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Bill Foster" Host of "Fosters Corner" Contact Bill Fosters Corner Promo

Greetings, Music Lovers! My name is Bill Foster Since June 2017, Valerie Smith asked me to bring my program and radio experience to Bell Buckle Radio, where I am currently the Program Director.
I am also producer/host of "Foster Corner" currently broadcast on Bell Buckle Radio at 8:00PM, Monday - Saturday, and a Gospel Hour on Sundays at 10:00AM.

I am a musician based in the Northern Shenandoah Valley town of Strasburg, Virginia. I play guitar and mandolin, sing lead and harmony vocals. I currently play with local musicians Don Crigler & Kat Turner. I am also a co-host of the Sunday Open Mic sessions at the Box Office Brewery in Strasburg. During 2023-2024 I was a member of the former trio Massandoah with Kevin Whalen Paul Tangren.

My primary interest has been Bluegrass music which I have followed since the early 1970's. I also enjoy other genres of music, ie. Classic Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, Americana, & Singer/Songwriter.

From 2013 to 2019 I was an MC at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival in Woodstown, NJ. From January 2015 to September 2017, I was co-owner of the now-closed ShenRiver Music Group music publishing company.

From 2006 through 2010, I was a member of Strasburg, Virginia's Five of a Kind Bluegrass band. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2005, I was a member of SW Florida's Swinging Bridge Bluegrass band. Over the years some other Bluegrass bands I have been with were DC area's "New River Express", "Winterwood" and "Outer Banks".

Between 1982-83, I became a contribution writer for the now-defunct "Blueprint-Washington's Bluegrass Newspaper". Since 1996, I have been a contributing writer for "Bluegrass Unlimited" magazine. Since 1995 I have been a professional member of the IBMA - International Bluegrass Music Association and I am a 2004 graduate of their Leadership Bluegrass program.

From December 1985 thru February 2017, I was a part-time producer/host of Bluegrass music programs on WAMU-FM's "Bluegrass Country" in Washington, DC. Starting with "Bluegrass Overnight" in 1985, I co-hosted that program until 1999 when I moved to Florida. Upon moving back to Virginia in 2006, I rejoined the overnight show hosts until 2007 when the overnight show was discontinued. After that I created "Fosters Corner" which was a monthly then a weekly show. That was ended by WAMU in 2017 and I moved myself and my show to Bell Buckle Radio, where I have become the Program Director as mentioned above.