B. B. King's Bluesville

Infobox Radio Station
name = Bluesville


area = United States
Canada
slogan =
airdate = September 25, 2001
frequency = XM 74
format = Blues
owner = XM Satellite Radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=74 Bluesville]
:"For the record label, see Bluesville Records"B. B. King's Bluesville is a channel on XM Satellite Radio devoted to Blues music. It plays a mix of traditional blues, modern blues, rockin' blues and soul or "finger-poppin'" blues.

Bill Wax is the Program Director for the channel. While playing music in the "town" of Bluesville, Wax is often hanging out in Low-Fi's Bar and Pool Hall. Tony Colter, the other on-air personality, plays the role of a night-time bartender at Low-Fi's.

B. B. King is the "Mayor" of Bluesville and has made several live appearances on the station. King will begin hosting his own weekly music show for XM Radio beginning in September 2008. The program will feature a broad range of blues and gospel music hand-selected by King, along with stories about the artists and other personal anecdotes from the bluesman's epic career.

The channel launched as Bluesville in 2001; King's name was officially added on July 14, 2008.

Shows on Bluesville

Friday Juke JointHosted by Bill Wax. Weekly four-hour show consisting solely of listener requests and dedications. Requests can be called into the request line or e-mailed. The number to call for requests is 1-866-267-0454.

Stone BlueHosted by Aaron Lee, this show is dedicated to Rockin' Blues.

Rack of BluesCountdown of recently released blues songs.

The Front PorchAcoustic show of contemporary and traditional blues.

External links

* [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=74 Bluesville]