From All Access Music Group

Beloved Country music broadcaster and longtime countdown show host BOB KINGSLEY died today (10/17) at his home in WEATHERFORD, TX at the age of 80. He was being treated for bladder cancer, which he had revealed earlier this month (NET NEWS 10/9).

KINGSLEY enjoyed a broadcasting career that spanned six decades. He became a member of the COUNTRY RADIO BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME in 1998 and THE NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME in 2016.

He took over as host of the syndicated “American Country Countdown” in 1978 after four years as the show’s producer. In 2006, he launched “BOB KINGSLEY’s Country Top 40,” which is syndicated globally to more than 320 stations by his own KCCS PRODUCTIONS and distributed by WESTWOOD ONE.

Survivors include his wife of 30 years and business partner, NAN KINGSLEY.

A celebration of his life will be held in NASHVILLE on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14th at 1p (CT) at The CMA Theater at the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in KINGSLEY’s name to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM or the GRAND OLE OPRY Trust Fund.

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