Jon Hensley (radio personality)
| Jon Hensley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jonathan L. Hensley August 19, 1983 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | June 1, 2015 (aged 31) Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA |
| Occupation |
Radio host Manager |
| Years active | 2002–2015 |
| Known for | Are You Ready for the Country? radio show |
| Website | Official website |
Jonathan L. "Jon" Hensley, (August 19, 1983 – June 1, 2015) was an American radio personality and artist manager. Best known as the host of the nationally syndicated Are You Ready for the Country? radio program, Hensley interviewed more than a hundred celebrities and entertainers from the launch of his radio career in 2002 until his death in 2015.
Hensley was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and graduated from Muhlenberg North High School. At the age of 14, Hensley created the company "Web Pages R Us" with classmate Brad Turner to raise money for them to attend a Tom Petty concert. Hensley attended ITT Technical Institute college for two years after high school, and began broadcasting music and interviews from his studio apartment while studying. The internet radio station, DarkSide of the Radio, launched Hensley's career in broadcasting, becoming a highly popular online radio station. Hensley was also a very close friend of the internet personality Angry Grandpa.
After dropping out of college in 2003, Hensley launched his first commercial radio show titled Are You Ready for the Country?. The show was eventually syndicated and picked up by over 20 commercial radio stations across the country, and by the age of 25, Hensley had interviewed rock icons such as Chris Robinson, John Paul Jones, Porter Wagoner, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson on the show. The show became known for its diverse content and styles of music, steering clear of popular and current songs while including rock, blues, bluegrass, country and what Gram Parsons used to call "Cosmic American Music."
Hensley handled new media for a number of recording artists including Al Green and Percy Sledge. He also handled artist management and promotion for acts such as Mark Collie, Goose Creek Symphony, Shooter Jennings and Shane Tutmarc.
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