The blues are an essential part of music history and touches every genre, be it rock and roll, jazz and even country music. It’s very much a social thing, and KNON Blues Radio is a hub of blues activity in North Texas. The two hour show is on the air five nights a week, from six to eight pm, broadcasting from Dallas.

There’s a different host every weeknight…JMAC on Mondays plays all styles of blues, from the classic years of the early 20’s and 30’s, through country blues and 50’s Chicago, up to today’s contemporary artists. There’s Big Daddy Hal on Tuesdays, Scott on Wednesdays, Ginger on Thursdays, and Don O. on Fridays, KNON’s blues format director since 1983.

KNON-FM is a community radio station run by dedicated volunteers who really love what they do. It’s mostly funded through listener donations. They’re currently in their winter pledge drive and are asking for public donations to keep the station going. The weeknight blues programs are especially important because it’s programmed by each nightly host, giving listeners a wide variety of live and recorded blues. Local and regional musicians drop by the studios on occasion to talk about their live shows and even play a few songs.

It’s the only station in north Texas with this kind of programming, which spans everything from blues, R&B, Talk, Jazz, Country, Gospel, Rock, Latin Energy, Hip-Hop and Reggae. You get a different perspective every night with a different host, each one a musician as much as a DJ, spanning massive personal collections over the past fifty years.

If you’re into the blues, then I encourage you to tune in and support this great community radio station. They’ve been on the air since 1983 as a non-profit, listener-supported station. That’s very unique in today’s entertainment landscape, and totally worth supporting.

KNON 89.3 FM is also online, broadcasting 24 hours a day through the internet, at www.knon.org.

Don O.’s Dallas/Fort Worth Blues Page @ www.geocities.com/bluesdfw

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