THIS BAILEY BABY BLUES WEEK ON BLUESTIME IN THE CITY THE WEEKEND ENDING MARCH 29-30, 2025
Gregg A. Smith is talking about someone he has always been fascinating with in The Blues. April 4th is the Birthday of Muddy Waters. We’re going Old School with a Performance from Muddy’s Past….. The Blues Email of the Week is from a listener that says, The man is just Country, but I Love him.” And yes, we’ll play some Mel, Lacee, J Wonn, Jody, and some Tyrone and Many other Old School Blues and New School Southern Soul artists…We’ll shout out The Bailey Baby Birthdays, And we’ll bring you a few Blues Views, PLUS we’ll have other tidbits of information on Blues and Southern Soul throughout the show…..Join me….Rojene Bailey….The Happiest Man In America….for BluesTime In The City….Your weekly stop for the Best in Blues and Southern Soul….Coming up This week….Right Here…
Congratulations are in order for BluesTime in the City’s very own host and producer, Rojene Bailey. He’s being inducted into The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) Class of 2025. The induction ceremony will take place at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport, 9801 Natural Bridge St. in Louis, Mo. 63134 on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
CLASS OF 2025 INDUCTEES
The Talented Brothers of Blues Radio Award Rojene Bailey “BluesTime in the City” Talented Sisters of Radio Award Helen Little, JoJo O’Neal, Kathy Brown
Talented Brothers of Radio Award Lorenzo “Ice Tea” Thomas, Phil Nelson, Elroy Smith
Gospel Radio Personality Radio Award Marvin Sapp, Willie May Mciver
African American Station Owner Award Barry Mayo
The African American Radio Station Promotions Award Mike Kelly, Cheryl Winston
The African American Record Pool Distributors Award Coalition DJs
The Talk Radio Personality Award Bev Johnson
The Personality that has reached out to the Community Award Dee Hill The Hip Hop Radio Personality Award Ed Lover The House Music Pioneer Award Farley “Jackmaster” Funk
The Talented Sisters of Blues Radio Award Renee Smith (Blues Singer)
The Radio Music Career Artists of the Year Inductee. Arrested Development
The Lifetime Media Achievement Award Inductee J. Anthony Brown
The Broadcasters Chairman’s leadership Award Inductee Marsha Washington George, aka Radio Lady
Production and Imaging Award “Mitch Faulkner Award” Marc Young
The Radio Pioneer Award Shirley Strawberry, Ron Atkins, Rick Roberts “JoJo”, Robin Boyce, Barbara Taylor, Don Saint John
The Posthumous Award Inductee (Appointed by the board this year) Jerry Boulding | Wanda Smith | Van Douglas | Gary Young | Cleo Sears | Sid Kennedy | Charles “Hoppy” Adams | Mary Mason | Herb Kent, “The Cool Gent”
Congratulations are in order for all the inductees, and a Huge Thank You to the National Black Radio Hall of Fame.
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Congratulations to our very own R-R-Rojene Bailey, host of BluesTime In The City, the recipient of the 2024 Radio and Records Pioneer Award.
