Jerry Hill’s Beach Rhythm & Blues – Saturdays 2pm-7pm

I started loving beach music as a kid. My brothers, sister & cousins used to play band to great beach & Motown songs. I then learned to shag at an early age. Dancing is where I got my start in Beach Music as a DJ.

At that time, I worked part time at WRNS playing both kinds of music (Country & Western) where I worked morning drive. I was trained in radio by Kinston legendary DJ – Eddie Dee. Eddie called me “Wolfie In The Morning” because I had a bushy beard & long think hair. The first beach music I ever played on radio was WELS & then WISP AM 1250 “WISPY”. I first started collecting music while working for Amanda & Frank Hill at Tape City in Kinston, NC. I would usually spend more than I made in a day – even with my Tape City discounts on 45’s.

My first club work was at Red’s Place in Kinston, NC. Actually, the first time I ever played for Red was one night when he was DJing and passed out (I think alcohol was involved). I have worked at most of the nightclubs in Kinston, NC through the years and most of the dance shag clubs throughout the states of NC, SC, & VA. I was blessed to play at Ducks, the Spanish Galleon, Fat Harold’s & the Pad in the early 80’s for SOS and other events, as well as, legendary clubs like Peaches & Beaus in Greenville, NC, Lynns in Charlotte, NC & Thirtsty’s, The Bushes in Greensboro, Memories, Courtneys, Rays & Big Georges in Atlantic Beach, and so many more. I have met some great friends & had some tragic losses to my beach music family through the years.

As of today, I have been a BEACH MUSIC DJ for 46 years (clubs & radio). I have worked for 6 different radio stations, 100s of clubs, been an SOS DJ (During beginning for 15 years), DJ’d the SOS cruise, etc. I am a Lifetime member and member of the Beach Music DJ Hall of Fame. The first time I ever had my own radio show was on WKGK 97.7 FM on Saturday afternoons in Kinston. I worked there for 3 years. I got out of radio in the 90’s, though I still worked in shag clubs. In 1998 I was asked to join the Sunny Beach FM’s in Morehead City, NC on Friday & Saturday afternoons. I was there almost 5 years, until the station was sold & format changed. This was when I left beach music to attended Pharmacy School at Campbell University – I graduated in 2015 with a Masters in Clinical Research, a Masters in Public Health, and a Doctorate in Pharmacy. Yes I was then Dr. Jerry R. Hill, I was completely out of beach music while in Pharmacy School.

I lost my Mom to a heart attack my first day of college. That was the worst day & the worst point in my life. I lost my dad to cancer in 2008. After graduating, I missed radio & DJing so I returned to the airwaves in 2018 with Beach Boogie & Blues 102.9 FM in Kinston, NC, 101.1 FM in Jacksonville, NC, 95.7 FM in New Bern, NC & 105.7 FM in Greenville, NC & 1070 AM in Eastern NC on Saturdays from 2pm – 7pm & have been there ever since. My show has now moved to 12pm to 5. I also joined Jukin’ Oldies one year later in 2019 M-F from 10am to 1pm. I later cut back to Wednesday – Friday 10am to 1pm while continuing to do Gospel X’s 2 & Jukin’ Country as a specialty show. Gospel X’s 2 has given birth to my new baby “Southern Fried Gospel” with yours truly every Sunday morning from 10am to 12pm on the Beach Boogie & Blues Network. Yes, Life Is Good!

I currently live in Mt. Olive, have a beautiful daughter & two wonderful grandchildren. I play beach music daily & still work in at night. I started Kinston Shags Shag club in 2018 & was the president from

2018 to 2022 in Kinston, NC. At the same time, I opened Pivot’s Night Life, a shag club in Kinston, NC that was sold in 2022. I live a happy, busy life & life is Good!

I thank God every day for the many blessings I have & he continues to give me blessings daily & truly appreciate the new doors that keep opening for me. I look forward to continuing to play great beach tunes as long as he allows me to.

Thank you, my friends & family for believing in me through all these years. I have spent most of my life living the beach music lifestyle, playing & preserving beach music & the shag. I have friends that I could never replace, lost many lifelong friends & cried a many tears through the years. I will spend the rest of my life living the dream & preserving beach music!

So Lace Up Those Weejuns, Grease The Floor, Turn Up The Music, Rip The Knob Off & I’ll See You On The Radio!

Dr. Jerry Hill, PharmD, MSCR, MPH