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Wake up with laughs every morning with Steve, Ben & Nikki on the WXBQ Morning Air Show. The Morning Air Show has had the honor of being chosen twice for the CMA and and twice for the ACM Personalities of the Year! They’ll get you to work with all the info you need including weather from Al Archer and the latest traffic info.
Steve Stroud
Steve Stroud was born and raised in Virginia, and knew from a very early age that he wanted to work in radio. Steve’s career took him to tations in Winston-Salem, NC and Lynchburg, VA, before hosting the morning show at WXBQ.
The majority of his career has been spent waking up listeners on the Tri Cities # 1 morning show. If his voice sounds familiar…it might also be because you could’ve heard him on commercials for clients like John Deere, Nissan, Bryant Heating and Air, Delta Airlines, etc.
When he’s not spending time with friends, Steve is probably watching Baltimore Orioles baseball, the Dallas Cowboys or NC State sports.
Fun Fact: Steve also loves playing sports, including a few years in adult league baseball.
Ben Walker
Ben Walker was born in Dothan, Alabama, and raised in North Alabama. Throughout his childhood, he spent his summers in the mountains of East Tennessee. . After high school, Ben joined the Marine Corps and stood on the yellow footprints in Parris Island. After his military service, he went back to radio and has been on the air for almost 40-years.
His radio travels have taken him to many different cities, such as New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston, Milwaukee, and Albuquerque. When asked, Ben will tell you that it is great to be back home in East Tennessee and working for the greatest radio station in America, WXBQ. Listen for Ben weekdays with Steve and Nikki on the Morning Air Show from 6am – 10am.
Nikki Thomas
Nikki Thomas was born and raised in the mountains of Western North Carolina and grew up playing bluegrass music with her family all over the country.
As a Program Director, her stations in Knoxville, TN, Modesto, CA and the Tri Cities have picked up a total of four CMA awards, four ACM awards for Station of the Year, plus the additional two ACM’s and CMA’s for Personality of the Year. Thomas serves on the Board of Directors and Committees for the Appalachian Fair in Gray, TN, Abuse Alternatives, the NETN St Jude Walk and Run and the Making Strides Walk for NETN and SWVA.
