Keith Bilbrey (born August 14, 1952) is an American country music disc jockey and television host in Nashville, Tennessee.
[5] Throughout his career, Bilbrey worked every single time slot at WSM and became an iconic voice in the modern history of the station and fan favorite.
[7] When The Nashville Network (TNN) began televising a thirty-minute portion of the show in 1985, the young announcer became the first host of Grand Ole Opry Live.
[9] Bilbrey was the announcer for CBS’s telecast of the Country Music Association Awards for three years, as well as the CMA’s 35th Anniversary Special.
He also served as emcee for a variety of television specials, including TNN's Music City News Awards: An Evening of Country Greats, Honky-Tonkin’ at the Wildhorse (which featured Aaron Tippin and Marty Stuart) and the American Federation of Musicians 100th Anniversary Show.
[citation needed] In addition to his career in country music, Bilbrey spent twenty-four years as an on-air personality for WSM-TV, NBC’s Nashville affiliate.