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Listen to Bobby’s WNIJ Radio Show, “Jazz Spectrum”

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June 14, 2024

Bobby hosts his radio show on Northern Illinois University’s WNIJ, NorthernPublicRadio.org. The show will air on Fridays, from 7 – 9PM CST. It features jazz music curated by Broom. “This is a most exciting venture for me,” Broom says. “I’ve been told for years that I have a radio voice. I think that hearing that, planted a seed as something that I wanted to do that has finally bloomed.”

The weekly show began airing on June 14th,2024 and has continued every Friday. It can be heard at wnij.org, via the “play” button. It’s also available via mobile apps for iPhone

, iPad, and Android devices.

Bobby Broom’s Blog: Belated Thanks!

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April 3, 2019

As far as I knew, I’d never made it onto the DownBeat Readers Poll list for guitar players, …

…until a few days ago, as I was scouring the internet for an instructional article of mine that they published in 2008, when an interesting link appeared. Curiously, I clicked it and was shocked to see my name included among that list of guitarists in the 2015 Readers’ Poll! I had absolutely no idea! That happened four years ago!!

After the shock and then elation subsided, I felt a little guilty that I hadn’t been able to say thank you to all the people who voted for me. So, I sure hope that they read this at some point. It really was an accomplishment that I had made a – that’s never gonna happen – kind of peace with. Honestly, I was honored and happy enough having made the Critics’ Poll 3 times, 2012 – ’14. (Actually I also just learned as well, that I made my 4th appearance on that one in 2017.)

So, to those who voted, thank you so very much! I’m sure I used to dream about this as a teenager, and wonder what it would feel like. A supreme honor just about sums it up. It’s very gratifying to feel recognized and appreciated… and included.