Bill has worked in radio, off and on, for 23 years. He started his radio career at WMOX in 1983 as a weekend announcer. After graduating from Meridian High School in 1985, Bill decided to postpone college and work as an announcer for both WMOX and Q-101. He left Meridian in 1989 to attend Millsaps College and then transferred, after one year, to Ole Miss where he completed a Bachelor of Arts (History and Philosophy) in 1994. During his time in Oxford, Bill worked for "The Voice of the Rebels," David Kellum, at WQLJ-FM, and as an afternoon announcer at the university station, WUMS-FM. He also worked at two Oxford restaurants, City Grocery and The Downtown Grill and was a staff photographer for the Oxford American. Bill moved to San Francisco in May, 1994, where he continued work in the restaurant business, employed two and one half years at The Caribbean Zone. He met his wife, Shay Benetti, early in 1995 and the two married in Las Vegas in March 1996. Bill and Shay left beautiful S.F. late in 1996 to live in Nashville where she worked for American Express Travel and he attended graduate school at Middle Tennessee State University while working nights at Nashville's Belle Meade Brasserie as a waiter and bartender. On September 18th, 1998, their son, Mason Edward, was born in Saint Thomas Hospital. After Mason's birth, Eddie Smith, Bill's father and owner of WMOX, asked Bill to come to Meridian and manage the station. He agreed and the family moved to Meridian in late January 1999 where Bill is WMOX's station manager, Shay operates the Smith home and Mason recently celebrated his 8th birthday. In 2003, Bill and Shay had their second child. St. Patrick's Day, Irene Mills was born in Meridian. Number three, Rosemary Jane, was born September 15th 2006.

Email Bill  smith@wmox.net