Bill Alley, Juke Box Gold Host

Bill has been a radio guy all his life....since the age of 4 clinging to his GE transistor AM radio listening to this music in bed from his grandparent's Bristol RI home to today...his life is about the music.  Classically and jazz trained trumpeter and songwriter  of spirituals which still are sung in some churhes, Bill has appeared in area symphonies, quartetes and small performances in his school days while pursuing a broadcast career.  In college (Curry College) he was first in his graduating class to be working full time in the business, starting his career in 1978 in Taunton, MA on a station which is now well known in Providence (WSNE, which he returned to for awhile in the early 80's).  Bill's resume includes hosting at statons in Providence, RI, greater Boston, greater Worcester and as PD in Martha's Vineyard, MA...and as producer for a religious program, shows also aired in New York City, Sprinfield, MA, Martha's Vineyard and Boston.  All that was done in the 70's and 80's.  He went into format creation, production and broadcast production part time from 1982 onward with his own small company called "The Creation Station/Real Life Media".  This company returned with Bill's own Creation Station CCM Music Show in Providence (WRIB) in the early 90's.  Bill was also actively pursing financing for a radio facility in RI for one of his self-created formats which eventually got airing on KCLA-FM Los Angeles (Rhythm & Essence, a soul/gospel/jazz/oldies and more mix) and cyberstaionusa.com in Hartford CT from 2001-2003.

Bill's WINY presence has been about the station since 2003.  In 2003, Bill was the Afternoon Drive voice, coupled with John Ryan's news expertise-a force that both entertained and informed with some good laughs thrown in.  In 2004, Bill was involved in an off-broadcast opportunity in Hartford Ct which managed a makeover of one of America's premier building wonders: the Phoenix Life Insurance corporate office, that famous 2-sided building in downtown Hartford (there are only two in the world, the other is the famous "lipstick" building in NYC).

Returning to WINY in 2007, Bill came back with a whole new show and new approach:  Juke Box Gold combines all the great oldies of the 50's and 60's with that rich collection of artists remembered by so many!  This not just straigtforward oldies like you hear on most stations; we do so much more on this show-including hits which crossed over from jazz, folk, country and those silly songs we just can't get out of our heads.  Most of all , this show is the Sunday morning gathering place for all.....we shared the coffee and danish together whild slinging the tunes we love so much.  You'll also get the gab on Sports results from Saturday and the games coming up, local and beyond.....and we always inform with the stuff the locals need to know as it happens.

Bill has always said:  "This audience (the listeners of WINY) are the best audience in the world"....and he means it.  He knows the spirit of giving and care the WINY listener, and the Northeast Corner of CT residents make happen on a daily basis, having also been directly involved in numerous volunteer and sponsored activities helping to cure disease and disaster.  His personal project, support for ST. Jude's Research Hospital, is always front and center and he welcomes anyone who want to help this organization find cures for very sick kids.

You can reach Bill at the studio Sunday mornings at 860-928-1350, write him at info@winyradio.com or contact him by email directly at worklifeimaging@gmail.com

Tune every Sunday morning and hear Bill and Juke Box Gold from 6 a.m.- 11 a.m.