Jeff Lipchik / DJ

Jeff grew up in suburban Detroit, Michigan. He first discovered bluegrass music during his sophomore year of college, and entirely by accident; none of his friends or family members ever knew such music existed. One summer Saturday afternoon, during a power outage following a thunderstorm, Jeff was tuning a transistor radio, trying to find a weather report. In the process, he stumbled upon a local NPR station that happened to be broadcasting a bluegrass music show. Intrigued, Jeff continued listening and instantly fell in love with bluegrass, so he decided to listen to the rest of the show. Henry Ford Community College, where Jeff was attending, had a student-run radio station (WHFR 89.3 FM) that aired various musical genres. Jeff had grown to love bluegrass so much that he wanted to become a DJ and broadcast it, as there were no other bluegrass shows on WHFR then. After graduating college, Jeff no longer had access to the radio station. However, in February 2015, Jeff attended SPBGMA in Nashville for the first time, where he discovered Internet broadcasting; another online station was renting table space there that year. The station owner recruited him to become one of the DJs on the station, so he immediately took the offer; he was excited to have another bluegrass broadcasting opportunity come his way!
Jeff lives in Livonia, Michigan, and is an electrician by trade. He runs his own residential electrical contracting business, Bluegrass Electric, LLC. He invites everyone to join him every Tuesday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. Eastern time for the latest and greatest in bluegrass music on “Bluegrass From The Smokies.”