US101 personalities Melissa Turner and Bill “Dex” Poindexter hold the CMA Award they won last year for Personality of the Year. The duo host “The Dex and Mo Show” at the station.BILL “DEX” POINDEXTERHometown: Fort Oglethorpe.Education: Rossville High, Radio Engineering Institute in Samford, Florida.Age: 59.Vocation: Music director and on-air personality at WUSY-FM 100.7.
AWARDSCountry Music Association• Personality of Year: 1999, 2005, 2010.• Finalist: 1995, 1996, 1996.Marconi Awards• Personality of Year finalist in 1998Academy of Country Music• Winner: 2010• Finalist: 1999, 2001, 2005
As a kid, Bill Poindexter practiced his radio voice in the bathtub at home in Fort Oglethorpe.
When he was a student at Rossville High School, a classmate who had a job at WFLI told him about an overnight disc jockey at another station who was known to pass out during his shift. He said if Poindexter played it right, he could step in and take over.
And that’s just what he did.