Bill Mack was a singer-songwriter and disc jockey known for his “Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show,” popular with country music fans and long-haul truckers nationwide.Mack began working as a DJ on the overnight shift at WBAP-AM in Fort Worth in 1969, playing country music favorites and interviewing stars on his show.
As a clear channel station – one that didn’t share its frequency with any other stations – WBAP could be heard far and wide across about half of the country.
Mack’s show became a favorite of truckers, who could continue to hear it for hundreds of miles as they drove through the night.
It was a listener who dubbed him “Midnight Cowboy,” and that became the name of his show. Once called “The Country Roads Show,” it was later “U.S.
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