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Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Show KNMB, 96.7 FM, "New Mexico’s Bear" & KWMW, 105.1 FM, "W-105" 6 To 10AM, Every Saturday Morning Ruidoso, New Mexico Both Stations 100,000 Watts |
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For those of us who love the romance of the "western lifestyle," Joe Baker perpetuates this unique form of Americana. With his slow southern drawl and a tip of his hat, he will make you feel as if you were having a cup of coffee with him by a flickerin' campfire when you tune in to his "Backforty Bunkhouse Show" airing on “New Mexico’s Bear” and “W-105” in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Joe's radio show is broadcast throughout all the western states and is strickly "western." The show is reminiscent of radio programs that aired in the 40's and 50's. He plays requests, holds contests weekly, giving away new CD's & Tee-shirts or backstage passes to concerts and has a diverse and loyal listening audience. He is helping to preserve this art form by promoting it and his younger listeners are proof of that.
Born and raised in Mineral Wells, Joe is not your typical Disc Jockey. His first radio program on radio station KYXS in Mineral Wells/Weatherford, Texas was called "Horse Sense on the Finish Line" where he handicapped racehorses for Lone Star Park in their inaugural and second season. Next, he had a documentary show called "Horse Sense on the Cutting Edge" which traced the roots of the cutting horse in Parker county, Texas. The Backforty Bunkhouse Show began at KWES Radio in Ruidoso on June, 2001 until March, 2003, when he joined MTD Broadcasting, Inc. The umbrella over radio stations KNMB / KWMW / KIDX / KTUM and KRUI.
KNMB, 96.7 FM, "New Mexico’s Bear" and KWMW, 105.1FM are both 100,000 Watt stations, with studios in Ruidoso, New Mexico. His Backforty Bunkhouse Show airing every Saturday morning from 6AM to 10AM on "New Mexico’s Bear" and Regional Radio “W-105!” reports to the Academy of Western Artists – Sunset Charts and CCMA Indie Charts.
He was nominated for Disc Jockey of the Year in 2002 and 2003 by the Academy of Western Artists and KNMB, 96.7FM, “New Mexico’s Bear” nominated for Radio Station of the Year in 2004. In 2004 he was awarded Academy of Western Artist's Will Rogers Award for disc jockey of the year, the Cowtown Society of Western Music disc jockey of the year and was inducted into the Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame. He has been featured in numerous magazines and other publications throughout the United States and Canada. He is also a member of the Western Music Broadcasters Association (WMBA) and formerly on the board of directors for the Western Music Association. He is currently membership director for the Cowtown Society of Western Music.
Joe is a Co-Founder of the only Western Music Radio Chart published not only nationally, but internationally through Power Source Magazine (a monthly periodical) in Nashville, Tennessee. There has never been a western music chart directed solely towards western music in the history of the western music genre until January, 2005.
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What Folks Are Sayin' About Joe Baker's
Backforty Bunkhouse Show"
Thank you so much for all you are doin' to keep Western Swingin' in beautiful Ruidoso! Ray Reed would be so proud of you, as we all are. Keep doin' what your doin'....it's important.....
Barbara Martin, Publisher-Western Swing Monthly
Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Show features music that lots of folks have been hungerin' for. I personally have noticed a surge of popularity of this type of format over the past few years!............
Pete Laumbach, Western Music Songwriter/Performer, Hope, New Mexico
I enjoy listenin' to your Backforty Bunkhouse Show on "New Mexico's Bear!" I like the old time country music I used to listen to when I was a kid. Keep up the good work that you do........
Tom Sullivan, Former Lincoln County Sheriff
If every disc jockey played the good music that Joe plays, The world would be a much better place, Joe knows his music!...
Wylie Gustufson, Wylie & The Wild West, Dusty, WA.
Thanks to you Joe, Western Swing is Swingin' up in Ruidoso, you have one great show....
Curtis Potter, AWA WSMVY-02, Abilene, TX
I know Western Swing means as much to you as it does us, keep up the great work and the promoting that you do for all of us........
JD Barham, Cowjazz
Joe, You have a great show, you will do Western Music good.....
Don Edwards, Western Performer, Weatherford, TX.
It was good seein' you in Fort Worth, I can't say enough of how much your support means to me and to Western Music.......
Joni Harms, AWA 2002 Entertainer of the Year, Canby, OR
Thanks for invitin' me on the Backforty Bunkhouse! You have a great show and we need more of 'em......
......Red Steagall, Western Performer, Azle, Tx
We appreciate what you do for Western Swing and Western Music! Show's like yours are hard to find these days........
Ted Scanlon & The Desperado's, Las Cruces, NM
Great show, We couldn't keep the radio loud enough while in Cloudcroft this week-end........
Hon. Gary Johnson, Former Governor of New Mexico
We need more radio show's like yours, I truly enjoyed being on The Backforty Bunkhouse.......
Mike Blakely, Songwriter, Performer, Author, Marble Falls, TX
Joe, Your dedication to the music that you love and the support you give is just great, Thank you for your support and see you down the musical trail....
Ginny Mac, Performer/Songwriter, Ft. Worth, TX
I love making your life miserable!
Baxter Black, The most popular cowboy poet in the world, Benson, Arizona
The best country show in Lincoln County! Joe Baker really keeps his listeners informed and entertained......
Sam Donaldson, ABC News, Washington, DC
I’ll give you a CD, you make me a star!
Dennis Flynn, award winning cowboy poet, Azle, Texas
Dust off your hat, shine up your boots, and get ready for 4 hours of the best classic country, western swing and cowboy music to hit the airwaves since the 40's because Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Show is "On The Air" and the urge to dance will hit you any minute! Thanks for playin' the Best music in the world......
Robin Deeter, Performer, AWA-WSFVY, 2002, Seattle, WA
Your show is SUPER GREAT, we need more folks like you.....
...........Narvel Felts, Performer, Malden, MO
Thanks for having me on your show, it was "Awesome"!
............Annie B. Performer, Nashville, TN
Your show is like a four wheeler, loads of fun. Thanks for having me on your show.
Chris Issacs, (The cowboy Poet) Award winning cowboy poet, Arizona.
Thanks for all you do with the western music industry, without folks like you, there wouldn’t be a need for us!
Dan Roberts, Award winning Entertainer of the year, Aledo, Texas
I really enjoyed being on the Backforty Bunkhouse show, you play our kind of music, keep it up…………………………………………….
Cody Lambert, Co-Founder PBR
I know all the western and swing music people appreciate you for all you do to promote them, however, you also do a lot for cowboy poetry and the whole Western Entertainment family. Thank you for all you do!
Yvonne Hollenbeck, Award winning cowboy poet on a cattle Ranch somewhere amist the great state of South Dakota
I heard your show this summer while at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and really liked what you play and your knowledge of music, very informative. I’ll always look forward to coming to Ruidoso.
Hon. Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
It’s always a treat for me to see you when we come to Ruidoso, your radio show is one of a kind.
Hon Bill Richardson, New Mexico Governor
I enjoyed your show, reminds me of my days in Amarillo. Keep up the good work.
Steve Stucker, KOB TV, Albuquerque, NM
Joe is an avid fan of western swing, Texas honkytonk classic country and cowboy music and can fill you in on the oldest to latest happenins' in these fields of music. He also takes pride in that he has had a helping hand in many indie artists establish their musical careers. If you would like to be interviewed and have your CD played on the Backforty Bunkhouse show, contact Joe by phone or email to arrange dates, etc.
Below is a sampling of different established and indie artists Joe has interviewed on his Backforty Bunkhouse Show (List is in no particular order).
| Don Edwards, Live | River Road Boys, Live | Bill Adams, Live | Floyd Domino, Phone |
| Robin Deeter, Phone | Bobby Newton, Live | Mike Gross, Phone | Mike Blakely, Live |
| John Hargett, Live | Charlie Daniels, Phone | Dugg Collins, Phone | Myra Pearce, Phone |
| Jimmy Burson, Live | "Hawkeye" Henson, Live | Pete Laumbach, Live | Alan Autry, Phone |
| Ray Benson, Phone | Flying J Wranglers, Live | Tommy Lucas, Phone | Rockin' M Wranglers, Live |
| Rockin' W Wranglers, Phone | Jill Jones, Phone | Joni Harms, Phone | T.J. Casey, Phone |
| Narvel Felts, Phone | Johnny Duncan, Phone | Ian Tyson, Phone | Johnny Rodriguez, Live |
| Curtis Potter, Live | Leon Rausch, Phone | Bill Gilbert, Phone | Dale Robertson, Phone |
| Baxter Black, Phone | Terry Bullard, Live | Joe Merrick, Live | Pee Wee Whitewing, Phone |
| Ted Scanlon, Phone | Ted Scanlon, Live | Red Steagall, Live | Danny Steagall, Live |
| Dan Roberts, Phone | Dennis Flynn, Live | Steve Schick, Live | New West, Phone |
| Mended Heart, Phone | Wylie Gustufson, Phone | Billy Mata, Live | Dave Alexander, Phone |
| Dave Alexander, Live | Jason Roberts, Phone | Hoot Hester, Phone | Tom Morrell, Live |
| Peggy Rains, Phone | Mark Abbott, Phone | Belinda Gail, Phone | Janet McBride, Phone |
| Brenn Hill, Phone | Jeff Hildebrandt, Phone | Jesse Mullins, Phone | Kip Calahan, Phone |
| Annie B., Live | Jo Hargrave, Phone | Larry McWhorter, Phone | Andy Wilkerson, Live |
| David Cline, Phone | Greg Hardy, Phone | Joe Paul Nichols, Live | Tony Douglas, Phone |
| Jimmy Eaves, Phone | Claude Gray, Phone | Syd Masters, Live | Heather Myles, Phone |
| J.W. Beeson, Live | Al Brumley, Jr., Phone | Ricky Boen, Phone | John T. Wills, Phone |
| Dayna Wills, Phone | Harold Hill, Phone | Jim Gough, Phone | Carl Vaughan, Phone |
| Rick Robledo, Phone | Leon Autry, Live | Saddlestrings, Phone | Debra Coppinger Hill, Phone |
| Patty Clayton, Phone | Ann J. Morton, Phone | Jim & Jeanne Martin, Live | Leroy Van Dyke, Live |
| Peggy Rains, Live | Doug & Pauline, Live | Kata Hay, Live | Tommy Wiggins, Live |
| John Payne, Live | Eddy Harrison, Live | Russell Ray, Live | Randy Ray ( KACT) Live |
| Julie Carter, Live | Dale Wood, Live | Rhonda Mc Dowell (Sisters of the Silversage) Live | Bobby Flores, Live |
| Tommy Allsup, Live | Larry Scott, Live | Mike O’Daniel, Live | Reid Wells, Live |
| David Cline, Live | Randy Ray, Live | ||
