After 25 years with Ryman Hospitality Classic Country 650 WSM Nashville and host of the Grand Ole Opry, Eddie Stubbs has announced he will retire at the end of this month.
Stubbs began his radio career at 95.9 WYII Williamsport/Hagerstown MD in 1983 before joining American University’s 88.5 WAMU Washington DC the following year. After serving as a producer for six years, Stubbs hosted a Bluegrass show on WAMU from 1990 through 2007. Also an accomplished fiddler, Stubbs moved to Nashville in 1995 to join Kitty Wells’ band and joined WSM as a part-timer. A couple weeks later was hired as the announcer for the Grand Ole Opry. He was promoted to evening host at WSM in July 1996 and is the longest running night host in the station’s history.
This evening Eddie Stubbs announced his retirement from WSM Radio and the Grand Ole @opry. Eddie has been a part of our airwaves for more than 25 years, and we’re so grateful for his knowledge, wisdom and passion for country music. pic.twitter.com/0YmBenYWc9
— WSM Radio – The Home of the Opry! (@WSMradio) July 22, 2020
Stay tuned this week and next as WSM celebrates Eddie Stubbs. We will revisit some of his famed interviews from our archives, and so much more!
Thank you Eddie, for keeping the light on for Nashville radio!
— WSM Radio – The Home of the Opry! (@WSMradio) July 22, 2020
