Barry “The JazzJock” Ford has been on the air at WUMR since October of 1993.  He has worn several hats during his tenure having worked as one of the stations most familiar talents as a DJ, a producer, and as a co play-by-play announcer for the University of Memphis Tigers.  

Barry has publicly represented WUMR on several occasions as emcee for numerous jazz concerts around the Mid-South.  He has introduced on stage jazz legends such as Grover Washington, Jr., McCoy Tyner, Joe Sample, Lonnie Liston Smith, Kirk Whalum, Boney James, Ahmad Jamal, James Moody, and Michael Franks, as well as popular groups like The Rippingtons, The Yellow Jackets, The Branford Marsalis Trio, Pieces of A Dream and Spyro Gyra to name a few.  Barry has also worked at the former NewsTalk 790 WMC as a Assistant Operations Manager, Field Reporter, Announcer/Producer, Copy Editor and Substitute Talk-show Host, and was a frequent guest voice on Rock 103's Wake Up Crew with Tim Spencer, Bev Hart and the late John "Bad Dog" McCormack.

Barry was introduced to radio in 1980 while attending the former Lambuth University at WLAM in Jackson, TN.  A native Memphian and United States Navy veteran, he works professionally as an Information Systems Analyst.

As former host of the "Jazz 20 Countdown" every Saturday morning, The "JazzJock" remains as one of the stations more venerable voices of jazz in Memphis.