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4 unusual facts about Bruce Nelson Stratton


Bruce Nelson Stratton

Dr. Bruce began his career in the 1960s and 1970s where he served as on-air personality and programmer for such legendary Country station as WBPO, Atlanta; WMIL, Milwaukee; KENR, Houston; WUBE, Cincinnati; and KNUZ, Houston.

Dr. Bruce worked at WXRA in Woodbridge, Virginia; the first FM country Station in the United States where he worked side-by-side with famous fiddle player Scotty Stoneman of the Stoneman Family and Country Disc Jockey Hall of Fame member "Cousin Ray".

Bruce Nelson Stratton ("Dr. Bruce") is the Station Manager of Corpus Christi's KFTX "Real Country" radio.

A sometimes recording artist he charted nationally in 1973 with "Shake Em Up and let Em Roll" on Royal American and was the opening act at Gilley's for Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee where he also originated the first live broadcast over KENR in Houston from Gilley's (The Saturday Night Special) which later evolved into the syndicated "Live at Gilley's during the Urban Cowboy heyday.



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