test Command.  Billy says, “I Love to Play Country Music enjoy meeting and talking to artist over the years like Ray Price, Jeannie Sealy, Johnny Lee, The Bellamy Brothers, David Frizzell, Jerry Jeff Walker,  Moe Bandy, George Jones and George Strait, Alan Jackson and many more.  It’s a Long list of artists and a lot of memories to share remembering songs and the artists you hear.”

 

Noon-5:00 pm  Ken Cocker….always thought he was going to be a baseball player, drafted out of high school, he played in the Boston Red Sox organization for two years before getting injured.  His dad told him not to come home without a job, so he went to work for the local radio station broadcasting games in little Sumter South Carolina. From there he moved up to stations in Charleston and Savannah. Then to Indianapolis and from there nearly four decades in Chicago with a short interlude doing mornings in Minneapolis.  Ken is now waking up Waco and Central Texas, weekday mornings on Kicker Country!