{"id":694979,"date":"2026-06-10T05:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:12:09","slug":"radio-remembers-wsms-bill-cody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694979\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Remembers WSM\u2019s Bill Cody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/billcody-200x200-jpeg.webp\" alt=\"Bill Cody 650 WSM Nashville Grand Ole Opry\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-357325\"  \/>Opry Entertainment Group Talk\/Classic Country <a href=\"https:\/\/wsmradio.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">650 WSM<\/a> Nashville morning host Trent \u2018Bill Cody\u2019 Clutts passed away today at the age of 68.<\/p>\n<p>Cody, who was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2008, had hosted \u201cCoffee, Country &amp; Cody\u201d on WSM since 1994 and has long served as the voice of the Grand Ole Opry.<\/p>\n<p>Cody began his radio career in 1971 at WLBN Lebanon KY at the age of 12. He would join WVLK Lexington in 1977 followed by WHAS Louisville in 1979. He would briefly host mornings at WCII Louisville in 1985 before moving to WHOO-FM Orlando. Cody spent seven years at 680 KKYX San Antonio TX from 1987 until 1994 when he joined WSM. Cody also hosted the syndicated \u201cGAC\u2019s Classic Country Weekend With Bill Cody\u201d and on television \u201cGAC\u2019s Master Series\u201d. Cody will be inducted posthumously into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame next month.<\/p>\n<p>WSM says it will honor Cody with a special marathon of moments from Coffee, Country &amp; Cody. Services have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are devastated to learn of the passing of Bill Cody, a cherished voice in Nashville and a beloved member of the Music City community. Among his many accomplishments, Bill served as host of The Music City Walk of Fame inductions for many years, and was honored with his own\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7WWYquJ9H\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Z7WWYquJ9H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nashville Tennessee (@visitmusiccity) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/visitmusiccity\/status\/2064534557978665106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opry Entertainment Group Talk\/Classic Country 650 WSM Nashville morning host Trent \u2018Bill Cody\u2019 Clutts passed away today at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-694979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}